Legends from the Sky

A flying saucer crashes near the home of an old man on the Navajo reservation. The man is abducted by federal agents. His grandson Lyle is a recently-returned US Army veteran, who goes on a quest to find him. In the course of his search, Lyle encounters a government conspiracy, supernatural forces, a wacko federal bureaucrat and his bumbling henchmen, friends and family who won't or can't help, and an ancient secret society.

This independent film has great cinematography, sub-par writing, and mediocre directing. But there aren't very many films with this much dialogue in the Navajo language, so it's got that going for it. It could've been a better film given some more work on the script, but as it is there are a lot of characters and plot elements that are just too far-fetched to believe, and unfortunately too much overacting.

IMDb categorizes the film as sci-fi, but it's not. There's really nothing sci-fi about this, and it's better thought of as a drama or action film. Maybe that's a marketing thing.

I loved seeing the Navajo Nation as the setting for a feature film, and appreciated seeing so many Navajos playing Navajo roles. And it was a gutsy move to have a good chunk of the dialogue in Navajo. In fact, I think the only film I've seen with more Navajo dialogue was the dubbed version of Star Wars that came out a couple years ago.

The native language was great. this movie had potential but the actors were stiff and dialogue was so forced I swear I could see them reading cue cards. seemed to me more like a highschool play.

The story itself was probably okay but the acting was really hard to watch and I couldn't hear what they were saying over the non stop dramatic music or whatever that was that was ten times as loud as everything else. Do they not test movies before they're released to see if there is anything so bad about them that should be corrected like the insane ratio between the inaudible actors voices and the blaring horns during the entire movie? Is the entire movie one long scene that is so dramatic that it has to have that much dramatic music or sound effects? This movie is what makes people hate living in apartments when their neighbors listen to crap like this and have to turn it way up so they can hear what the actors are saying. Idk how this wasn't rated any higher than one star. What do people like so much about this movie? Are they deaf? Must be.

At first the notion of a science fiction movie with Native Americans seems a little unusual. However, in the context of this film it makes sense. "Legends From The Sky" explains how some of the mystique surrounding Native myths could have come about. But this isn't just a movie about Navajo's, it's about many American tribes and even about people from other nations who seem to have supernatural abilities. There is a pretty good story about a black-ops department of the government and their over reach into the lives of peaceful people with some unexpected plot twist that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The photography is impressive. Especially the scenes shot in the state of Washington. There are some remarkable aerial shot of the Navajo Reservation with striking visual effects. And the humorous situations the protagonist finds himself in helps break the tension as the story takes us on a roller-coaster ride of intrigue and suspense. It's fun. It's mysterious. It's exciting. It's a good film for everyone in the family.

This is a good movie, although it starts off very slowly, taking a while to develop the story. Of the inaccuracies in the movie, the most glaring is that the Navajos live near Devil's Tower. Of the more than twenty Plain tribes, are six distinct American Indian Nations that have a direct geographical connection to the Tower, meaning that they have lived in the area at some point in their history. These six nations are the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Kiowa, Lakota, and Shoshone. The Navajo are from Arizona. Devils Tower is a sacred site and a vital cultural resource for Indians from over twenty Plains tribes. For centuries, Indians have performed religious and cultural ceremonies there, including the Sun Dance, sweat lodge rites, vision quests, and prayer offerings.