Rating of
3.5/4
Aliens did not disappoint.
Daniel - wrote on 06/11/13
Considering our exposure to countless films about extraterrestrial life and abduction conspiracies, the overall poor quality of the majority of them has made us somewhat skeptical about current and upcoming films that share this genre. Dark skies, in my opinion, delivers a rehashed story line but in an incredibly captivating manner. It follows the basic formula where an unsuspecting family starts to experience unusual happenings to them or close ones, which then escalates to ultimately them understanding what they are dealing with, and wraps off with the appearance of the aliens and picks one of the outcomes of either fending off the aliens completely, while being branded as fanatics or lunatics, or the other outcome where there is a loss of some sort. The unique manner that shines through in this film however, is prevalent in the continuous exciting footage, where the moments are never too dull and for never too long, the acting is great compared to many of the films of this genre ("Signs" in mind), and the appearance of the aliens is actually exciting to see! It is long enough to be exciting and for one of the first times in this sort of films, did not disappoint. The plot was creative delivery of the same formula that we have all learned to either hate or love.
