Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Movie review: Taking Earth

 
 Rumors of a strange viral outbreak. Alien ships hovering in the sky. Two survivors struggle to stay alive, but one of them may hold the key to fixing everything.

Ronan Quarmby (David), Brad Richards (Garabon/Graeme), Barbara Harrison (Ellen), Marco Torlage (Cameron), Richard Sorensen (Devanera).

Taking Earth begins a bit mysteriously and continues the theme throughout the film. The question of aliens rather than an epidemic is not really clear until later in the film. At that point a couple more bits of information are shared which only serve to further complicate things. Between all of that is some interesting action, characters, and technology splattered with drama. The result is a somewhat incoherent storyline in a good production value film.

Acting was, strange. Quarmby was okay at times, but ridiculously fake in some scenes. Torlage was mildly better with only infrequent moments of insincerity. Richards on the other hand perpetually overacted with his tough guy glare-and-stare method of acting. The remainder of the supporting cast felt inexperienced.

Camera work, sets, and backgrounds were enjoyable with some lovely scenery used as a backdrop. CGI was clean, crisp, and nicely done. Dialogue was okay but some slow, dramatic scenes were very overdone. Sound and soundtrack were pretty good.

Overall Taking Earth is a surprisingly low energy film considering the human population is being devastated with a couple of teenagers as the saviors. Those who enjoy a convoluted plot and weak acting should enjoy this one.

Nothing much to limit audience age in this one. A bit of violence, a couple of potentially disturbing situations with aliens, but teens and above should be fine.

Released: 2017
Reviewed: 8.8.17
Star rating: 2 out of 5
Genre: Alien Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Aliens

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