Aliens, possessed children, abductions, and Keri Russell repeatedly slamming her head into a window. How can you go wrong? Dark Skies will provide the answer. Not only is it flat-out terrible but it's also as fun as getting probed. Where did it go wrong?
One possible answer could be the threadbare plot. Keri Russell & Josh Hamilton star as Lacy & Daniel Barrett, two parents who are coming to the conclusion that things just aren't....right. Whether it be based on strange break-ins at night, everything in their house being arranged, or their youngest child constantly seeming to be visited by an extraterrestrial being. Little clues like that convince them that something is wrong.
After that brief summary, absolutely nothing happens. These must be the slowest aliens in the history of mankind. It's a 97 minute movie and they only really kick into action within the last 10 minutes. For the rest of the time, the audience is faced with obnoxious loud noises, repetitive wide-eyed, open-mouthed scares, and tedious false alarms that lead into absolutely nothing.
I felt the leads' performances also fell quite flat as well. This is quite the alarming situation and you never really get the feeling that these characters are in genuine panic and alarm. And if they don't care, the audience is quite unlikely to give any fraction of a shit. The tension never rises or even begins and you're left watching a movie that feels half-assed from the word go. Add on a lackluster, clichéd ending that suggests the incredibly ghastly notion of a sequel, and you have a movie whose essence should have been abducted before it dared to be shown before the human eye.
0/4
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