The Fourth Kind (2009)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Writers (WGA):

Olatunde Osunsanmi (screenplay)
Olatunde Osunsanmi (story) ...

Release Date:

6 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.

Plot:

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 a federal cover up.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Alaska | Abduction | Investigation | Cover Up

US Showtimes:

The Bridge: Cinema de lux

12:30pm | 2:55 | 5:20 | 7:45 | 10:10

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Cast

Milla Jovovich	...	Abbey Tyler
Will Patton	...	Sheriff August
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	Awolowa Odusami
Corey Johnson	...	Tommy Fisher
Enzo Cilenti	...	Scott Stracinsky
Elias Koteas	...	Abel Campos
Eric Loren	...	Deputy Ryan
Mia McKenna-Bruce	...	Ashley Tyler
Raphaël Coleman	...	Ronnie Tyler
Daphne Alexander	...	Theresa
Alisha Seaton	...	Cindy Stracinski
Tyne Rafaeli	...	Sarah Fisher
Sarah Houghton	...	Jessica
Julian Vergov	...	Will Tyler
Yoan Karamfilov	...	Ralph

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violent/disturbing images, some terror, thematic elements and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44661) | Japan:G | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Gold Circle Films

Trivia:

The movie's hoaxed interviews have angered the families of real missing persons in and around Nome, Alaska, for trivializing their loss. Melanie Edwards, Vice President of Kawerak Inc (an organization representing tribal peoples in Alaska) described the movie as "insensitive to family members of people who have gone missing in Nome over the years". Universal has refused to discuss the movie with that organization or with local journalists.

A very frightening, unconventional horror movie

I was given a pass to see a sneak preview of THE FOURTH KIND last week and have not stopped thinking about it since. The trailer has been everywhere in the past few weeks so I went in with some knowledge about the movie; I knew roughly about the subject matter (abduction), and that it was told using both found and re-created footage. Knowing this much, I thought I knew what I was in for. I didn't. The movie is much more terrifying than I had imagined. It's not just about abduction itself, but about the effect on the victims' life afterward, the feeling of having your autonomy taken by something larger than yourself. The movie stays with you, nagging constantly, making you look over your shoulder, keeping you up at night.

Just . . . really compelling, ambitious, and VERY scary.