Summary
Science-fiction adventure starring Teo Halm. After their mobile phones start receiving strange signals, three teenage friends are drawn into the desert where they make an astounding discovery.
Science-fiction adventure starring Teo Halm. After their mobile phones start receiving strange signals, three teenage friends are drawn into the desert where they make an astounding discovery.
This kids-help-an-alien adventure borrows wholesale from ET, Super 8, The Goonies and a dozen others, and while it isn't in the same league as its influences, it does make for fun viewing for young audiences. On the eve of eviction from their suburban homes, three boys find their mobile phones picking up mysterious interference. The messages lead them into the desert where they discover an otherworldly thingamajig that's literally the key to a hidden spaceship. But there is a sinister group of grown-ups after the alien gizmo, too. The special effects are decent, the pacing is fast and frantic, and it all makes use of the fashionable "found footage" approach. Aside from some heavy-handed philosophising about how distance doesn't dilute friendship, this is a superior junior sci-fi yarn.
role | name |
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Alex | Teo Halm |
Tuck | Brian "Astro" Bradley |
Munch | Reece Hartwig |
Emma | Ella Wahlestedt |
Dr Lawrence Madsen | Jason Gray-Stanford |
Calvin | Cassius Willis |
Theresa Simms | Sonya Leslie |
Emma's dad | Peter MacKenzie |
role | name |
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Director | Dave Green |