I’ll admit that I went into “Disclosure Day” with high hopes after watching the trailer on the big screen for the last few weeks.
Apparently, I had placed my threshold too high and should have capped out my experience with the trailer by itself and waited until the flick debuted on a streaming platform.
I don’t exactly know where it went wrong for me or left me yo-yoing between annoyances at the characters on screen or the lack of practical special effects, but, I feel like it was before the halfway mark in the movie.
But, I stuck it out all the way to the end before I’ve decided that I’m not a fan of the un-original storyline and disliked the ending the most!
Day is a science fiction thriller film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by Spielberg.
The film stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, and Colman Domingo.
While the movie clocks in at 145 minutes long, it’s rated PG-13 for action/violence, some bloody images and strong language.
As the world stands poised on the brink of World War III, cybersecurity specialist Daniel Kellner (O’Connor) steals a piece of extraterrestrial technology and related files.
Those files end up detailing various events of human-alien contact dating back to the Roswell incident from the Wardex Corporation.
Also, Wardex just so happens to be a secret arm of the U.S. government.
Wardex CEO Noah Scanlon (Firth) discovers the theft and has Daniel branded a foreign spy, making him the target of federal authorities.
After escaping Wardex, Daniel goes into hiding at a convent with his girlfriend Jane Blankenship (Hewson).
Daniel has been working with several other former Wardex employees, including leader Hugo Wakefield (Domingo).
Almost simultaneously in Kansas City, television meteorologist Margaret Fairchild (Blunt) is preparing for work when a cardinal flies into her home, briefly observes her, and then flies away.
The incident awakens latent psychic abilities, allowing Margaret to intuitively understand the thoughts and emotions of others and unconsciously communicate in languages she has never learned.
During a live weather broadcast, Margaret unexpectedly begins speaking in an unknown language rather than giving the forecast and then passes out on the sound stage.
Footage of the broadcast goes viral and draws the attention of Wardex, which identifies the language as extraterrestrial in origin.
After being hospitalized and nearly getting captured by Scanlon’s agents, Margaret also goes into hiding.
Daniel reveals the stolen files to Jane, explaining that Wardex has been experimenting on alien captives and reverse engineering their technology since the 1940s.
He then tells her that it’s his intention to make the information public for the whole world to see.
Through an alien device that grants him telepathic capabilities, Scanlon forms a psychic bond with Jane and uses it to track them to a hotel.
Jane escapes with another similar alien device that was previously stolen by Daniel.
Unfortunately, he stays behind and is captured.
Meanwhile, as her abilities develop, Margaret receives visions of Daniel and follows them to a black site where he is being held and prepped for interrogation.
They escape when Margaret learns how to use her abilities to empathetically influence their pursuers into standing down.
And I’d love to tell you that things just get easier for Margaret and Daniel, but, that’d be a lie.
In fact, the movie has a brief, shining moment of redemption in my mind – just before the end crashes down and ruins everything.
But, hey, you should see it yourself if you don’t trust my judgment!
