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I've seen/heard every Lazar interview since 89 so clearly I was anticipating this greatly. First thing I have to address is why the producer seemed to make it about him? This is supposed to be about Bob Lazar. Major screw up right there.

Also, the core story wasn't even told (for those saying this is great for people that know nothing of the subject - it failed to educate the new generation who will now to be forced to youtube find old footage to get the whole story when it could have been done here, and then updated)

Sad to say that this is just another Lazar "documentary" which isn't even the best one. Bluebook films did one back in the early 2000's that is better and one of the UFO shows from the same era also did a better one than this - both are free on youtube.

Mickey Rourke as the narrator was probably the worst choice made. Such an interesting story but not reflected in this documentary

Interesting story, Lazar is fascinating. But the documentary is edited horribly with painfully Corby narration. The director has awful sections of himself pretending to perform real time phone calls (the doc starts with slo mo footage of himself in flashing pink light...). In one scene, Bob goes into great detail about how the gravity thrusters work, corbell follows up with "so this is an alien ship?"... Great extra insight there

Again this is everything you expect from a Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell production: Lots of archive archive footage and a few interviews that hype how awesome the subject is (in this case Bob Lazar) but have no new information whatsoever. What distinguishes this from a 15 minutes clip on Youtube is that this is augmented with lengthy introduction scenes, glitch vfx and "mysterious music" . I felt especially annoyed by the reenacted phone / sms scenes that just went on too long and you could tell it is an attempt to stretch this to feature film length. To me around 80% felt as "filler". Only thing worthwhile are the recent interviews with Bob Lazar even tho they just repeat what he already talked about before.

First, this is a must watch for anyone who isn't aware of Bob Lazar or the story of Area 51. There's important information exposed that will leave you with questions, and maybe some answers.

However, the style of the documentary is a big letdown and distracts from the content and overall quality. Too many poorly done effects and phone calls that appear (although probably are not) staged. The documentary has a cheap, cheesy and almost sales-pitch like feel to it at times, which makes the story seem less genuine.

I'd still suggest watching this, but overall it suffers from trying too hard in the wrong areas.

I'm just going to rate this documentary for the story it tells about Bob Lazar's life from the moment he came out with the alien story until thirty years later. Other reviewers gave some very negative ratings whilst I don't think that was justified. If a story about Bob Lazar is told by Bob Lazar himself I find that interesting rather than boring. Before even watching a documentary about aliens eveybody already has an opinion wether they believe or not that there is extraterrestrial life. So if you're believer you will believe everything Bob Lazar tells, and if you're a non-believer you will think he's a scam. Personally I'm a believer, as I once experienced an UFO sighting for myself, so there is no doubt in my mind that there is life out there. That governments would keep this information secret, especially the USA, is absolutely normal as the whole economy of that country relies on fossil resources and weapons. Remove wars and oil from the American economy and the whole system crashes. So of course they won't tell you about a spaceship that doesn't need fuel as that would destroy their own system. The documentary is far from perfect though. The narrator Mickey Rourke is unpleasant to listen to, but luckily he doesn't have a major part in this documentary. The film maker is also a bit boring to watch so that's a second bad thing about this documentary. But the explanations and interviews with Bob Lazar are very interesting and even for someone who doesn't understand that matter it's still explained so that everyone could understand. Bob Lazar as the alien whistle blower, deserves respect, just for telling the truth and that after being harassed and watched for his entire life. The fact that his house has been raided by every possible agency tells enough about him telling the truth. They wouldn't do all that fuzz for a liar. Just leave the guy alone and tell the world the truth.

Really interesting topic, but sadly the documentary maker doesn't have the first idea on how to make a good documentary, he seems more interested in appearing on screen himself, than asking relevant questions, following interesting avenues, or even just letting the story tell itself. There is almost nothing here that people who know the Bob Lazar story won't already be familiar with, but for anybody new to the subject, it is an OK (if rather one-sided) introduction.

Some parts of the documentary were cheesy. Was there really a need for the filmmaker to express his ignorance by trying to show depth in prognosticating about the nature of reality? And production value was low as we are made to watch the director and the producer have extended telephone conversations about Bob Lazar.

That said, this documentary does feature current interviews with Bob Lazar and allows you the viewer to come to your own conclusions about the man. And the whole point of making this film was to allow viewers to judge for themselves what kind of person Bob Lazar is. He does not come across as one of those self promoting UFO types who will soak up every last drop of attention the rest of the world offers them. Instead, Lazar is presented as someone who might be your nerdy uncle - a little eccentric perhaps but otherwise like everyone else.

