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United Arab Emirates • 2016 • 90m •
 • Directed by: S.A. Zaidi. • Starring: Saga Alyasery, Ana Druzhynina, Mansoor Alfeeli, Mohammad Abu Diak, Pascale Matar, Luke Coutts, Tamara Ljubibratic, Abeer Mohammed, Derrik Sweeney, Ghanem Ghubash. • Music by: Atif Ali, Tabraiz Haroon, Jawad Itani.  Earth is invaded by Aliens from outer space. An intermarried couple living in the city of Dubai is confined to their house due to the uncertainty of the situation. Disconnected from the world outside due to the loss of communication, they explore around their cultural differences in Science in order to understand the reason behind Aliens coming to our planet, only to find themselves caught between a series of extraterrestrial encounters at their very home.
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I don't quite know how to describe this movie. I suppose I can start with a simple, one-word review: bad. It's very slow moving, amateurish special effects, wooden acting, tepid direction, weak script. Basically, everything is bad. I did give it more than one star, upping it to two simply because I watched it all the way though simply to see if it improved and to reach a conclusion, to see how the story ended. It wasn't easy.
As has been noted, the acting of the two main characters is tortured at best. This is a dialogue-driven production, which requires crisp acting, solid writing, great direction. This has none of that. I can forgive the poor special effects, and certainly understand why they kept it limited. If not, it would have been distracting. You sense no connection between the two main characters, as if they were only recently thrust together. Lines are delivered flatly. The husband is a bit brutish at times, tough to like, but not enough to hate. He looks sort of like a softer-looking Vin Diesel wannabee type. Neither reacts appropriately to the situations on hand.
I did want to like the movie, and that's another reason I selected it and watched it even though I knew within the first minute it was low quality. The idea of a science fiction movie from the UAE was intriguing. I wanted to support it, and hopefully we'll see more and better produced movies in the future from the UAE. There is a lot of money in the UAE. Hopefully some of it shifts toward better movie production in the future.
As has been noted, the acting of the two main characters is tortured at best. This is a dialogue-driven production, which requires crisp acting, solid writing, great direction. This has none of that. I can forgive the poor special effects, and certainly understand why they kept it limited. If not, it would have been distracting. You sense no connection between the two main characters, as if they were only recently thrust together. Lines are delivered flatly. The husband is a bit brutish at times, tough to like, but not enough to hate. He looks sort of like a softer-looking Vin Diesel wannabee type. Neither reacts appropriately to the situations on hand.
I did want to like the movie, and that's another reason I selected it and watched it even though I knew within the first minute it was low quality. The idea of a science fiction movie from the UAE was intriguing. I wanted to support it, and hopefully we'll see more and better produced movies in the future from the UAE. There is a lot of money in the UAE. Hopefully some of it shifts toward better movie production in the future.
Review by NetLord99 from the Internet Movie Database.
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