Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

I thought I would hate this movie when I saw the trailer. I've been fooled before by found footage horror movies about people going to a secluded place in search of the supernatural, yadah yadah yadah. Usually they're terrible, but I saw this one and was pleasantly surprised. My biggest complaint is that the part of the movie focusing on the documentarian who has found this footage, the real meat of the movie, isn't very engaging at all. Half of the movie focuses on 3 kids trying to find proof of aliens, but we are gradually shown this story through the story of the main kid's sister uncovering the footage. Whenever it cut back to the sister, I just wanted to get back to the main plot. However, the long setup is very much worth the payoff at the very end. This is a slow burn film that takes a while for the important events to happen, but the final act of the film is well worth the wait. I don't often get scared by horror movies, but the ending of this films kind of terrified me. Paranoia slowly builds until we're treated to a very tense ending that gives enough closure to satisfy but also leaves a few things to the imagination. Phoenix forgotten isn't fantastic, but for what it's worth, it's much better than most of the other formulaic horror movies studios are currently cranking out. It's well acted and produced, and I liked it. Don't be expecting to much, but if you're in the mood for a good UFO movie, I'd recommend it.

I thought that the film was decently made, even though I personally prefer films that use a higher quality camera when it's mostly filmed with hand-held cameras. The story was a bit shambled and sometimes hard to understand. It was also a bit generic and seemed liked a low budget film.

Just goes to show what is someones trash is someones treasure and looking at reviews on here I nearly did not bother watching this and that would have been a shame as its a good movie and certainly as good as any other found footage movie out there and better than a lot of them to.I started to watch this with a finger close to the stop button on the remote but I never stopped it. In fact I was riveted from beginning to end. I loved the way they blended real events and news reports with the fiction parts of the story which really grabbed you and the lead in with all the footage of the kids messing around made you want to watch until the end to see what happens.Don't always believe the reviews on here and watch this movie you might be very surprised.... I was

REVIEW - PHOENIX FORGOTTEN OK ladies and gentlemen of the film watching community I have 2 questions for you.What multi million pound film did Ridley Scott "Director/Writer" recently make about aliens which was absolute tosh? And what low budget film did the same Producer / Director make again about aliens which in every aspect was far better than the multi million pound film? Yes budget isn't everything, in fact Phoenix Forgotten has just confirmed one of my suspicious, that the bigger the budget the more studios assume it will be a box office hit when in this instance it is the opposite.If your into alien abduction films then give this unknown Ridley Scott film a try.Using one of the most famous sightings in Phoenix Arizona which was seen simultaneously by 1000s of people as its starting point the film follows 3 teens trying to get to the bottom of the sighting.