There were no hard questions asked in this film. For instance, Lazar says he attended MIT and Cal Tech but cannot name a single person whom he went to class with or who taught him nor has anyone stepped forward to say they remember him from his time there. The filmmakers did proffer some support by saying that they interviewed people who say that they dropped off Lazar at these institutions and makes the point that if these people were telling the truth, then either Lazar went to MIT and Cal Tech or was making one hell of a show of it. Lazar also stuck to his story in the face of a criminal conviction even though both MIT and Cal Tech have gone on record stating that Lazar never attended.

While it is possible that Lazar was ghosted in order to discredit him, it is still very odd that no one who attended MIT or Cal Tech can corroborate his claim. The point was gently raised but Lazar was never challenged and was instead allowed to brush aside the issue by asserting that the importance of what he had to reveal about Area 51 has nothing to do with his academic credentials. Lazar must have had his conditions before agreeing to the interview, not answering questions that might have been uncomfortable could have been one.

Is Robert Lazar telling the truth about aliens in S4 of Area 51? While he does not seem to be a conman, at least not one who has made a nice bundle from peddling his story, not everything he says is logically consistent. For instance, he tells us that the state of physics today does not understand how gravity is generated, which is true; and yet later in the film he goes on to speculate how the alien technology he purportedly studied uses a gravitational field to create propulsion. Does Bob Lazar know something about gravity that the best minds do not?

If you are looking for more tidbits about what Bob Lazar had to say about Area 51 then there is nothing new here. In fact, the same old footage from 1989 is used to tell viewers what he had to say. What is new is that this is a current interview of Bob Lazar and it is the closest most of us will ever get to knowing the man.

Shaky cam. Out of focus. Oversaturated colours. Mickey Rourke mumbling fresh out of a presumably rehab or a stroke clinic prattling on some beatnik stoner philosophy. Not so much a documentary but a social experiment that Netflix is probably running to see how many will make it to the end credits.

Go watch the Joe Rogan podcast with Bob Lazar instead.

I agree with some of the user criticisms of this film but I think these 1/10 scores are ridiculous. What did you expect? For Bob Lazar to pull a chunk of Element 115 out of his arse?

You have to go into this movie without expectations, which unfortunately are rife in the UFO community desperate for a smoking gun. It's simply a look at Lazar (a man who was harassed, bullied and discredited for speaking his truth) 30 years on to see who he is now, what he's up to and how he feels about coming forward in hindsight.

On that level it succeeds and shows a clearly honest man whose life was irrevocably changed for doing what he thought was for the good of humanity.

Maybe there is a little too much style over substance, but ultimately it's great to see Lazar in an intimate setting with close family offering their support and character testimony, and the ensuing raid by every government agency ever (a reaction to his taking part in this documentary), pretty much vindicates the guy.

It's no smoking gun but it's worth a watch.

Turned it off soon after the guy talking by the indoor pool, the echo was so distracting and unprofessional that I'm shocked Netflix distributed this. If that's the best audio they got, they should've left it out or gone back to re-do the interview. The fact they left it in speaks to the shabbiness of the entire film.

For about three decades nobody has tripped Bob Lazar up. He's been through the ringer. When I watched this documentary, I felt he was being truthful. The important part about this film is not the production quality or the special effects, or background music, it's whether you believe Bob Lazar or not. I do.

I happen to know the daughter of an Air Force Colonel, who for 10 years was assigned to project blue book. We all know that blue book was an actual division of the Air Force, assembled to investigate UFO claims. Some say we still investigate even though the project was terminated decades ago. Now, according to this woman, her father claimed that without disclosing top secret intel, that without any doubt and with 100% certainty, we have had visitors from other worlds here on earth. A Colonel is just under a general. Which means he held a command position and was cleared with confidential information. This testimony of course is not proof. But when told something with such conviction and certainty, and there's nothing to gain by disclosing this information? Well it leaves a skeptic like me, very close to convinced. After all, there are 200 billion solar systems in our galaxy, with 2 trillion galaxies in the universe. The odds of there being life out there? Billions to 1

This Jeremy guy is a fraud. All his documentaries are about him.. Bob Lazar is amazing, his story is great and compelling.... This director just wrecks the whole thing. It's totally worthless, he asks the same 5 questions over and over whilst using a load of old footage intercut with him stroking his dirty beard. Someone needs to wake this Jeremy guy up and tell him that documentary film making is about investigating facts rather than just smoking a spliff and making a movie on your iPhone to pay for more tattoos... Bad, bad, bad documentary.

