 It's a slow burn, but it's definitely not something you'd expect. Hey guys, this is my review for Midnight Special. Now this is a movie that I really wanted to see. Admittedly, when I saw the poster of it on IMDB, I was like, what is that? And then I watched a trailer and I was like, whoa, that's so freaking cool. And Jeff Nicholas is a director that has made some pretty cool works. Admittedly, I have not seen all of Take Shelter, but I have seen Bits of Mud, and both of those films look really interesting. So to see this sort of interesting, different, weird, close encounter to the third kind, sort of, even though it's not, was really cool to watch. Admittedly, this film definitely keeps you guessing the whole time, even though it's a very straightforward story. The point of the film is that Michael Shannon's son has abilities. He has abilities to make people see things and he has special powers. Powers in fact, that he was basically kind of kept on a ranch by John Sam Shepard and was thought to be basically a deity, like basically the voice of God. However, Michael Shannon and Joel Edderton both get his son out of the ranch and they start driving somewhere. However, the government is after the boy as well because he has obviously been talking about certain things that the government should only know, coordinates, special radio signals and everything. So the whole time you're wondering what this kid is, why does he have these abilities, what happened to him, but also at the same time you're seeing this establishing, sort of, re-establishment of a father of his son because his father has been away, basically he was taken from him for over two years. And that's the other thing too. This film starts basically if you jump halfway through a novel and admittedly it's a little bit disjarring, but I actually like that aspect because instead of getting, there's a lot more ambiguity to it and while there are some things that I really wish I could know more about with the kid and the abilities, I still really enjoyed the film. If you're thinking this has a lot of action because they show some action pits from the trailer, they almost show all of them because this film is not an action film. It is in a sense an indie film, so what you're seeing is more so this very interesting story and the kid's abilities and just seeing this kid who has the ability to do things that you would never think possible and the thing that's interesting about it is he's not afraid to use them. That's something that in some of these films we see a child is afraid of who he is, of the abilities he has. This kid isn't. This kid is very mature for what he has and I think he did a really great job in this film. Other people who are in it, there's Adam Driver. He's a post-Kilo Redd. He's an NSA agent who actually, he's one of the most interesting characters because he's not more so a government crony. He's invested in finding out what this boy can do and there are some moments in this film that were actually quite interesting. The finale is definitely not something I expected. However, as I said in the beginning, there are moments of very slow burn. It goes very slowly at moments and admittedly you might find yourself a little bored. I did maybe once or twice. I never checked, I never checked my watch but you know that's kind of, it is slow and some of the moments are, there's a little bit of things I wish I knew a little bit more about certain aspects of the film. They don't kind of explain to you. It's more so just like, oh, I know where he's going. I figured this out and then they cut and then they never come back to it. So in the end, I'm going to give Midnight Special a five out of seven. It's definitely something different. That's something that I definitely appreciate it for. It's a different type of movie. It's a different type of experience. And it's definitely not what you would expect walking in. So you're going to be surprised, which is great. Anyway, guys, that's all for me for this film. I hope you enjoy this review. It's a decent movie. I had to go all the way out into Vancouver to watch this bloody movie. So I don't know how lucky you guys are to see it here. But anyways, I hope to see you guys soon.