Hi,
The fourth Kind was the latest film I saw at the cinema at the end of last week. Hmm, not an easy one to review, it’s not a bad film, but you really have to buy in to it all.
The film is set in an isolated town in Alaska where numerous people have gone missing or have the same strange experiences. Dr. Abigail Tyler (Jovovich) is leading the study to unlock these secrets until she encounters them herself and her life is thrown into turmoil.
Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, starring Milla Jovovich, Will Patton and Elias Koteas, the film uses so called “real” footage cut into the actual film, sometimes both playing the same scene to authenticate the “real” one.
The story was interesting and I suppose it may have happened, 4th kind alien contact that is. How real it is in this film is open to debate, if you believe aliens exist then you may buy into this film 100%. If you are a little sceptical then you may just enjoy the film as a film, like I did.
It wasn’t bad; the acting was ok, the script ok, a couple of nice intense scenes, but nothing really scary.
Overall 6/10 – Will you believe.
As you say you either buy it or you don't. One thing it did do was spark conversation so it does do what it sets out the achieve. I for one didn't buy it, not that I don't believe in the subject matter (come on it's me) I just didn't believe this story. The problem is the events overshadow the film i.e. you're still trying the decide if it's true or not (like watching a documentry rather than a film) so you forget to ask yourself if you enjoyed it as a movie. The answer is I don't know. Generally the acting, script etc was fine but....5/10
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