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Unfortunately, I went to this movie for entertainment purposes based on the limited information I had seen on Fandango. Since I am a sci-fi buff the notion of a movie about UFOs interested me.

Instead, this movie quickly revealed itself as an evangelical Christian propaganda flick. Appropriate for an audience of like-minded individuals but very un-Christian like to exploit the movie mall scene and preach to an unsuspecting audience, especially considering the costs of tickets and concessions. Shame on you! At least the Da Vinci Code did not hold back its wild-eyed craziness.

So, this B-grade movie (and I am being kind) production will be appreciated in those churches with similar beliefs, probably shown to Wednesday and Sunday evening youth groups. But if you are a mainline Christian or non-Christian you will not be comfortable.

Calling this a "Sunday School" movie might be generous, because, even as a Christian, I found the religious message so one-dimensional that I wouldn't want to see it at my church. The message is, "Read your Bible, go to church and sign up for fire insurance, so you won't get left behind at the rapture." There was no love. I guess when you get right down to it, I don't believe in the god portrayed in this film. The guy who was supposed to have all of the spiritual answers came across like Count Dracula.

Aside from the spiritual/religious element, the script was tedious--saying the same thing over and over. That might have been to make up for some of the acting, which was unable to deliver a convincing line the first time, so they just said the same thing over and over.

I did enjoy the final scenes. I thought it made a point without hitting someone over the head or stooping to a Sunday School formula. The movie wasn't all bad, just most of it.

I am in favor of more clean movies that are well-done and that present truth in a non-preachy way. This wasn't one of those, I am sorry to say. I took my family to this film, wanting to support that kind of movie. Now I'd like my money back.

This movie was terrible. It is not something that people should have to pay to see. It looks like some Christian group made it to convert people. I don't understand why it was released to theaters and not to TV.

It started out like an old fashioned B movie sci-fi film from the 50s, but quickly changed. About 30 minutes into the movie the characters start talking about "God" and "Do you believe in Jesus?" It quickly moves into pure religion territory.

I thought I was going to a Sci-Fi movie. The film has poor acting; bad camera angles and is amateurish.

AVOID IT!

This movie should have come with a disclaimer that it was akin to the Left Behind series. I did not know it would be a Bible-thumping movie. I expected it to truly be a movie about UFOs and alien abduction for entertainment's sake. As previous reviewer comments, it would be fine to show at a church, but not at a public theater, at least not without the consumer's prior knowledge of what the premise of the movie is about. I felt deceived out of my $$ spent for this movie, as nothing in the summary refers to its religious overtones. If you go to church, it'll probably be shown there for free some time. Other than the cover-up of its true subject matter, the movie was fine as far as acting and script were concerned. But I have to say I walked out an hour into the movie when I saw what direction it was headed and that I was not going to be entertained, but preached to.

This movie was poorly conceived, poorly written and poorly acted. All of the characters were two-dimensional. It was a real amateur attempt. The movie was fundamentalist Christian propaganda. The Christian characters are holier-than-thou and they are without a shred of compassion for the skeptic or the undecided characters. The movie was a real "gotcha" for both the skeptic character and myself as a viewer, putting us in a very uncomfortable situation. I complained to the theater management and was given a free pass to another movie. I remember another movie on a similar subject, "The Rapture," starring Mimi Rogers, that was much better and professionally done. I think I'll watch "The Rapture" again. If you attend "Unidentified" and don't like it, don't say I haven't warned you.

I just happened to stumble to this film and checked IMDb for more information: Score 6,7, well... not so bad. Genre: scifi...good I like scifi. So I got the movie and I was looking forward to have a relaxing Sunday evening watching it. But but...NO.

As in summary, this isn't a movie at all. It is a religious advertisement, including: preatching about Jesus, god, devil, end of the world etc. Movie starts with a epic abduction story: Driving at night, car stops, bright light and so on... Well, actually that was the film. Last of this ..ummm... frankly I don't know what to call it...was dialogue about end of the world and last judgement. Quite a same stuff what these TV-preachers tell you, but they are "good" at it.

