Fantastic!

Blistering performances.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I found "Fire in the Sky" in a secondhand DVD store and read the synopsis on the back of the cover and found the concept interesting, so I gave it a chance. And at a meager price of $2 it just wasn't a costly purchase.Now having seen the movie, I will say that I was genuinely entertained, though I could have wished for more screen time with the aliens. But aside from that, then "Fire in the Sky" builds up a great story that progress nicely and director Robert Lieberman managed to put together a movie that keeps the audience at the edges of their seats.The story is about a group of six contractors who all witness a strange phenomena deep in the woods. And when one of them exits the truck to investigate, the event turns into a nightmare as he is battered by an unseen force. Believing their friend dead, the five remaining men flee the scene, only to return to find their friend's body missing. As the story is exposed, the town and police investigators believe this to be an elaborate hoax to cover up the murder of the sixth missing man.There is a good sense of panic, dread and frustration throughout the movie, which really helps the movie along quite nicely.The scenes with the aliens and aboard the spacecraft were actually thrilling and quite nicely executed. I particularly enjoyed the take on the "grey" actually being a space suit. That was jut a stroke of genius."Fire in the Sky" is a good and entertaining movie, and it is well-worth spending about an hour and forty minutes on.

This was kinda mediocre and then kinda scared the crap out of me. One of those "based on true events" believe it or not stories right up there for fans of the X-files. It takes place in 1975 and follows a group of forestry workers returning from a day of logging in the woods who come across a huge bright light in the night sky. It appears to be a fire, they stop to investigate, one of the guys gets out to take a closer look and is "killed" by a beam of light from what is a flying saucer.The men take off back to town where the authorities treat their story with scepticism, believing that they are covering up the (now missing) mans murder. For the next five days, the town ridicules them, the media arrives, the police have them take lie detector tests and then Travis returns. At first he remembers nothing about his abduction then the terrible memories come back...A genuinely scary movie with a decent cast which includes James garner in a sheriff type role and a young and very good looking Robert Patrick. Its well acted particularly by D.B. Sweeney who plays Travis Walton. His abduction (torture) scenes onboard the spaceship are freaky, freaky but what scared me most about him was when he first returns; naked and cut up, trying to hide and screaming whenever someone touched him. What happened? 10/31/15

How many times have you seen the words, 'Based on a true story,' at the beginning of a Hollywood film? Normally, when that's written, what you see on screen is about as far away to what actually happened as you can possibly get. However, 'Fire in the Sky' is almost quite close to what really happened (obviously, if you believe what the story is all about).Travis Walton was a logging worker in 1975 who, while up in the mountains, was abducted by a flying saucer right before his co-workers' eyes. This is the account of what happened. One criticism is that it heavily favours the account of Walton and his co-workers, over those sceptical of their fantastical claim. However, when you think about it, Fire in the Sky would have been a pretty dull film if all that happened was Travis decided to hide in the woods for a few days while his mates made up crazy stories about what they've seen.This is a great film - kind of like a 'real life' episode of the X-files. And, you can enjoy it on two levels: if you're a 'Mulder' and believe in aliens, UFOs etc, you can look at it as a documented account of what actually happened. However, if you're a 'Scully' (i.e. a sceptic) then you should be able to enjoy it by simply seeing it as a good piece of dramatic science-fiction.Either way, if you're into sci-fi or drama, you should quite enjoy it. It's also worth looking into further - the real Travis Walton wrote quite a comprehensive book on the subject matter and there's plenty of 'evidence' to back up his claims if you do some research on the internet.

We've all heard the stories of strange lights in the sky, alien beings, and people being abducted. The first instinct of most folks is to probably dismiss these stories as tall-tales made up by those with too much time or drink in their systems. But what if, just hypothetically, not all these stories are myths? That's the question that Hollywood examines here in 1993's "Fire in the Sky". Based on true events that are said to have occurred in 1975, the story begins with five loggers racing in their truck from the woods like a bat of hell. From there they tell an incredible tale to a skeptical police force (One of them being the late, great James Garner) involving a "fire in the sky" and the alien abduction of their companion, Travis Walton (DB Sweeny). Needless to say, the police don't buy their story, thinking instead that someone murdered Walton and covered it up. Soon it becomes obvious that the whole town feels the same way and the fact that every reporter and UFO nut from here to everywhere descends on their small town (and the loggers) doesn't exactly help. But what starts out bizarre gets even more so when, out of the blue, Walton turns up five days later, disheveled and scared out of his wits. Where was Walton? Did something really happen or is it all one big hoax? Out of the several films that have been made on the subject of UFOs and alien abductions, this one might be the most effective. Why? First and foremost is the level of realism the film has in telling this story. You can tell that no matter how unbelievable Walton's story sounds to most people, the filmmakers took it and the overall subject very seriously and as a result, we start to consider that maybe, even if it's just for a split second, there might be something to this. Much of this is due to the amount of devotion the actors give to their roles. DB Sweeny shines in the role of Walton, as do Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, Henry Thomas, and Bradley Gregg in their roles as Walton's co-workers and everyday blue-collar workers confronting something they wouldn't have imagined otherwise. To give you an idea of their professionalism, the level of fear they project in their voices in the scene where Walton is taken is so realistic you'd swear it was actually happening. No joke, that scene has to rank as one of best in terms of acting scared out of your wits.Director Robert Lieberman and screenwriter Tracy Torme did a marvelous job in bringing in creating a film that is compelling and never boring. The scene where Travis remembers what happened to him in the ship has to undoubtedly rank as the most disturbing depiction of alien experimentation on humans ever. Trust me, I first saw this movie as a kid and that scene still freaks me out today (It should be noted that Walton's actual abduction experience didn't go anything like the movie's version at all. Walton's story of events probably wasn't scary enough for Hollywood, though it still makes for some fascinating and in a way spooky reading). Furthermore, composer Mark Isham should be congratulated for his contribution in the form of a effective and creepy score. As someone who has a passing interest in the subject of UFOs and what not, I can't say for sure what did or didn't happen to Walton and his companions in the Arizona woods all those years ago. What I can say is it's hard to come away from this without believing something happened, particularly when one reads the actual case. And on that note, if you're someone who's looking for a compelling film that might challenge your preconceived notions, check this out and remember, if you're driving along a dark road at night and should happen to see a fire in the sky, don't, under any circumstances, get out of the car!!!! Also starring Nobel Willingham and Kathleen Wilhoite.P.S. Keep watching the skies!!!