 Movie: Grey SkiesYear: 2011 Studio: Little Engine Films Director: Kai Blackwood Language: English Length: 82 Minutes Sub-Genre: Aliens, Sci-Fi |
Plot: Kai Blackwood’s sci-fi thriller Grey Skies tracks a group of college friends reuniting for a fun weekend at a rented cabin whose drinking and carousing is interrupted by flashing lights, and the appearance of aliens who seem intent on taking over the planet starting with this house.
Review: I was anticipating a good alien style horror movie when the initial scene happened. It was very scary and left you wondering what in the heck is going on. The opening juts in your face with a creepiness tone and thrilling sets leaving you excited for what is to come. The credits then flash by and you meet the cast of characters that you will come to hate.
A clientele of friends meet-up at a desolated cabin for a gathering and good time. The story is character driven and if the actors weren’t so unlikable it just might of worked, for awhile anyways. When you finally get to the invasion, the director unbeknownst to me played off the aliens by making them blurry with a wobbling picture. I could see this happening once or twice leaving you in suspense, but for the whole film, it is totally weak.
There could have been many jump scenes and outright scares, but instead, we have to deal with actors making stupid remarks, which totally loses all credibility of a frightful movie. I will give Grey Skies some credit though. There is one scene in particular where the aliens are performing surgical procedures that was quite chilling, especially with the instruments that were used. One actress named Annie (Anne Griffin) did hold her own and should have been on screen more.
The ending is poor and makes little sense, which really I didn’t care because the movie had fizzled long before that. The music and sound effects weren’t the greatest either. There hasn’t been many good sci-fi, horror movies in the past decade, and Grey Skies is just another one that ultimately fails. Pass it by and maybe time travel to Alien or Event Horizon.
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 Reviewer: BillCheteDate: 11/26/2011 Rating: 4/10 Recommendation: Avoid |
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