Honestly, if you wan't to see a scifi movie or something with UFOs, please stay far away from this "thing". It has nothing to do with them. If you want to hear some cuckoo head's opinion what the bible has to say and what you should do. Then go ahead and watch this "thing", but I still prefer going to the church at Sunday.

This is complete bull. (and evangelical Christian propaganda, as another users said= Well... I should have red another users comments before I got the movie.

(27% of voters have rated this "thing" as 10. Yeah, right. Please, go somewhere else to do your propaganda)

Ok guys, I grew up in a Christian (beliefs) home. We went to church everytime the doors were open. Went to Awana (it's like a Bible scouts club) so I'm not in the dark about God or the Bible and Christianity. But honestly, this movie sucked! And their portrayal of true Christianity was atrocious. Like there are some good Christian's but there are many fake ones out there too and I think this movie showed the fake ones. This was like hell fire and brimstone Bible doctrine being shoved down a person's throat and the "Christians" on here acted very self righteous and condemning. Which I felt they acted rather vicious than showed the love of God. It was really nerve wracking. And I didn't care that they encourage the Rapture Beliefs. That stuff isn't even Biblical, and if you really even read the Bible the Rapture isn't even mentioned in it. And why in the world would God "Rapture" Christians get away from judgement? We're all at fault. We are all being held accountable for everything. But anyway, back to the movie the acting was not just mediocre but it was horrible!! And there was no UFOs. in fact most of the talk was about getting saved and hardly anything about Aliens. There was a lot of generic teaching and no real passion about God. it's not really worth the time.

OK, this movie, was the worst display I have seen in years. The actors weren't to bad (I figured it was a b-movie so they were doing b-movie acting). Anyways, I watched this movie, thinking, OH COOL a UFO Sci-Fi movie. WRONG. It was just an excuse for radical Christians to push a message onto people. The last scene was extremely messed up. That is a horrible thing to do to a person to make them believe in something. What someone believe in is a matter of opinion. This movie just shows how corrupted religion is, especially Christianity.

If you want to watch a b-movie, this ain't. If you want to watch a movie that is TRYING to brainwash the masses. Well this is the pick of the litter. go right for it. If you are going to convey a message, do it, don't force it. Ridiculous, that people would abuse the media to such a degree. Especially, Christians.

I am a Christian; my life has been transformed by Jesus Christ. I strongly support folks who have a vision to produce movies of excellence which portray truth and help turn the tide of our culture for good. I should have loved this movie, right?

Wrong! The supposedly spiritual lead in Unidentified was a self-righteous "I have the answers and you don't" sort: without a shred of love, compassion, respect for the dignity of unbelievers or willingness to hear and respond to honest questioning. The message was not the good news: we all desperately need a savior, and one has been provided for us, a free gift from a God who loves His creation. The message was the bad news of religion: read your Bible and go to church more and you can avoid hell and be raptured out before you face tribulation.

Frankly, this movie was embarrassing. The script desperately needed editing, the acting and production were amateur and the message lacked intellectual honesty as well. The god it represented was not the God I know and love.

It had a few good spots but they were few and far between. I hope you WON'T bring unbelieving friends, WON'T waste your money and will stay away in droves.

My mom and I, rented this movie. I mean, we love those type of Sci-Fi flicks, whether they be big Hollywood flicks or Indy flicks.

But oh, we were fooled!! Two journalists are investigating a UFO abduction in a small city in Texas. Halfway through, all the sudden things get all christain on us. My mom and I believe in god and Jesus and the Devil, but the way this movie was preaching it, made it annoying. All I really have to say, is that we are Christian, but even we like to have fun. So don't blame christians as a whole, just blame the christians who need to suck the fun out of this movie.

