Released June 10, 2011
PG-13 (1:52)
Friday 8/26/11 at Crossroads - myself
RT: 82% cag: ditto: 82%
Director: J. J. Abrams
Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Ron Eldard
Five friends (let's say they're maybe in the 13-14 age range) are making a zombie movie. One is the director, Joe, our protagonist, is the make-up artist, some are actors. They enlist a cute classmate, Alice, who is too young to drive but who "borrows" her dad's car and drives them to an old railroad stations in the middle of the night to shoot a scene. They get really excited as they hear a train approach, since it will give reality to their movie. But what happens when the train gets right in front of them is unforeseen, and really scares them. It crashes and derails, but there's something really mysterious going on, too. It's unleashed some sort of mysterious presence that the Air Force is trying to cover up and recover, both. Joe's father (Chandler) is the sheriff, the mother has been killed in an accident at the local mill. It is 1979.
By the end of the film there was a lot of destruction of the small Ohio town where this is set, but most of the storyline is engaging and the cast of young actors is great fun to watch. I would ALMOST put this as a PG, but there is a lot of destructions, and one murder that makes me hesitate just a little. It certainly kept me entertained for two hours on a Friday night!
It was filmed in West Virginia, and the soundtrack is great.
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