Trivia: The "Sea Star," the boat that the alien takes to the island, is also the name of Donald Sutherland's tugboat in the sci fi movie "Virus," a movie about electronic alien invaders.
Trivia: Originally, John Krasinski didn't want to write or direct the film. He came up with the basic story, but intended to hand off the project to another writer/director to develop and helm. However, the studio was eventually able to convince him to return.
Trivia: Despite his prominent billing, John Krasinski has less than 10 minutes of screen time in the entire film (all in flashbacks), due to his character's death in the first film.
Answer: They may have just been lucky driving it back without being detected, unaware the aliens primarily used sound to navigate. At that point, there may have been fewer aliens in the first wave of the attack.
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