Too much focus on aerial footage, the actors trading banal dialogue from the confines of their cockpits renders this alleged sci-fi actioner light on action, but heavy on character conflict which is a shame as there's some genuine atmosphere created when the picture is on land.
Nouri (playing a serious journalist) and Fluegel (as his feisty local aviator) make a likeable pairing as they go in search of mysterious UFO phenomena sighted over Norway after a military plane is downed. Caulfield is suitably superficial as the intrepid news reporter who senses a scoop, and Durning shows up in plus-sized forest fatigues to do little more than bark orders and berate his inept underlings for their failure to contain the growing conspiracy.
Despite a potentially entertaining premise combining UFO and alien virus themes, 'Fatal Sky' is a fatally flawed tale weighed down by tired dialogue producing little suspense or excitement. Destined for the direct-to-video market, there's a mildly amusing running joke concerning Nouri's preferred brand of cigarettes and Nesbitt's personal claims about alien abduction earn a chuckle, otherwise, despite the chemistry between the leads, there's little to recommend (notwithstanding the ill-fitting jazzy saxophone riff over the final credits).
Nouri (playing a serious journalist) and Fluegel (as his feisty local aviator) make a likeable pairing as they go in search of mysterious UFO phenomena sighted over Norway after a military plane is downed. Caulfield is suitably superficial as the intrepid news reporter who senses a scoop, and Durning shows up in plus-sized forest fatigues to do little more than bark orders and berate his inept underlings for their failure to contain the growing conspiracy.
Despite a potentially entertaining premise combining UFO and alien virus themes, 'Fatal Sky' is a fatally flawed tale weighed down by tired dialogue producing little suspense or excitement. Destined for the direct-to-video market, there's a mildly amusing running joke concerning Nouri's preferred brand of cigarettes and Nesbitt's personal claims about alien abduction earn a chuckle, otherwise, despite the chemistry between the leads, there's little to recommend (notwithstanding the ill-fitting jazzy saxophone riff over the final credits).