Jeri Jacquin
Coming to Bluray from writer/director Justin Barber and 20th
Century Fox Home Entertainment is a woman who will not let go of PHOENIX FORGOTTEN.
In Phoenix in 1997, amazing and
puzzling lights are spotted over the Arizona
skies. Josh is a young man who always has a camera at the ready and manages to
capture the event. He is determined to know where the lights came from and
enlists the help of friends to find answers. Heading out into the desert, they
all disappear.
Sophie (Florence Hartigan) is a young woman who has never
forgotten her brother Josh’s disappearance. It has been twenty years since and
she returns home to try once again to find answers. Along with her own camera,
Sophie begins to document the story of her journey to find Josh (Luke Roberts)
and friends Ashley (Chelsea Lopez) and Mark (Justin Matthews).
Amongst Josh’s belongings are videos of that night as well
as video Sophie had never seen before. She also speaks with Ashley and Mark’s
parents about what they remember. It is her desire to find answers that bring
clues even closer to what happened to the three teens. In the most unexpected
place, Sophie will have all the answers she would ever need.
And all the fright she could ever want!
Hartigan as Sophie is a determined young woman as the years
are becoming too much without answers. I enjoyed her character taking
everything one step at a time leading the story. Roberts as Josh is a young man
with curiosity that leads him to the desert and when you go looking for trouble
– well, you get the rest.
Lopez as Ashley is an adventurous young woman who could
never have seen what was coming. This actress does an amazing job and she is
one tough cookie. Matthews as Mark wants to support his friend and doesn’t mind
a day out in the desert. He is clearly the jokester of the group until things
end up being not so funny.
Other cast include Clint Jordan as Steve, Cyd Strittmatter
as Caroline, Jeanine Jackson as Melissa, Matt Biedel as Dan, and Ana Dela Cruz
as Luisa.
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The Bluray and DVD Special Features include Sophie’s Story, Phoenix
Found, and Audio Commentary with
director Justin Barber and actors Florence
Based on the Phoenix Lights that happened in Arizona March 13, 1977,
the film brings an air of that time period on the video that is well done. The
story tells about the V-shaped objects found in the night sky that could be
seen in several places in Arizona .
Calls began coming about the object as the National
UFO Reporting
Center received a report from Prescott that, “while
doing astrophotography – five yellow-white lights in a V-formation moved slowly
across the sky”.
More reports from Phoenix
as well but this wouldn’t be the last time the lights would be seen. It would happen
again in 2007 and in 2008 leading to several documentaries on the infamous
Phoenix Lights.
Now, PHOENIX
FORGOTTEN adds suspense and mystery into a storyline that takes its time in the
telling and will end with your jaw on the floor. Shot in a ‘found footage’
format, director Barber seems to have gotten the upper hand at jarring camera
movements and I personally thank him for that.
This is a great night film to curl up on the couch with so
get the popcorn ready and turn down the lights for PHOENIX FORGOTTEN.
In the end – based on a shocking untold story of true
events!
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