At the beginning of this Documentary, narrator Mickey Rourke says "we are the not the stars of our own movie". Unfortunately no one mentioned this to Director/Producer Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell as his presence permeates this movie which is meant to be focused on another man, Bob Lazar.
Like many others, I came to this film after watching Lazar's interview with Joe Rogan. He struck me as an intelligent man and a credible source of information. I am not one to dispute what he perceives to be fact, on the contrary I am ready to believe him. It is such a shame then that his story is mishandled in this plodding and frustrating feature. An oppressive synthpop score follows this movie throughout, lending it the feeling of a YouTube video essay. Personal testimony loses its gravitas as Corbell leaves his leading questioning in the scene, removing any sense of serendipity. The narration littered across the run time is reminiscent of a teenagers attempt at a Terrence Malick homage.
There is a huge opportunity missed here to present Bob Lazar as patient zero for the wonder surrounding Area 51. Instead we are presented with a random assortment of interviews and found footage as we meander through an hour and a half of scattered information.
Corbell has brought very little to this story. He wasn't the person who worked with alien artefacts. He wasn't the investagitive journalist who took a risk on airing the interview, or who researched Lazar's background. By all accounts it seems that Corbell has only brought confusion to a narrative that should be simple. Namely that alien technology exists and the American government is hiding it from the world with the goal of weaponising it for their own gain.
Thankfully we have a readily available interview in which Bob Lazar is given the space to recount his story in a structurally sound way. I suggest you find that on YouTube and save yourself the frustration of being treated like a UFO but by watching this self indulgent mishandling of another man's life.
Like many others, I came to this film after watching Lazar's interview with Joe Rogan. He struck me as an intelligent man and a credible source of information. I am not one to dispute what he perceives to be fact, on the contrary I am ready to believe him. It is such a shame then that his story is mishandled in this plodding and frustrating feature. An oppressive synthpop score follows this movie throughout, lending it the feeling of a YouTube video essay. Personal testimony loses its gravitas as Corbell leaves his leading questioning in the scene, removing any sense of serendipity. The narration littered across the run time is reminiscent of a teenagers attempt at a Terrence Malick homage.
There is a huge opportunity missed here to present Bob Lazar as patient zero for the wonder surrounding Area 51. Instead we are presented with a random assortment of interviews and found footage as we meander through an hour and a half of scattered information.
Corbell has brought very little to this story. He wasn't the person who worked with alien artefacts. He wasn't the investagitive journalist who took a risk on airing the interview, or who researched Lazar's background. By all accounts it seems that Corbell has only brought confusion to a narrative that should be simple. Namely that alien technology exists and the American government is hiding it from the world with the goal of weaponising it for their own gain.
Thankfully we have a readily available interview in which Bob Lazar is given the space to recount his story in a structurally sound way. I suggest you find that on YouTube and save yourself the frustration of being treated like a UFO but by watching this self indulgent mishandling of another man's life.