Review of Midnight Special (2016) by Carfan1999 — 11 Aug 2016

Midnight Special is a good old- school science fiction movie. The acting is superb from all the people involved, not to mention the great special effects. The most unique thing about this though is the way the story is told.

The film starts right during the action and we the audience only see a dad running away with his son, who has unexplained supernatural powers. The government and a religious Texas ranch are after the boy for reasons we don't know.

But the story ingeniously reveals what's going on, the backstory, and the plot in teaspoon fulls. More information is told as the film goes on. This way, the audience gets engrossed into the story as things are revealed to them along the way and the conclusion becomes unpredictable.

There's just an original feel to all of this with good action and suspense. However, once the ending does come up, this original story cops out to an E.T.- esque ending in which many questions are left simply unanswered and unexplained.

While details are revealed during the story, not enough of them are given. In addition, the pacing is too slow in certain areas, thus cutting down the tension. Overall though, this mostly different and original sci- fi film mostly succeeds.