Dark Skies

20132013
PG-13PG-13
1h 37min

Kadan Rockett in Dark Skies (2013)

As the Barret family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them.

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As the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have... Read allAs the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have arrived from beyond the stars.As the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have arrived from beyond the stars.

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Keri Russell and Dakota Goyo in Dark Skies (2013)

Josh Hamilton and Kadan Rockett in Dark Skies (2013)

Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, and Kadan Rockett in Dark Skies (2013)

Josh Hamilton in Dark Skies (2013)

Kadan Rockett in Dark Skies (2013)

Keri Russell and Kadan Rockett in Dark Skies (2013)

Dakota Goyo and Kadan Rockett in Dark Skies (2013)

Keri Russell in Dark Skies (2013)

Keri Russell in Dark Skies (2013)

Dark Skies (2013)

Dark Skies (2013)

Dark Skies (2013)

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The Barrett family-mother Lacy, father Daniel, older son Jesse, and younger son Sammy-reside on a quiet suburban street in an unnamed American city. Daniel is currently unemployed, placing the burden of supporting the family on Lacy, who works as a real estate agent. Their two sons enjoy a happy relationship and communicate with each other from their beds via walk-talkie. A number of strange occurrences befall the family. During the night, the contents of the kitchen are rearranged in bizarre configurations. The house alarm is set off when it detects that all entry points were breached simultaneously. Sammy suffers a fit while playing soccer and Lacy is shocked when hundreds of birds suddenly crash into the house. One night, Lacy is awakened by a sound from Sammy's room. When she goes to check on him, through the darkness she sees a figure standing over his bed. She turns on the light to find an empty room. Sammy is found walking away from the house but cannot remember leaving. Lacy, Daniel and Jesse each suffer catatonic episodes and regain consciousness with no memory of their experiences.

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Taglines
- Once you've been chosen, you belong to them.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for violence, terror throughout, sexual material, drug content and language - all involving teens
Parents guide

Trivia
Keri Russell was the first and only choice for the female lead.

Goofs
When the wildlife official, Janice Rhodes, is talking to Daniel Barrett she says they will perform an autopsy on the birds. Though autopsy can refer to animals, it is arguably more normal for the word necropsy to be used.

Quotes
[first lines]
Title Card: Two possibilities exist... Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur C. Clarke

Connections
Featured in Great MoVie Mistakes (2013)

Soundtracks
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Written by John Philip Sousa
Performed by The United States Marine Band

Top review

6/10

Could Be a Good X-Files Episode

A typical middle-class suburban family suddenly have the strangest and eeriest of experiences happening right in their very home, to all the members of the family. These range from simple skin allergies to elaborate geometric skin markings, from photos disappearing from their frames to birds crashing into their windows. As their kids Jesse (Dakota Goyo) and Sam (Kadan Rockett) seem to be the targets of the unseen assailants, Lacy (Felicity Huffman) and Daniel (Josh Hamilton) have to race against time and the unknown to save their family. Can they?

"Dark Skies" straddles the genres of horror and science fiction. It is not bad at all. It is not overly ambitious. It achieves the goals it sets out to do effectively. Of course, there are typical horror clichés and convenient coincidences all around but the execution manages to make it work. The main actors have some preposterous things to do and say, yet they still manage to pull it off somehow and make us care about them. I am not going to reveal here what exactly was going on in this film, but I can say that this could be a very good episode of the X- Files if Mulder and Scully were there.

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Daniel is an architect but doesn't know about cutting lumber square ???

Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $17,418,667
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,189,166
- Feb 24, 2013
Gross worldwide
- $27,858,103

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Runtime
- 1h 37min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Datasat
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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