This is Close Encounters of the less pleasant kind for the Paranormal Activity generation. The slow-burn set-up of an 'ordinary' family struggling with everyday life helps to establish a reasonably realistic grounding, aided by two credible and sympathetic performances by Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton as the parents and unshowy turns from Dakota Goyo and Kadan Rockett as their sons. Apart from one almighty throw-your-popcorn-in-the-air shock moment halfway through, the low-key approach makes the increasing suspicion of alien visitation all the more believable, plausibly confirmed by a gravitas-bringing cameo from the reliable J.K. Simmons. Whilst rarely more than predictable, Dark Skies offers a reasonably thoughtful take on rather familiar material.
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