This Movie reminds me so much of
THE SIGNS featuring Mel Gibson, it's scary minus the gory, bloody, horrendous looking creatures involved in decapitation & the likes. The 1st baffling occurrence was a puzzle, is the
intruder a monster? But then the 2nd occurrence was a give-away that
it’s an alien! Immediately, the conclusion would be ABDUCTION, they are going
to abduct the youngest member of the family, Sammy.
So the movie goes that every
night, barking of dogs wakes the mom, Lacy Barrett up. 1st night she
discovers partially eaten food all over the kitchen floor. On the 2nd
night, she found canned and packaged foods stacked up in towers all over the
kitchen projecting a strange sign on the ceiling. By the 3rd night –
all their family pictures were gone! All frames in tack. Daniel & Lacy
called the police, sadly they insist that it’s one of the kids doing it, a
certain sleep eating disorder at first, then just plain “looking for parents
attention” conclusion. Daniel has been out of work for at least three months,
which has put a lot of strain on their family.
Then one night Lacy heard Sammy
talking, thinking that the boys were still awake, she went in. You see at night
Josh and Sammy communicate with each other from their bedrooms via
walkie-talkie. Jesse reads Sammy scary
stories about The Sandman to distracts him from their parents' fighting. Upon walkin she witnesses a figure standing over sammy’s bed. But when she turns on
the light, the room is empty, and Sammy was gone ! Only his pajamas were left
lying on the bed! CREEPIEST SCENE!
Since the police is still
unwilling to help, the father Daniel turned to re-installing their alarm
system. When night came, the alarm went off, all 8 points of intrusion
triggered but nobody was found, all doors & windows locked, his next mode
of action, installing security cameras. This gave him a glimpse of the “GRAY”,
each standing over Lacy, Josh & Sammy as they slept, there’s 3 of them !
In the end, the whole family each
had their share of episodes, the number of strange events begins to increase in
frequency and danger, affecting family members personally. They each go into
trances and are unable to account for their time. Then there’s the hundreds of
birds crashing into the house, as if something was drawing the birds to their
home. Besides being the center of
oddity, Friends & neighbors thinks that they are abusing the kids due to
the bruises and marks on the boys.
Lacy tried to look for answers,
she searched online and finds articles on aliens. She found pictures other
children have drawn that are very similar to the ones Sammy has drawn of a
child and three grey figures holding hands beside a house. At 1st
Daniel dismisses the idea, but after seeing the grey figures in the security
cameras he now believes Lacy’s alien theory, and seek help from a specialist,
Edwin Pollard (J. K. Simmons), who calls the beings "The Grays".
Pollard warns the Barrett’s that
they should be hyper-protective of their child, who has been "chosen"
and that they must work together in order to save their son. Then maybe the
aliens will move on to another family.
Dark Skies had its twist &
turns making it not your usual alien movie. It was a bit slow but it’s ok.
Overall it’s a good watch. I won’t give you the ending so not to ruin the fun,
you have to watch it to know LOL
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