I am a passionate believer in Bob Lazar, he seems such a down to earth, likeable guy. But this documentary is poor. When Bob is telling us what happened, cartoons and clips from the 1950's space race are spliced in every few seconds, as if Bob's information is not interesting enough on its own. Frustrating. Just let the man tell his story. And far too much of the hipster director talking on his phone. We just need 2 hours of Bob and his story.

Bobs story is so incredibly interesting and I want to hear more... from Bob. Every question Jeremy asks is infuriatingly irrelevant and kills Bobs momentum. He keeps cutting away from bob telling his story to do a David Lynch style series of fast cut scenes of random stuff to be "weird" which are very annoying and pointless. Then puts a voice over the cut scenes of someone literally saying Artsy nonsense that means nothing at all. He is trying so hard to make the documentary "interesting and weird" where if he just didn't do any of that it would have been way more interesting, he is trying way too hard. He also clearly thinks very highly of himself and almost makes this film so he can be in it, rather than to share the story. Bob Lazars story is amazing and I have dove deep Into it, but Jeremy needs to take a step back and realize who the subject is. And who uses two middle names? Seriously.

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.

Unwatchable garbage. They don't say anything of substance. You literally get no information. Had to turn it off after 20-ish minutes.

The movie has merit and I do believe Bob Lazar. I think the movie is worth watching and is quite insightful. The thing that i cant stand about this movie is the director Jeremy. Holy crap this guy is annoying as can be and he spent more time filming himself than he did bob lazar. He had one shot to tell bobs story and he spent half the time talking on the phone trying to look important or relevant. Tell Bobs story ya dingus and stay out of it. Not only couldn't you shut up in the movie, you couldn't keep your pie hole shut on joe rogan when he was interviewing Bob. If you can get past Jeremy in the movie, it is quite interesting. Worth watching even with "look at me Jeremy". Bob Lazar YES!!! Annoying jeremy NO!!!!

1. 5 minutes of director playing with phone 2. Old footage 3. George Knapp at a swimming pool. This is just the first 10 minutes. Want more substance? Listen to Joe Rogans interview of Bob.

I think the producers lost their way and missed a great opportunity to reach the masses with this movie. They seem to be focused entirely on the question of whether Bob Lazar is trustworthy or not. He went through this process 30 years ago. Since then we've had more than enough evidence to show that the Government of the United States of America have lied about everything from Pearl Harbour through to the attacks of 9/11. What I was hoping for is new information and not a rehash of old information or the question of whether the US regime is hiding things from the public (you'd have to have been born yesterday to believe that they EVER tell the truth). It's badly edited, badly narrated - Mickey Rourke?! Seriously? He mumbles his way through without apparently moving his lips - his speech has gone the same way as his acting ability. This movie does nothing for the Truth, but the Truth IS out there folks!

This was the most unintentionally funny documentary i have ever watched, Mickey Rourke narrates like he has a personal vendetta against everyone in this and it is hilarious.

So I started watching this movie after Joe Rogan podcast interview with Bob Lazar. I can say that I learned MORE during that podcast than this movie! The story of Bob Lazar seems very credible, he seems genuinely interested in the science implications of finding Alien technology rather than all of those crazy alien and UFO stories and I believe him. What falls way short is the idiot who made this movie. He added a stupid voice over that has nothing to do with the story, made the interviews and his explanations distorted to give it an "alien effect" and basically told the story horribly which to me does a disservice to Bob and his whistleblowing of what was happening in Area 51. I suggest the Joe Rogan podcast to get more details about the story after you watch this movie.

I feel sorry for Bob Lazar, regardless as to whether his story is real or not, this documentary was dreadful it's tough to call it a documentary.

You can find all of his interviews online in their entirety, without the continuous garbage. The guy who interviews him just, doesn't get it it seems, and it's over used "dramatic music" is just ridiculous.

Some of the things the intervier asked is just idiotic. It's so painful. I just feel sorry for when Bob watches this and see's how dramatic it is and how his story has been butchered.

There's a particular podcast he's been on recently that's lots better, but is sadly still plagued by the interviewer/"documentary" maker