The Fourth Kind
There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.
In modern-day Nome, Alaska, since the 1960s a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered.
Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented.
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Fourth Kind - rudy123
Attempt to show us the aliens abduct people. Interesting story done in a documentary form (or should I say mocumentary).
At least it was a thriller and not a horror! Some ideas of what a person abducted might actually look like and respond.
Does not seem overly real but at least they tried something different.Pretty lame - luyo
I'm surprised that people would watch this and still believe it could be based on real events... I didn't have to google it to find out whether it's fake - it's pretty obviously fabricated. But I wouldn't mind it that much. The problem is that the movie makes a big deal about the video documentary footage being real, and "very disturbing". It makes such a big deal out of it that belabors the point and becomes very annoying when it becomes very clear that all the "documentary" footage is staged, with performances that are even less realistic than the "dramatization" scenes. Even the director of the film goes on screen to tell the audience to find the truth for yourself, while there is nothing in the film that is remotely convincing. Then the ending titles seem to go on forever, making up more and more obviously false information, even with photographs of a "missing child". I kept asking myself what was the point of all of it. Why not just make a straightforward movie without "actual audio" and "actual footage" every 10 seconds with overdone splitscreen effects for added distraction? I think I understand what they were going for - trying to explore the potential of grainy video footage of unexplained phenomena that exists out there, some of which is truly freaky. But the effect could have perhaps been better achieved if the film focused just on the found footage, or on a mock documentary format, implying throughout that what you're seeing is real, without having to shove it down your throat. Some of the technical achievements of the film are impressive, such as the beautiful photography of Alaska, its night skies and owls. But the acting is quite awkward and unnatural all around, particularly in the role that should have been the most realistic, that of the "real" Abby Tyler.Fact or fiction? You decide - LandPhil
I'm an open-minded skeptic (an oxymoron I know), I do believe we're not alone in the universe (pretty egocentric not to) but when it comes to the alien abduction thing, I tend to raise an eyebrow (really?) when I hear or see people who claim to have been abducted. Are they crazy or just seeking attention? This movie is supposedly based on a real person and her story. Dr. Abigail Tyler is a psychologist from Nome, Alaska. Some of her patients have been having similar dreams and once under hypnosis undergo frightening violent reactions. The use of the "actual" video and audio footage is brilliantly used to scare the pants of you. I still question if what I saw was real or just another director pulling the wool over our eyes "à la Blair Witch Project". Wether true or not, this movie is very cool to watch and I highly recommend it. The best way to watch this is with an open mind, don't watch and analyze it to death because you would be doing a deservice to you and the movie. If you go in and watch it with with an "it's all BS mindset", you'll walk out disappointed. This is a good movie, sit back and enjoy.
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Fourth Kind - rudy123
Attempt to show us the aliens abduct people. Interesting story done in a documentary form (or should I say mocumentary).
At least it was a thriller and not a horror! Some ideas of what a person abducted might actually look like and respond.
Does ...Pretty lame - luyo
I'm surprised that people would watch this and still believe it could be based on real events... I didn't have to google it to find out whether it's fake - it's pretty obviously fabricated. But I wouldn't mind it that much. The problem is that the movie makes ...Fact or fiction? You decide - LandPhil
I'm an open-minded skeptic (an oxymoron I know), I do believe we're not alone in the universe (pretty egocentric not to) but when it comes to the alien abduction thing, I tend to raise an eyebrow (really?) when I hear or see people who claim to have been abducted. ...