The Fourth Kind (2009)
Milla Jovovich stars in this horror movie about alien abduction that claims to be based on “real events” and to include “real interview” footage as well as some “real police video”. The reality is that the film relies on cheap lies to try and get easy scares. It is not based on real events and all the supposedly real footage is fake, with coincidental holes in the recordings when something involving the aliens is supposed to happen.
What could have been an interesting premise, is the central character a reliable witness or is she going nuts, is completely trodden over with the ham fisted attempts at shocking the audience. I also think that there is some room for exploration of the idea of faux reality in fiction and the possibilities of viral marketing but this is not a good example.
2/5 from me, any random x-files rerun is probably worth watching over this.
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