Dark Skies: DVD Review
Dark Skies
Rating: M
Released by Shock DVD
Late 90s UFO
conspiracy show Dark Skies was notable for many reasons at the time.
It crested a wave created from the success of the X
Files and launched Eric Close as an actor (before he went onto Without a
Trace)
It was also notable for launching to the
fanfare that it would run over five seasons - if the ratings held up.
Sadly they didn't - so we're left with only the one
season.
It centres around a young couple in the 60s
John Leongard and Kimberly Sayers (Close and Megan Ward) who are caught up in
the conspiracy of an alien invasion by a group called The Hive.
But opposing their hunt for the truth is the Majestic
12, a covert government group who'll do all it can to stop the truth coming out-
and it seems all of history as we know it is a lie and was manipulated by these
two groups.
Clever and well written Dark Skies
still holds up reasonably well, some 15 years later.
Well acted and with a sense of compelling story telling, the 18
episodes all hang together and pack in great performances from Close, Ward and
the much missed JT Walsh as the bad guy.
It's just
unfortunate the season ends on a frustrating note which will never be
resolved.
Extras: Photogallery
Rating: 7/10
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