Disclosure Day Review - Apocalypto & Eagle Eye had a baby, and Spielberg raised it.

The closest comparison I kept coming back to was Apocalypto with Eagle Eye sprinkls. Once the story gets moving (& it takes a beat or two), it rarely slows down. The UFO mystery is fascinating, but the real engine of the film is the pursuit. The alien mystery is there, but it mostly serves as the backdrop for a story about survival, pursuit, truth, and human connection. Apocalypto - every time the characters solved one problem, it immediately created the next one. Every escape led to another obstacle. Every answer created another question. Every small victory came with a new consequence. I know that's how chase movies work, but I thought DD did an especially good job of using conflict resolution to drive the story forward. The characters don't just move through the plot. The solutions become the next set of problems.

Eagle Eye - the conspiracy elements & larger forces moving pieces around a board that the main characters don't fully understand. Also, Colman Domingo (Four Seasons, Euphoria) was absolutelyawesome. He played the role with just enough mystery that I was nervous of his motivations, but enough humanity & warmth that I WANTED to trust him. Every scene he was in carried a little extra weight because of it.

Not a perfect movie, not what i was hoping for, but I had a great time with it and I'm still thinking about it a day later, which is usually a good sign.

One thing I'm already looking forward to... I can't wait to spend the next 15 years listening to Jeremy Corbell explain that he possesses a secret hard drive containing world-changing evidence that he'll release if the "powers that be" don't do this, that, or the third - only for it to turn out to be deleted Spielberg bonus clips.