Spectral (2016)

A sci-fi/thriller story centered on a special-ops team that is dispatched to fight supernatural beings.

Director:

Nic Mathieu

Writers:

Ian Fried (story), Nic Mathieu (story)

Stars:

James Badge Dale, Emily Mortimer, Bruce Greenwood

Cast

Credited cast:
James Badge Dale	...	Clyne
Emily Mortimer	...	Fran Madison
Bruce Greenwood	...	General Orland
Max Martini	...	Capt. Sessions
Cory Hardrict	...	Alessio
Clayne Crawford	...	Sgt. Toll
Gonzalo Menendez	...	Captain Marco Cabrera
Ursula Parker	...	Sari
Aaron Serban	...	Bogdan
Stephen Root	...	Dr. Mindala
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jimmy Akingbola	...	Sgt. Steve McFadden
Tsogbaatar Batzorig	...	Weapons Engineer
Mike Bodie	...	Efrem (as Michael Bodie)
Philip Bulcock	...	Sgt. Chris Davis
Miklós Bányai	...	Benson

Storyline

Civil Unrest in the European country of Moldova has US forces engaging the insurgents however there is a new threat who has decided both are their enemy. This new threat resides in an alternative spectrum that makes them invisible to the naked eye and instant death to anyone confronting them. Locals believe they are Spirits of War but others believe they are superior arms technology fabricated by the Moldova government..

---

Plot Keywords:

moldova | technology | human experiment | last stand | fictional war | 

---

Taglines:

A supernatural Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

---

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi combat action

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was originally produced for a theatrical release by Universal Pictures, who decided to offload it instead. It was subsequently acquired by Netflix.

---

Goofs

In certain scenes the military personnel are wearing their name tape on the wrong side of his jacket. U.S. Army should be over the left pocket while the name tape is worn over the right pocket. And to prove that the editor screwed up and inserted the cut film backwards, the US flag patches are backwards in those scenes (Stars in top RIGHT corner) and shown on the right arm when they should be on the left arm.

---

Quotes

[at around 6:30 minutes a team of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency officials are observing a Lab test of a potential weapon for use on the battlefield]
DoD official: Can you try this on living things?
Dr. Mindala: That wasn't our intent here... initially.
DoD official: We'd like you to test it.
Clyne: Any volunteers?
[several people around the lab chuckle under their breath]

User Reviews

The language spoken from a little girl is Slovenian

I really don't know from where others are coming.

Even one Romanian author said that the girl talked in bad Romanian.

The girl and the boy were talking in Slovenian.

Which was a disaster error from producers of this film. Shooted in Hungary, stated that is Moldavia and talking Slovenian.

It's like you shooted film in America, stated that its Mexico and people talked french.

It's hilarious bud after all the geography and language failures it's still decent movie.

People should really learn some basic facts before doing things

Details

Country:

USA Hungary

Language:

English Russian Romanian Slovenian

Release Date:

9 December 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Spectral

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Legendary Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Netflix

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1