Dark Skies writer director Scott Stewart has a solid cast, an interesting premise, and some admirable ambitions, but he can't figure out what to do with any of them, and the result is a dull, muddled effort that will bore all but the most devoted horror buffs.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Scott Stewart -
Producer -
Jason Blum -
Screenwriter -
Scott Stewart -
Distributor -
Weinstein Co. -
Production Co -
Alliance Films , Blumhouse , Automatik Entertainment , Robotproof -
Rating -
PG-13 (Drug Content|All Involving Teens|Violence|Language|Sexual Material|Terror Throughout) -
Genre -
Sci-Fi , Mystery & Thriller , Horror -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Feb 22, 2013, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 21, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$17.4M -
Runtime -
1h 37m -
Sound Mix -
Datasat , Dolby Digital