Connections

An alien is labelled ''Tin Man''.

Modern militant fighters carry their nation's flag during attack with the flag carried and waved on top of a hill.

An alien hand and a human hand touch with a bright light in the shot.

Military fighting scenes ; the director has said ''the pitch was Independence Day matched with Red Dawn''.

Military resistance against the aliens like that against the machines; narrative style of the narration ; when Matt Simmons (Dan Ewing) is rescuing the cargo of humans, he quotes a line by Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) from 'The Terminator' (1984), which was repeated in every sequel: ''Hello Earthlings, come with me if you want to live."