When a downtown Tampa high rise project results in the discovery of ancient Indian artifacts, a brilliant but idealistic young archaeologist, Mallory Page, steps in to preserve the native Te... Read allWhen a downtown Tampa high rise project results in the discovery of ancient Indian artifacts, a brilliant but idealistic young archaeologist, Mallory Page, steps in to preserve the native Tequesta Indian history of site. On the eve of her team's eviction from the dig by the power... Read allWhen a downtown Tampa high rise project results in the discovery of ancient Indian artifacts, a brilliant but idealistic young archaeologist, Mallory Page, steps in to preserve the native Tequesta Indian history of site. On the eve of her team's eviction from the dig by the powerful politics of local progress, a discovery awaits - a discovery so profound that a bloody... Read all
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Then you go to the daylight scene with the Archaeologist, which seems totally unconnected to the opening scene and as you watch Dr Page go hot and indignant against the Developer, you wonder how in Hell are the two connected. Plus, despite the low-budget indie effort-- the actors are all putting serious feeling into their roles.
Last-- you come to the Police teams and the unexplained problem of dead homeless people-- and now you have a Mystery. And you will want to see how everything ties together. Then comes the Alien Voss, who is searching for something and he's a nasty piece of action.
Just as the Opening scene showed, this flick will jump into action, shootouts, car chases and confrontations and a lot of Fatalities. There is some ick-horror embedded here also-- and a little humor, but never overdone.
The ending will not exactly follow your expectation. Nor will everything be neatly explained-- but the flick will leave you with gaps that a Sci-Fi fan can fill in the blanks with his or her own theories.
In short-- I don't necessarily call the LACK of a coherent explanation a Negative: It's a Mystery because you will never really know what you were involved with, especially if you're only concerned with getting out Alive.
I was genuinely Surprised and intrigued. And at the end-- Not Disappointed.
Give this one a shot on a Friday Night. I wouldn't call this a Main event movie, but a thought-provoking Indie dish when you want to try something different from the normal polished Hollywood script.
If this is a First Effort, the creators of this movie will definitely be coming round again for more.
The one good thing I found in the movie was the FX makeup. It was surprisingly good. I looked into it assuming that Savini had something to do with it and was shocked to see it was led up by an artist Named Marcus Koch. Look into his work... it's rather good.
The acting was pretty average from a low budget film (Yet with the amount spent on this film it shouldve been ten times better. But thats part of the experience of an upstart production company... the growing pains.) There were a few characters that should not have been casted in their roles. John Frans, Joe Davison, and John Bernath. I just didn't get the feel of any of them being comfortable on a set. The nubs actors I thought did a good job. X-Zanthia and Anthony Jackson were not amazing but gave the feel of them belonging to their characters roles. Id like to see more of them since they had that look to be steady actors in Hollywood.
Overall the script was the best part and had potential if it were sold to a production company or studio that had the experience to turn this into a cult classic. I gave it 2 stars but it had the potential to be a 6 star if done right. If not for the makeup I wouldve shut it off early. It was my kinda cheesy. :)
Remember how you felt at the end (last 10 minutes) of the movie 6th Sense? Unearthed is a movie that will have you thinking the same way. Full of twists and turns, this movie gets better each time you see it.
Excellent performances by John Bernath (Voss) and Slake Counts (Pinder) make this a great movie for either Horror or Sci-Fi fans. It does not fit neatly into a genre category and as such defies traditional movie plots that seem all too predictable.
Well done and well worth the watch. Low budget doesn't have to mean bad movie any more. This is a film you will enjoy seeing more than once. Excellent Cinematography and a driving music score. Blood, guns, fast cars, alien warlords, dark cityscapes and women hanging on hooks.....what more could you ask for.
REVIEW BASED ON SCREENER COPY OF UNEARTHED 2005
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- Crazy creditsNo constitutional rights were repealed or violated and no countries were invaded in order to make this film
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