The Phoenix Incident (2015, United States)
mysterious disappearancescience fiction
Running time: 81 minutes
Language: English
The Phoenix Incident 2015 American mystery film review
On the night of the famous Phoenix Lights, when many people have reported seeing a formation of light hovering for a long time over Phoenix, Arizona, police received many calls about the lights, but also about missing persons. Over 200 people were reported missing after that night, among them 4 young men - Glenn Lauder, Mitch Adams, Ryan Stone and Jacob Reynolds - who were last seen off-roading in Estrella Mountain Regional Park near Phoenix. One man, Walt Gayson, was in this case arrested, suspected of being involved in the ritual death of the missing men. When their remains were found months later, it was impossible to determine the cause of death - there were no soft tissues to be examined, so the police closed the case assuming they were killed by some wild animals. But the video material found next to the bodies tells an entirely different story - the moment they have arrived at Estrella Mountain, they noticed unusual military activity in the area, with planes and helicopters flying above their heads. A former high rank air force officer is interviewed by the documentary crew and presents events that are linked to the missing case. Days before the Phoenix Lights incident, a strange V-shape object was spotted next to a comet passing the Earth and the scientists were tracking the movements of that object until it reached Phoenix...
The film tells the story of two real-life events that took place on the same night - the famous Phoenix Lights observed by many people and the disappearance of four young men in the Estrella Mountain Regional Park (although there are different versions of the date of disappearance, so they did not necessarily happen on the same night). The coincidence of that two events is a good build-up for the movie plot, but unfortunately the creators went into the most overused gimmick since the success of the Blair Witch Project - the tapes from the incident were found, and they are published for the first time. A horrible, horrible idea. To make things worse, they also introduced the military conspiracy motive from the very beginning, so the final effect is a pulp fiction based on real events.
Do you have what it takes to solve a case like this?
Our rating |
3.6 / 10 |
Movie value |
2 / 10 |
Realism factor |
2 / 5 |
Adventure factor |
2 / 5 |
Story complexity |
3 / 5 |
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Cast of The Phoenix Incident
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as Ryan Stone | |
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as Mitch Adams | |
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as Glenn Lauder | |
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as Jacob Reynolds | |
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as Walt Gayson |
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