Sankari_Suomi The found footage genre has been flogged to death so often, we're now left with little more than dust and fossils, but in 2010 Sean Bardin, Scott Shrosbee, and Robert Cooley decided to give it the old college try. This movie is the fruit of their labours, and won awards for Best Feature & Best Special Effect at the 2011 Indie Horror Film Festival.With a controversial cast of just four people, and a running time of 81 minutes, Unaware pushes the boundaries of artistic expression in ways previously considered too radical for western film making.The two main characters enjoy good chemistry, and their dialogue and behaviour is refreshingly natural. Production values are typical for a low budget indie movie of this genre, but performances from the lead actors are robust and consistent.Alas, the thin plot (some dude takes girlfriend to his uncle's ranch, where creepy alien-related shenanigans occur) is poorly developed, and never reaches its full potential. Several scenes are incomprehensibly dark, which frustrates the viewer and minimises the visual impact.I rate Unaware at 16.65 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a disappointing 5/10 on IMDb.

dutchchocolatecake I am normally an open minded fan of fan footage movies. I typically give generous 10 star reviews of indie movies that make up for low budget with competent acting and original story lines.Unfortunately, this movie was neither original nor well executed. It was boring and predictable. I about puked in the middle thanks to the shaky camera lens and loud background noises. I didn't expect much from the acting but the characters were so poorly written that it good acting might not have made a difference anyway. The special effects were okay for the most part, except for the alien which looked like a guy wearing a lizard suit.This is where I'm going to spoil the movie for you so you don't have to watch it. Here is the plot in a nutshell: 1. Couple goes to surprise visit Dude's family, which are conveniently not home. They decide to find a way into the house and stay anyway.2. Dude and Dudette do cutesy couple stuff before Dude realizes he wants to snoop in his grandfather's barn which has been labeled off limits since his childhood.3. Dude and Dudette spend gobs of time searching through predictable clues about aliens like top secret letters and outdated military electronics. They walk back and forth between the barn and the house like ten times because they need the Internet and can't put two and two together by themselves.4. Dude and Dudette try to call the FBI and report the alien. Hilarious scene where the alien shows up in the window. Oooh. Ahh. Yikes! How scary! (not) 5. The ending is so Blair Witch - lots of screams and shadows. Person in the lizard suit runs toward the camera all menacingly and apparently drags Dudette off caveman style before being beamed back onto the mothership. The ending scene is ridiculously vague and implies that Dude is either murdered or kidnapped by Men in Black who are there to cover the whole thing up.As you can see, you are not missing much if you skip this movie. The funny thing was, when I first heard about this movie I really wanted to watch it. I thought it was going to be a close encounters kind of movie, which it's not. In any case, don't waste eighty minutes of your life unless you want to get sick.

skyblazeeterno I was attracted to this film as it seemed to have garnered s handful of awards and was hoping this was some undiscovered gem of a horror film it ain't The found footage sub-genre can produce some good films The Collinswood Story being a memorable one and the VHS anthology films but sadly this offers nothing really new sometimes found footage can offer good or inspired shot compositions - in this we have views of a house and a barn....zzzz the acting was clunky at best ...the female lead was annoying - the male lead had a certain charm though the plot was standard fare but became absurd once they discover whats in the barn - the fact that they discover it there is the most absurd thing now for the most important part....the scares and atmosphere....apart from the end 10 minutes or so, it was lacking save your time and give this film a miss as there are far better found footage films out there

burymeinblack6 I was on board for a hot second with this one. I love alien movies and found footage genre type stuff. This, however was lacking in almost all areas that you would expect to find in something described as "is it real?" type genre film. I find it mildly unbelievable that anyone could actually think that this movie was the real deal or any 'found footage' film for that matter. It's a movie. It's been produced and been shown in theaters, obviously it isn't going to be real. Anyways, what's more awful than that marketing idea was the atrocious acting. I kept waiting for it to get better and for something to actually happen but I couldn't even bring myself to believe in the story because they both were so bad. The woman playing 'Lisa' was probably the worst, however 'Joe or Joel', I could never really tell, was not anymore spectacular. Their chemistry was horrid, their motivation completely irrational and scripted beyond belief, and their reactions to each other and to the events were barely able to be taken seriously. If you want something to preoccupy your time for a bit then you can watch this but honestly I wouldn't expect anything more than something your friends could put together with a less than stunning hand-held.