Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Area 51'

Written by Scott Edwards

With all of the secrets that we know the government is hiding from us, do you really think we could handle the truth behind them?  I know that some people would be able to handle the truth, but if everyone got the information at the same time, what do you think would happen? Let’s say that the truth came out about Area 51 and we learned that the aliens that supposedly crashed in Roswell and died fifty years ago are actually alive and well and more dangerous than the stories tell us. As a society, I think there would be riots, looting and people looking to the sky for answers that they will never find, unless of course they are abducted.

On their way to a party, Reid and his friends Ben and Darrin are looking to have a great night. But not everything goes their way when Reid mysteriously vanishes from the party and is not seen when the other two leave. Darrin is worried about his friend while Ben does not show the same sympathy. While driving home, the two see their friend standing in the middle of the street and do not understand what is going through his head. Reid is in a daze and three months later he has a way to get answers about what he thought he saw on that fateful night.

Planning a boys getaway weekend to Area 51 to try and get answers, the guys are not allowed to tell anyone about what they are trying to accomplish. Reid has made some good contacts around the area and knows that the true believers will do anything to help get the truth out to the world. Whispering on the phone with a girl that knows more about the base than anybody, Reid has to put his faith into her and what she can bring to the table. Jelena is not just a believer in the secrets that are locked in Area 51, she is looking for the reason behind her father’s death that took place when he was employed by the base. Darrin is along for the ride, but Ben is starting to have second thoughts since everything is starting to get too real.

As their plans are coming together, the group is set with everything that they need to beat the security systems outside of the base, along with a keycard that they were able to acquire when tailing an Area 51 employee. During the dead of night, the group makes it from the perimeter to the main facility but notice that there are still people all over the area. Being able to sneak into a hanger, the group moves throughout the facility, keeping their heads down and trying to find their way to S4, the place where Jelena’s father said he saw the aliens. Getting down to the section, the group stumbles across a lab that has all kinds of alien technology on display, but when they start playing with a liquid that seems to be responding to them, their outlook starts to change. Looking for the answers to everything, the group continues to move deeper and deeper into the facility until they finally find what they came for.

Was Area 51 what I expected when I first saw the previews for it? Yes, pretty much and that is not a bad thing. With so much information gathering going into their investigation, everything that they heard from their interviews came to life in front of their very eyes. I enjoyed how all of the interviews covered the different things that the group got to see and how when they paid off, it showed that they were not really paying any attention to them. The depths of Area 51 will probably never be known to the world in my lifetime since all of the documents continue to be classified and the base is still off limits to the public, unless you have a really good camera lens that can zoom in on it. With everything in place to keep the public out, it is hard to believe that there is not something hidden in this famed location. Happy Viewing.

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