White Sky

Pretty much what I expected, Zombie vs people. The dialogue was so muffled and garbled even the open caption couldn't get it all. Will there be any hope for humanity???

This film looks good. Largely filmed in the wilderness it's nice enough to look at. When the aliens arrive the ship hangs in the sky like an updated V. The advertising for the film focused on these impressive images which is what caught my eye.

Being positive, the idea is ok, the acting is ok, and the sfx and makeup is ok.

BUT it is just so dull. After a promising first 15 minutes it loses all its steam.

First up, this is really a zombie film and not aliens. The afore mentioned ship in the sky scene is as close to aliens as it gets.

Very little happens and what does happen makes little sense. Think a very long uneventful episode of The Walking Dead.

By the ending I had really lost all interest and any understanding of what was going on. In the closing scenes I couldn't tell if there was even a conclusion.

In a quality bit of writing, a full on argument about not using a flare as it would give away their location is followed seconds later with them all carrying flaming torches.

A trio of of people go camping at night with leaving the flashlights in the car and they only enough food for one. We're talking experienced outdoorsmen here. Some form of UFO something does something and a cloud and a light and a few dollars of SFX later... zombies. The remainder of the movie is the trio and another wandering about in the woods in the dark. Or hanging out in camp. Or whining. Or resting. Or fighting amongst themselves. It's all equally uninteresting.

The zombies are bound by rules of engagement that ensure they never do anything mildly exciting. They can only run when they outnumber the humans. They are as easy to kill as humans. They can't speak, but they can call each other, though never when doing so would cause them to outnumber however many humans are nearby. The encounters are easy. The pulse never quickens. It's as if the movie is aimed at cardiac patients recovering in the IC.

The movie would be more interesting is these weren't without doubt the least inquisitive humans on earth. They never ask questions, seek to gain knowledge, or attempt to find out what is going on. They just assume life on earth is over and there is nothing better to do than randomly wander about the woods until they are either eaten or run out of supplies.

Unusually for a movie of this caliber, the lead actress delivers a competent performance. That's actually bad, because it highlights how poor everyone else is. Especially her sister. Whether acting high or sober, her scenes were uniformly dreadful.

Five stars on the strength of the lead actress, the mildly intriguing alien invasion plot, the camera and sound work. Especially given what they accomplished on a budget that wouldn't cover lunch for the cast at a fast food restaurant. How far worse projects than this receive funding when this received none is a mystery. I'd like to see what this lot could do with a decent budget and a better supporting cast. Five stars.

This is a zombie movie. We thought this was going to be an alien film. It's just a bunch of people in the woods trying to avoid zombies.

We fast forwarded to the end it because it was so dull.

Strange alien invasion sounds interesting, right? Right! Well, on that note, then I opted to sit down and watch the 2021 action sci-fi movie "White Sky". Well, that and also because it was a new movie that I hadn't already seen.

Funny why writer Philip Daay would think that watching a group of people traverse aimlessly around a forest for the majority of the movie would be considered to be entertaining. I surely didn't find it the least bit entertaining. Not even 30 minutes into the ordeal and I am well fed up with the movie, but I opted to give it a bit more of a chance, so I pressed on. Needless to say that I didn't stick around for the entire movie, because watching people stroll around in a forest didn't cut it for me.

The storyline sounded interesting enough on the synopsis, but the transition from script to screen was abysmal and it certainly didn't make for an exciting or interesting movie.

Now, I am not one that jumps at the chance to watch sci-fi movies, as it is not a preferred genre for me, but every now and again I do dabble with it. I should have stayed well clear of "White Sky" though, despite it having an interesting enough synopsis and a cover/poster that certainly seemed to have potential.

Visually the "White Sky" felt sluggish and amateurish, as if the movie was filmed on a mobile phone camera. Yeah, it was that dubious. And let's just be honest, that didn't really work in favor of a movie that was already fast sliding downhill from a lack of interesting storyline.

My rating of "White Sky" lands on a one out of ten stars. This movie was not worth the time, money or effort. Some of us suffered through this rubbish in smaller or bigger degree, so you don't have to.