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Most generic stereotypic abduction sci-fi I've ever seen (SPOILERS).

posted 10 years ago by !!!deleted!!! (11968693)
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THIS CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS The irony...

Cabin in the woods - check
"Teenagers" who look 40 - check
Group dynamics - hero jock, strong female lead, bimbo valley girl, cowardly Idiot & pillhead - check
Car that won't start - check
Power failure in thunderstorm - check
Mention of Roswell, area 51 and Gov conspiracy - check
Hiding behind shower curtain, with a knife - check
Arm through mirror - check
Eye seen through spyhole - check
Hilly billy cop - check
Stairwell shots + light shining through boarded up windows - check
Moving Bushes - check
Crazy redneck doing something illegal in the woods - check
Pointless archival found footage amidst professionally shot scenes - check.
Killing of family dog - check
Sticky alien membrane - check
Toys, photographs, sunglasses and other artefacts on UFO - check
Romantic resuscitation scene - check
Probe - check
Minority report style touch screens - check
Double depressing end - check

Could have done with cats jumping out and hissing at people. Thankyou to producers for showing me something everyone has seen a million times...again.

Rated - 1 star

[–] niahflame 10 years ago

Are the aliens the cliched greys or do they puss out and never show them?

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Gomez no!
A BUICK!

[–] bishop27c 10 years ago

They show them pretty early in the movie...and often

[–] dazednconfuuzed8 10 years ago

They are greys, and as the other poster said they are shown early and often. In fact this is probably the most I've ever seen the greys actually shown on camera in one of these abduction type movies. I did not find this movie as bad as a lot of ppl did, even though it shamelessly steals from every UFO movie ever, and the x-files lol. I think the filmmakers did this intentionally though, as well as some of the more cheesy and humorous moments. I think this was the Vicious Brother's homage to the genre, just as Grave Encounters was an homage to the "ghost hunters" type genre. Admittedly Grave Encounters was a better movie, at least IMO. But this movie was a pretty enjoyable ride I think, although the ending was a lil questionable, but I don't wanna give away too much in case you check out the movie.

[–] niahflame 10 years ago

I watched it on Netflix and really enjoyed it. Sure it's not a masterpiece, but it had humor. A little too "Fire in the Sky" for me but much MUCH better than SkinWalker Ranch or Alien Abduction or the Fourth Kind, or... lol. Dark Skies. Ugh.

They own...
Gomez no!
A BUICK!

[–] Dave_douell 10 years ago

I really liked The Fourth Kind

[–] oundjianm 10 years ago

Same!!!
The Fourth Kind was actually creepy.
This film was a complete disappointment.
And after reading other people's posts I get it that it was all supposed to be light hearted but it really didn't do anything for me.

Copying things and calling it an homage doesn't work when the film-makers aren't bringing anything new to the table...
it just doesn't. Call me stupid, dumb or anything else you want, I probably don't get it etc... but this was a real waste of time. The scariest thing about the film was the haunting horns in the score.