Fire in the Sky (1993)

So this film is based on a true story in snowflake Arizona in 1975 six men saw it . One became a prisoner inside it. Bit who would believe them? In 1975 , a logger Travis Walton and his co workers discovers a hovering UFO. Walton's pals fled as they saw what was happening to their pal after been taking and subjected to painful unearthly medical studies fire in the sky is amazing tale of that ordeal and the contempt and ridicule endured by his pals as the try to explain Walton's mysterious disappearance he was found five days later battered and bruised James Garner plays an investigator who suspects the story as a over for a killing of their friend and Robert Patrick Henry Thomas Peter Berg and Craig Shaffer characters join Sweeney in the roles of the men bemused by the event that would have thought impossible if hadn't happened to them and encounter with alien life. this 1hr 43mins film is good I gave it 6/10

This movie is based on actual events and presents the story from the point of view of 6 people who actually believe they had a close encounter. There are some scenes that show the witnesses memory of the actual alien encounter complete with a spaceship and other trappings of an alien encounter.James Garner plays the no-nonsense disbelieving CIB agent sent to investigate. Seemed like a pretty typical performance for him.The actors who played the 5 guys left behind are convincing portraying men who are at times terrified, confused, angry, and outcast. D.B. Sweeny had to play both terror and near catatonia which was fine. To me the story lacks anything outstanding. The movie is OK, but not great.

In his life and that's still ongoing Travis Walton has proved to be the poster boy for UFOs. If you believe him this film is an account of this rather ordinary life who had an extraordinary experience.Walton who is played here by D.W. Moffett is a member of a logging crew that is run by his brother-in-law Robert Patrick and one fine day after leaving the job he is whisked up in one of those UFOs and disappears.The folks in the Arizona small town where he comes from are rather skeptical and the sheriff who is played by Noble Willingham knows when he's over his head. He brings in the Arizona State Police's chief investigator James Garner when Moffett goes missing and for five days Garner makes life miserable for the rest of the crew as he doesn't believe some big spaceship whisked Moffett away.But that's nothing compared to the fuss when a naked Moffett telephones from a deserted gas station and his family goes and picks him up. He's one frightened dude as you can imagine and when we see what these aliens look like it's understandable.What's so frightening about them is that they just see us as lab rats to be experimented with. It's the recurring theme that people like Walton tell. But no one like Travis Walton ever got so much public attention.The problem of telling stories about true people is that the story isn't ended. Films like Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by their nature can be better structured because an author does the structure. We don't know whether Walton will eventually be a human cultural icon or be branded a phony as was the case of Anna Anderson claiming to be the Russian crown princess Anastasia.In any event the cast playing several very average people acquits themselves well in a decent knockoff of Close Encounters.

One of the best UFO movies ever done to this point. This film has scenes of true terror. The character of Travis is played near flawlessly by D.B. Sweeney. His alien abduction is unlike any other thats been put on film. Robert Patricks' role as the concerned friend is a remarkably expressed down to Earth portrayal. James Garner plays an outstanding ultra suspicious investigator. The rural setting adds an understandable skepticism about the bizarre UFO story. The aliens look fakeish, but that doesn't take away from their cold, heartless actions and the otherworldly image they give off. With the same content this movie could easily have been a back shelf bomb. However, careful analysis of thoughts and ideas prevailed. It is based on a supposedly true story and handles it well. The movie also deals with friendship, and the layers it has. The film is different because it deals with two separate issues:Whats happening on Earth/Whats happening with the abducted. Good Sci-Fi all around. The DVD quality is very good. Turn it up.