When I was a kid, I didn't fear the boogie man or keep a night light on to watch for monsters. However, UFOs and that Alien stuff scared me to pieces. Even today, I still get a little creeped out by the 'Grays' as they have become to be called. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm a rational man and I'm far from gullible. I need some empirical evidence if I'm going to start believing wild stories. Still, at the least I often find alien abduction stuff interesting and sometimes amusing. That's why I tried to watch this galactic-sized crap pile of a movie.
One of the main requirements for any movie to work is to establish suspension of disbelief. Without that, the viewer would hardly give a damn about anyone on screen. Well, this movie opens with Mila Jovovich telling us, "I'm Milla Jovovich, a professional actor(if you say so) playing the part of Abbey Tyler but the story is based on true events...." She goes on to tell us that she will be in the reenactments but 'real' footage will be included in the movie. There ya go - suspension of disbelief thrown out the window and now we have to take this as some sort of documentary.
One big problem though: There is no Abbey Tyler and the entire story is made-up. Even the supposedly 'real' footage is actually staged. It's not even believable as I found myself feeling insulted halfway through when they started showing this 'actual' footage. Who are the target audience for this tard fodder? It's an offense to yahoos, nuts and conspiracy theorists everywhere.
The result is a sort of Blair Witch of Close Encounters. However, the going back and forth between the reenactments and the fake 'real' footage just ruins the flow of any kind of suspense. The potential was there if they just presented it as fiction but this viral or guerilla marketing they did to promote this junk was really insulting and very misleading. I lost interest in it halfway through and just stayed tuned hoping that maybe we'd get a glimpse of Milla Jovovich's ass in some abduction scene.
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