2018 · thriller · sci-fi · supernatural
At First Light
Directed by Jason Stone1h 31m2018
High school senior Alex has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities, and turns to her childhood friend Sean. The authorities target them and a chase ensues as officials try to discover the truth behind Alex's transformation.
Our read: At First Light (2018) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive thriller · sci-fi · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured thriller / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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