When I read about Dark Skies I was curiously optimistic about a cinematic return to the glory days of the X-Files. Unfortunately for me what I experienced was one of the worst examples of dreary genre film making by numbers that I have ever seen. This was produced by the people behind Paranormal Activity which straight away should have set my alarm bells ringing. The film seems to be aimed at an audience completely unaware of flying saucers, alien invasions or abductions. I counted no less than 40 tired clichés (and that was only up to the hour mark). The acting was deplorable on every level. The family are clearly being terrorized by something but yet seem completely at ease accepting the word of ONE policeman that its "probably just one of the kids". This film is an insult to humanity and alien kind alike. I got the feeling the producers gathered up the top ten alien encounter movies of all time and locked a 10 year old Ben Ten fan in a room and said "write a movie about aliens invading a family home and we will get Ben Ten and Spiderman to be your friends". I actually went to bed angry after watching this film. Avoid at all costs.
Review of Dark Skies
