Midnight Special

2016 • 111 minutes

About this movie

After rescuing his son, Alton, from a fundamentalist religious sect who are convinced his mysterious powers are the key to their salvation, Roy, Alton and their bodyguard Lucas are on the run for their lives. What starts as a desperate escape from a fearsome cult soon attracts the attention of secretive government forces who believe Alton to be a threat to mankind’s very existence. With the trio’s fate hanging in the balance, Roy will stop at nothing to keep his son from harm and discover the truth of his unbelievable powers that could change the world forever. It is basically the same themes as ROCKY if you think about it. But with thumbs. And a cowboy. And no boxing. 2016 Warner Bros. Ent. Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

Genuinely the biggest let down from a trailer. It was very slow to start, this film could have easily been reduced from 2 hours to 45 min. The films itself had the most pointless story, and you could easily get distracted by something, come back to watching it and you would have missed nothing. This is not worthy of a tv film never mind the big screen.

Lukewarm I am afraid. The acting, the directorship (technically speaking) and the plot are all good, and it is a high production value film - that remains understated. On paper I should love it, but it is just not good enough. I didn't enjoy it.

The plot was thin and the only thing that kept me going was the belief it must get better which it didn't. My advice would be to watch Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind instead even if you've seen it before.