In fact you can clearly understand the directors stance on UFO's, and that is that he believes it is all demonic. Now, i could say some words, but I will not. All I will say is, that DO NOT WATCH this movie, unless you feel like being preached. In fact many times it states that we must be perfect in order to enter heaven. Well, last time I checked, the only perfect person died on a cross.

I liked the movie...maybe that's because I understood all aspects of it and kept an open mind, but it's obvious some people don't know how to do that...also I know now after reading some of the comments why the Bible tells me few people will get into the Kingdom of Heaven. If there is such a thing as aliens then how come I've never seen them before? As far as the Christians making skeptics(non-believers) and viewers feel uncomfortable...one skeptic started the battle in the first place when he thought the whole thing was a hoax, on top of the people complaining about seeing "aliens" too. (I guess if you were uncomfortable you know now how Christians feel when we get "crucified" for even speaking about our beliefs because people automatically assume we are being judgmental and preaching) I found the part of the movie when they talk about the Rapture interesting when the staff turn around and pretended like it was actually happening. Maybe it will teach some people about having faith in something they can't see, but can feel. I'd rather have faith in my heart and the voice instead of me than have faith in my dreams. Also one person talked about a website where people have actually talked about their "alien" experiences, and some people said when they called out Jesus' name or help me Jesus the "alien" dream or abduction stopped. Connect the dots people! For Christians who have done their proper research you should know that the movie depicted the Rapture almost to a tee. But you have to remember it's a human perspective on it not God's. It's a movie for crying out loud lol.

I think that it was a well-done movie. It is definitely a Christian movie and spread the Gospel. However, I think that it more scared people into accepting Christ with the attitude of 'I'm going to Heaven and you're going to Hell, Ha-Ha!' There were many good characters and you see into some of their lives. You also see how many of them react to different situations and the other people around them. You see how the editor of the magazine really wants them to pursue this "Alien Story" and one of the reporters is very excited but the other one is like, 'Are you kidding me?' I think if you like any science fiction movies, weird creepy movies, or just love seeing something new you'll really like this movie. There are a few good twists in the movie and some unexpected things throughout the movie but they all make the plot even more deep. Enjoy the movie.

What a terrible film! After seeing this so called 'film', I cannot help but sadly reflect about Giordano Bruno. Bruno lived from 1548 to 1600 AD. A Italian Dominican friar. philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. His cosmological theories went far beyond the Copernican model: he proposed the Sun was essentially a star, and that the universe contained an infinite number of inhabited worlds populated by other intelligent beings.

The Roman Inquisition found him guilty of heresy, and he was executed horribly by being burned at the stake. After his death he gained considerable fame, particularly among 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who, focusing on his astronomical beliefs, regarded him as a martyr for free thought and modern scientific ideas.

How can such arrogance and stupidity and fear....this film demonstrates still exist after all this time of scientific discovery? The incredibly narrow suffocating views the makers of this film continues to deny the possibility that there just could be, dare I write, the chance of life beyond off our own planet? Anything not understood by them then must be the work of a devil? These 'Christian dinosaurs' who made this 'film' seem to be still around. Their views besides being so arrogantly religious, are also so completely 'Earth Centered' too.

Not only do these film makers frighteningly display a new twisted form of xenophobia about free thought, the film even illustrates in scenes (by characters in the film playing reporters – a free press? ) critical about what sort of books one should be reading in the film's script! And what if God is also the same God on other worlds too? The utter arrogance that we are the only planet with life, created just for the pleasure (and abuse) by mankind?

What a twisted pitiful film. These ultra right Christian film makers and their flocks show after all this time and knowledge gained long since - the blood of Giordanos Brunos is still on their hands. I am renouncing my 'Christianity' (the Jesus Machine ultra right version a Jesus would scarcely recognize) after seeing this film, but never my faith in God.

The equally frightening 'Triumph of the Will' by Leni Riefenstahl in comparison at least showed some artistic competence.

Corfman