Phoenix Forgotten

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Jeremy Had a good time watching it. It's a mockumentary/found footage. It's like a mockumentary inside a mockumentary really. If this is your type of genre and you know it going in then you're going to enjoy it. If you don't typically like the slow burn with the payoff in the end, then you'll be one of the people rushing to give it a 1 star review for no reason. IMO the ending payoff is worth it for the slow burn. It kept me interested because i enjoy the "mockumentary" type films. Judge for yourself! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/22/23 Full Review Jacob B Phoenix Rising is just Blair Witch with aliens. I know everybody said that back in 2017 but it really is just an uninspired rehash of Blair Witch with a touch of X-Files. The latter aspect is even all but lampshaded in the actual film with the presence of actual X-Files VHS tapes and the iconic tune making its presence known at one point. The sad thing is, I could see the potential beyond its obvious inspiration but instead fails to add anything new to the found-footage subgenre. If you've seen The Blair Witch Project, this film will offer no surprises. The ending scene was surprisingly awesome. Not to the point that it saves the movie, mind you, but it was nice to have at least one memorable moment. A pointless entry in a genre that was becoming a victim of overexposure by the time this film came out in the aftermath of its experimental phase from 2014 that's only worth seeing if you're fulfilling a quota to watch all movies Ridley Scott was even vaguely involved with. Either that or because you needed to get your fix for something vaguely related to The Maze Runner since the poster and trailers gleefully point out this connection due to the director of those movies being a producer on this film while waiting for The Death Cure to come out. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/08/23 Full Review Tomas H Basically Blair Witch Movie. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/11/23 Full Review Kyle M The storylines may have mixed by derivative replication what's been phenomenally terrified in "The Blair Witch Project" and its canonical follow-up whilst being generically structured to inadvertently state the obvious comparison. This sci-fi version surrounding an actual supernatural event with added focus managed to be quite effective in its tense delivery and proven upon some debatable improvements through those comparisons. Filled with high energy, valued as captivatingly intriguing till pathos struck, and agreeably a differentiating duplicate of the "Blair Witch" cinematic myth, it has enough boosts to be considerably worth a decent thrill ride being carefully crafted albeit questioned the form's logic. (B) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/10/22 Full Review Audience Member Loved it. I actually thought it was a documentary until they started showing the "lost footage." Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member My entire review is basically going to sound like a copy-paste of everyone else's reviews to this movie, but it honestly can't be helped. It's Blair Witch Project, but replace the witch idea with something from The X-Files, and surprisingly just as bad. Yes, there's a reason this movie is being compared to Blair Witch Project, and that's because it's basically just aping it. You sit for the next hour and a half WAITING for something to happen, and when the actual payoff comes (which looks pretty awesome, might I add) you're long done with it. It doesn't try anything interesting with it's story (based on the Phoenix Lights event) nor with the four footage genre, and that's a complete tragedy given the awesome idea behind it. Even Apollo 18 was better than sitting through this. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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