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Plot:
In this drama based on a true -- and astonishing -- story, Travis Walton (D.B. Sweeney), an Arizona logger, is driving through the countryside at night with his friends when he's struck by a brilliant...( read more 
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MCT:July 21, 2008
"Fire in the Sky" is worth checking out for it's interesting story, based on a true one, about an alien abduction case. But, the movie is really unspectacular and uneventful until the flashbacks occur, where the victim recalls, little by little, what actually happened on the mother ship. "Fire in the Sky" feels more made-for-TV than a big-screen event, but the scope of this story fits nicely on a home television set. If I had seen this in a theater, I'd have been mildly dissappointed, I think. On my home theater get-up, it was an entertaining distraction that tries to make you believe the strange story in a roundabout way. If you find yourself getting impatient with this film as you watch it, just skip ahead in the chapters to when D.B. Sweeney has his harrowing flashbacks on board that ship. Otherwise, rent something else with aliens abductions hahah.
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MCT:July 5, 2008oh god this movie was creepy, make you wonder what if.......could something like this really happen I guess you either believe in aliens or you don't
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MCT:May 13, 2008
an underrated gem of a film that never really made it big about a group of loggers who claimed an alien abduction happened to one of their number. the build up is slow and well crafted while the final half hour is a scary climax. one of robert liebermans few outings as director outside of a television series or made for tv movies. it stars henry thomas "elllliott" and robert patrick... (badass terminator in judgement day or agent doggett towards the end of the x-files) as well as kathy wilhoite who has had one of the most varied acting careers going. watch it if you dare! it's not really scary, just solid and creepy... as in don't watch it just before ya go to sleep, or do?!!?
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MCT:March 27, 2008
This movie wasn't too bad. I thought it was going to be bad, so I was surprised when the acting was superb, and the plot was easy enough to follow. However, when you get to the scene where the guy is in the spaceship... I found that to be EXTREMELY disturbing.
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MCT:March 15, 2008FIRE IN THE SKY (1993)
directed by Robert Liberman
starrin D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, James GarnerHere's an excerpt from Travis Walton's book:«Abruptly my vision cleared. The sudden horror of what I saw rocked me as I realized that I was definitely not in a hospital.
I was looking squarely into the face of a horrible creature! It looked steadily back at me with huge, luminous brown eyes the size of quarters.
I looked frantically around me. There were three of them! I struck out at the two on my right, hitting one with the back of my arm, knocking it into the other one. My swing was more of a push than a blow, I was so weakened. The one I touched felt soft through the cloth of its garment. The muscles of its puny physique yielded with a sponginess that was more like fat than sinew. The creature was light and had fallen back easily.»
In 1975, Travis Walton was abducted by aliens and then returned five days later. Some believed his friends killed him, others think it really happened. Its based on a true story.This is the film that started it all for me. My fascination for alien life but also my fear of them. I was 10 years old when I saw that film. It scared me like nothing else before or since. All of that because, once the film was over, I understood it was based on a true story. If you have seen it you understand how disturbing it might be.
The film itself is alright, looking like a TV movie at times but a great cast of actors with potential make it interesting. Still, there is nothing original about the film and the characterization is somehow clichéed.
There is one scene though that make this entire film worthy, its the alien planet. Its not exactly shown like in the book and uses more Hollywood clichés as for the look of the alien but that scene is extremely well-handled and its scarier than anything I have ever scene. Well, it was for the 10-year-old that I was and since it traumatized me kind of badly, I still cant look at it today. Silly, I know, but Ive developed a visceral fear of aliens cause of this film.
Its somehow thought-provocking. It might but unintentionally funny for those who dont want to be open-minded, its also boring at times, but Fire in the Sky is one of the few films to tackle that subject matter seriously without having an open opinion. Its worth seeing at least once, especially if you are fascianted by alien life forms, and Im not talking about monsters that are always depicted in movies, but human being look-alike.
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MCT:October 7, 2007This movie actually SCARED me. Psychologically of course. This movie is incredible, it gives me chills.
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MCT:September 21, 2007
scary as hell, a small town drama, did a guy get abducted by aliens, we see his paranoia and small town folks reactions, and a great 3rd act where wec see the abduction, chilling
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MCT:September 2, 2007
This was a pretty stark look at the UFO phenomenon that is a lot harsher than films like Close Encounters of the Third kind. Still, it did a lot of the UFO buffs and capitalized on the X-Files fever, I would think.
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MCT:August 20, 2007
Unbelievable! This is based on a true story, most of the film is banal in the extreme, only coming to life in the terrifying sequence where I find out what really happened to a logger claims to have been kidnapped by a flying saucer. Believe it or not!
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MCT:August 7, 2007Frustrating film, which may indeed be the point. One of those stories where you wonder: "doesn't anybody TALK?" Interesting cast.
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MCT:August 5, 2007
Even as i am not an "Alien Movie" fan because i don't believe in them, the movie still has an essence. It was not that focused on the alien part as much as the people's reactions part-that's what i love about it.
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MCT:July 21, 2007
The TRUE story of Travis Walton, except when it gets to the alien sequence, which Hollywoodized the look of the aliens and their ship for the sake of making it scary, but Walton's actual account is far more terrifying. Best part: Script.
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MCT:July 14, 2007
Alien abduction story presented in documentary style that will appeal to fans of The X-Files. Like me.
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MCT:July 13, 2007
The scenes with the aliens are a bit psychedelic, but then again, so they perhaps should be. How can you poperly memorize something that human mind should not understand?
This is drama, and it shows. I liked the movie more than I perhaps should, for some odd reason. It is inspiring, deep, and definitely well made - which means the acting is good. -
MCT:June 3, 2007
I've always had a soft spot for abduction movies. Some of the scenes in this one still creep me out.
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MCT:May 30, 2007
What disturbed me about this movie is that the guys whom this story was based on really did pass their lie detector tests. They really believed they were abducted.
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MCT:May 19, 2007I've never been scared of a film like i was the last 10 minutes of this one. Of course, my wonderful dad took me to see it when i was 5....
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MCT:May 17, 2007There are some pretty gnarly parts in this film, but you might as well take the movie as a whole at face value. There's nothing special here.
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MCT:April 9, 2007
this movie gave me nightmares for years in combination with the billy joel song "we didn't start the fires"
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MCT:March 21, 2007
Awesome movie for any sci fi conspiracy theorist X-Files folks...that would be me. And based on a true story no less!
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