Midnight Special (2016)
Genre: Drama / Scifi
Duration: 112 minuten
Country:
United States / Greece
Directed by: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton and Jaeden Martell
IMDb score:
6,6 (86.841)
Releasedate: 18 February 2016
Midnight Special plot
"He's not like us."
Roy (Michael Shannon) is a father desperately trying to protect his eight-year-old son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), who has special gifts. Together with some friends, he tries to take Alton to a secret location, while they are being chased by both an extreme religious sect and a special government unit. The outcome of the chase could well change the world.
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Actors and actresses
Roy Tomlin
Alton Meyer
Lucas
Sarah Tomlin
Agent Sevier
Elden
Calvin Meyer
Levi
Sharon Davison
Agent Miller
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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- 6205 messages
- 2551 votes
So much effort, such good and interesting actors, such careful construction, and then the pay-off with glowing eyes, outstretched hands and CG buildings – it's almost as disappointing as M. Night Shyamalan's later films. The acting and the atmosphere of the first half keep the film going fairly well, but I drop out at that Close encounters of the third kind ending.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
A Perfect World (Film, 1993) meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Film, 1977), or so it seems. To be honest, I just thought it was all mediocre. Not that the film completely misses the mark, but it didn't hit me enough to really catch on.
Atmospheric and at times exciting, but there are also too many loose dead moments in the film. However, the cast is still trying to straighten it out. Film seems unfinished and vague, also a bit too easy at times and I didn't like the ending. Just not...
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des1
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- 1745 messages
- 995 votes
Late last night on the BBC after that fantastic David Bowie concert he gave at Glastonbury in 2000. Curiously high rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A good example of how people who like (this kind of) SF are served properly and express their appreciation accordingly. It's a bit of a suspenseless story with people going through the motions, and at the end (which only Americans seem to have a patent on) "ooh and ah, there's more that meets the eye". Reminiscent of what made the in itself fine film The Abyss such a big letdown. Good acting, that justifies a meager 3*. Didn't pay for it.
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