Review by tabuno

21 April 2010. This little sci fi movie that could, captivates with its Tangerine Dream, electronic, new age soundtrack and envelopes and captivates in its fusion of mood and pacing with the movie's other elements. This low-budget presentation is actually part of its charm as the lower quality picture and sound actually enhance the richness, the authenticity and ambiance of the movie, especially the military action. Over a quarter of a century old, this movie holds up perfectly without aging, its environs and technological appearance seems still mostly contemporary, except perhaps the dot matrix computer, but its rapid gun-shot noise even makes for a nice energetic background noise. The script and plot are tight, the concept both edgy and lightly sprinkled with humor, some of silently accomplished. There are suggestions of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971) in the science and purported serious nature of the threat involved in the movie, even to the transmission of important messages from higher ups, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) during the darkened enclosed space scenes at the third ways through the movie, and NOMADS (1986) in the stylistic energy of night life and passing of an almost surrealistic sequences of observing human behavior. Overall, this movie takes a simple plot, injects a sense of national urgency and possible doom along with a Native American air of balance and acceptance, a balanced movie that fuses together a story of both paranoia and playfulness and wonder. January 18, 2019. Not available on DVD nor most streaming service. There is a copy posted to Youtube.