It's like two totally unrelated films happening at once. The story that is initially set up (the disappearance of Maisie) was a ten minute story dragged out with uncomfortably long slow mo and an hour and half interval to watch some lights flickering. I had worked out whodunnit in the first five mins and can't believe I wasted my time thinking perhaps something interesting might happen, especially when the aliens rocked up. There's lots of influence from other films (Space Odyssey / Signs / War of the Worlds / Close Encounters) but as there's no story here, I wished I'd have just rewatched one of them instead. The acting was OK but it's not like there was much going on, just standing and staring mainly.
Review of Dark Encounter
