The sound effects & pursuit technique scared the hell out of me and this is saying something because I was raised on Twilight Zone, Outer limits and a plethora of drive-in horror movies as a child & toddler. So less than a handful of thousands of films ever affected me. Those were "The Brain that wouldn't die" "Five" "Saturn 3" and "Darkness". To a lesser degree "Haunting in Connecticut" "Ring" & "The Grudge".
Most of the other reviewers were either neophytes who were not born when this film came out or skeptics who would not appreciate any UF0 film. It would be tantamount to me reviewing Westerns. I don't like Westerns, so I have no business reviewing one since I could never give a fair opinion of a genre I didn't like. Neophytes who were not alive in the 50's-80's should not be judging films or methods which they have no direct knowledge or experience of those timeframes. Much less compare them to modern styles & technologies.
At The end of the film is a screen statement which says it is based on a true story & all the gov't info was factual. You cannot apply cinematic criticism to a true story. To do so demonstrates the lack of maturity level in someone who cannot separate depiction of truth versus fiction. Let's give this film the leeway that it is based on a true story as it has stated. We cannot dispute this claim since none of us were present. Those who go out of their way to dispute the veracity of these events are usually some gov't hireling spreading disinfo or some know nothing bully trying to exert dissension & control to satiate their need to belittle others. So let's take the producers word that this film is based on true events.
This is a British film setting so it is typically low key.
Here are the spoiler events of the film: The film begins with a photographer & his model accidentally filming ET's in the background of a photo session. The photographer returns to the location, becomes terrified & runs to a nearby home for refuge. The model becomes concerned & a media friend takes the photographers negatives & consults a UF0 expert while the model returns to the location to search for the photographer who was since taken by the ET's. The model also disappears.
Neighbors notice 2 abandoned cars & call police. The house the photographer sought for refuge was discovered to have a fired shotgun in the yard, an unconscious owner who died soon after & a blinded dog. The ET's go around destroying evidence. The couple reporting the cars are found dead and military soldiers guarding a UF0 landing site are found dead from radiation. A "men in black" British organization called "the Silencers" takes over. Unlike MIB, they beat up, steal evidence, & kill witnesses with brutal deliberation. They confiscate the negatives & everything else. Police find the model catatonic. The media reporter discovers his assistant is a Silencer who has been spying & helped kidnap the model.
The reporter & UFO expert rescue the model, kill the bad guys & find a psychic to communicate. The model dies. The Silencers arrive & machine gun down the reporter & UF0 expert. The photographer is shown dead in the UFO which departs after all the evidence & witnesses are dead.
Despite the pace & low key style, I found the movie quite interesting & downright scary.
I only recommend this movie to UF0 buffs.
Most of the other reviewers were either neophytes who were not born when this film came out or skeptics who would not appreciate any UF0 film. It would be tantamount to me reviewing Westerns. I don't like Westerns, so I have no business reviewing one since I could never give a fair opinion of a genre I didn't like. Neophytes who were not alive in the 50's-80's should not be judging films or methods which they have no direct knowledge or experience of those timeframes. Much less compare them to modern styles & technologies.
At The end of the film is a screen statement which says it is based on a true story & all the gov't info was factual. You cannot apply cinematic criticism to a true story. To do so demonstrates the lack of maturity level in someone who cannot separate depiction of truth versus fiction. Let's give this film the leeway that it is based on a true story as it has stated. We cannot dispute this claim since none of us were present. Those who go out of their way to dispute the veracity of these events are usually some gov't hireling spreading disinfo or some know nothing bully trying to exert dissension & control to satiate their need to belittle others. So let's take the producers word that this film is based on true events.
This is a British film setting so it is typically low key.
Here are the spoiler events of the film: The film begins with a photographer & his model accidentally filming ET's in the background of a photo session. The photographer returns to the location, becomes terrified & runs to a nearby home for refuge. The model becomes concerned & a media friend takes the photographers negatives & consults a UF0 expert while the model returns to the location to search for the photographer who was since taken by the ET's. The model also disappears.
Neighbors notice 2 abandoned cars & call police. The house the photographer sought for refuge was discovered to have a fired shotgun in the yard, an unconscious owner who died soon after & a blinded dog. The ET's go around destroying evidence. The couple reporting the cars are found dead and military soldiers guarding a UF0 landing site are found dead from radiation. A "men in black" British organization called "the Silencers" takes over. Unlike MIB, they beat up, steal evidence, & kill witnesses with brutal deliberation. They confiscate the negatives & everything else. Police find the model catatonic. The media reporter discovers his assistant is a Silencer who has been spying & helped kidnap the model.
The reporter & UFO expert rescue the model, kill the bad guys & find a psychic to communicate. The model dies. The Silencers arrive & machine gun down the reporter & UF0 expert. The photographer is shown dead in the UFO which departs after all the evidence & witnesses are dead.
Despite the pace & low key style, I found the movie quite interesting & downright scary.
I only recommend this movie to UF0 buffs.