Dark Skies tells the story of Lacy (Keri Russell) and Daniel Barrett (Josh Hamilton), a typical American couple living in the suburbs with their kids, Jesse (Dakota Goyo) and Sam (Kadan Rockett). But things begin to turn quite atypical for them when strange disturbances in the middle of the night quickly begin to escalate – from signs of an animal getting into their fridge, to their furniture being bizarrely arranged into an unbelievably balanced tower to family photos vanishing from inside frames. Is it a stalker? Is one of the children disturbed? Or, could it be… aliens?
Writer/director Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest) gives the film a recession-era bent by introducing us to the Barretts in the midst of some hard times. Daniel has been laid off and can't seem to find a new job, leading to growing tension between him and Lacy. Russell (currently kicking ass, both dramatically and physically, on The Americans) and Hamilton (Louie fans may remember him as the obnoxious neighbor Louie got high with) are both very good here creating a believable relationship and the strain the two are already under before things get freaky.
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