The first hour of Dark Skies does a competent, if unexceptional, job of creeping us out.
A middle class but financially under pressure couple (Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton) find that someone or something is rearranging things in their kitchen, scaring their younger son and setting off the burglar alarm.
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Boring: Josh Hamilton plays Daniel, the father of scared younger son Sam, played by Kadan Rockett
The plot fizzles out with a final twist that it’s impossible to care about.
Laboriously established plot points are left dangling in mid-air.
Why are aliens putting implants in Dad’s neck? Why are they intent on destroying Mom’s credibility as an estate