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The Fourth Kind

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The Fourth Kind

Milla Jovovich, Alisha Seaton, Will Patton, Corey Johnson, Daphne Alexander

Fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of...( read more  read more... ) a federal cover up.

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  • DerekA101
    January 3, 2010
    DerekA101
    The Fourth Kind is an alien abduction thriller that is supposed to be authentic and based on a true story, but in reality, is not. In fact, the movie studio was fined thousands of dollars by the city of Nome, Alaska for posting fabricated news stories on the web that woul...( read more)d correspond with characters in the film.

    The story centers around strange, unexplained disappearances and encounters in the small town of Nome, Alaska. Director Olatunde Osunsanmi uses a suggestion of truth gimmick to help the audience connect with the film on a deeper level. And, honestly, it works... until you find out that you have been doped. The film even begins with actress Milla Jovovich giving a service announcement about how the film is based on facts, but essentially it is up to the viewer to believe what they are about to see. The director, however, did an excellent job with the narration. The film was often times shot in split screen with Jovovich and company acting it out on one side, and the terrifying "real" footage collected from doctor's offices and such were shown on the other side. These "real" footages provided a lot of creepy thrills, especially under the assumption they were authentic.

    This film will play mind games with the viewer, and it will force you to question it's authenticity. The real footage is haunting, and the doctor's story of alien abduction is terrifyingly convincing. Regardless of what you think about this film, it forced me to do some research about it afterwards. I won't elaborate because I don't want to spoil plot details, but many accusations and facts in this movie are verified by the FBI... but the alien abduction theory was neither confirmed or denied. Is The Fourth Kind real, or is it a hoax? I don't know if I personally buy it, but ultimately that is for you to decide. Regardless of one's beliefs, it remains a thought-provoking movie that will leave you pondering for days.
  • briandeguelle
    November 11, 2009
    briandeguelle
    It?s an interesting approach to the alien theory with this movie being shot like a documentary. All performances are great with Mila jovovich being on fine form here. The movie is shot with real (you decide on this) stock footage and video interviews from the main person that mil...( read more)la is portraying. This adds to the eerie feel of the movie and give you some nice jumps and scares. It?s great to see that the alien adduction theme back on the big screen again, this movie didn?t add anything new or give you any new answers its pure entertainment. I have read reviews and webs site saying that this movie is not a true story as it claims and that the stock footage to be fake. But at the end I doesn?t care this movie was great and if I wanted to see real stories about this theme I?ll go to the documentary channels for that.
  • garebearsgirl
    November 8, 2009
    garebearsgirl
    Really good movie, but it scared the crap out of me!!
  • flickfever
    November 6, 2009
    flickfever
    If The Fourth Kind supposed to make you believe in aliens or, at least, make you re-evaluate your beliefs, let me tell you: it probably won't. Even though it's being marketed as "based on the actual case studies," the movie ends up feeling more phony than anything concocted in f...( read more)iction could have ever felt.

    When a group of Nome, Alaska residents begin to encounter strange dreams and eerie night-time episodes of sleeplessness and feeling a presence in the room a Dr. Abigail Tyler (psychologist) begins to sniff around. She thinks, of course, that these strange occurrences have something to do with her own husbands mysterious death some time before. He had been investigating similar, paranormal events in the small frigid community before his demise.

    When things begin getting tragic in Nome, Tyler is forced to reconsider what may be happening to the residents. She must hastily acknowledge that the only explanation is that someone or something is controlling the events. When she decided to videotape some of the patient sessions, that when things start to get really bad.

    And I mean that in more ways than one. Not only to the events in the plot become more strange and mysterious--but that's when the movie itself begins to dwindle. The gimmick of this film is that the "real-life" evidence recorded by the "real" Dr. Tyler is interpolated throughout the film with the dramatized version of those events. Often, you get split screens with both the real footage and the phony footage. The phony footage being (in my opinion) the real-life videotapes.

    It all seems beyond the realm of belief, even for a film that is science fiction. But if anything is supposed to be grounded in fact, it's that this movie would have been better being either all "real-life" or all dramatized. The whole splitting your attention for credibility's sake makes it all too distracting and not engaging enough. It's too much of a ploy to manipulate your discretion and ability to discern fact from fiction.

    In the end, all you really end up witnessing is a bunch of static on a videotape. It really proves nothing more than you already may or may not have believed. If anything it cements the skeptics' opinion even more and clouds the murky faith of the believers even more. It really proves nothing or has anything new to say in terms of alien science fiction film.

    If the fourth kind of alien contact is abduction, then the fifth kind must be boredom.
  • adfill7
    November 17, 2009
    adfill7
    Though there are some good scares, the pseudo-documentary style just didn't work for me. At all.
  • divacheryl
    January 7, 2010
    divacheryl
    It depends which angle u seen it from... Its a mystery.. its up to u to believe.
  • ladollyvitaxo
    January 5, 2010
    ladollyvitaxo
    This movie made me believe in UFOs, extraterrestrials, etc. more than I already do. I'm not sure about the validity of the "actual" footage, though. I tried researching it online a bit and I really couldn't find anything. The eeriest part for me was the end when they played a bun...( read more)ch of 911 calls about UFO sightings. Ooh...chills.
  • wildandcrazygal
    January 4, 2010
    wildandcrazygal
    Chilling and extremely thought provoking. This is one I just had to file away in my sub-conscious because I really didn't want to have to think about it.
  • LaShortygirl52
    January 3, 2010
    LaShortygirl52
    i don't get this movie really i don't but it was kind of sad though her daughter was missing something evil might did something i don't think it was GOD people need read the bible these days i don't believe in alein really i don't i believe in bad evil spirt i have been seen one ...( read more)before
  • PriNcEEsSaM
    December 31, 2009
    PriNcEEsSaM
    that movies sucks as mesho says i lost couple of hours of my life time..
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