Sunday, February 13, 2011

Encounter at Raven's Gate

Australia Rolf de Heer

Interesting, highly skilled take on an alien invasion concept. Shot mostly in the dark, which served to disguise a low budget, heighten suspense and acted as a perfect metaphor for how little of the subject aliens was shown. All here was hidden, mysterious, but somehow menacing.

The actual focus of the story was the human relationships...that was OK for a while, filled out screen time...but became tiresome 2/3 through.

Still, this was a good effort by a filmmaker who has gone on to many solid projects.

5

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