Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Unaware’

Written by Scott Edwards

​Secrets are a hard thing to keep these days. With almost everything you do being put on-line, there is no privacy for anyone, anymore. While some people seem to be all right with this as they are willing to change with the times, most people would like to have a personal life and keep away from what this can do to them over time. Living a squeaky-clean lifestyle is the only way to keep people from wanting to dig into your past, but let’s be honest, everyone has a skeleton in their closet that they want to keep away from prying eyes.
​
While taking his girlfriend on a road trip to meet his grandparents, Joe has another surprise in store for her. Wanting to make this one of the most unforgettable weekends Lisa has ever been on, he has everything planned out, even his stories about growing up with them. But not giving his grandparents a warning that he is on his way may be the biggest mistake he has ever made. Arriving at their old home that seems to be falling apart, Joe finds a note that says that his grandparents will be out for the weekend. With no other place to stay while they are down there, Joe is able to locate the hide-a-key so he can make this a weekend for the ages.

While giving Lisa the lay of the land, Joe shows her his grandfather’s prized possession, his car that he loves more than anything in this world. But that is not the only thing that Joe wants to see while he is there, as the old barn has been off limits to him ever since he was a kid. With no supervision, Joe sets out to find out what is hidden behind the locked door and when he is able to get close to the barn, he hears some sort of humming coming from the inside. Knowing that it is something electrical, Joe gets a crowbar and is able to pop the lock and gain access to his childhood foe.

Finding what appears to be an old radio, there are other strange things that look to be leftovers from his grandfather’s military days, and Lisa stumbles upon old Top-Secret files that appear to be for something much bigger. Taking note of what is in the files and the newspaper clippings on the wall, the two do their research and find out that it has to do with a UFO that crashed around Roswell. With his grandfather being high ranked in the military around that time, Joe wants to know more about what is in the barn, but he has something that he wants to do first. Proposing to his love, Joe makes sure that Lisa knows that she is the most important thing in his life. But wanting to know what other secrets are hidden in the barn is taking over his mind and when finding what appears to be an alien body in an old crate, he knows that he has bitten off much more than he can chew.

This is a cool little alien flick that does not disappoint. While I am not sure why Joe has such hatred towards his grandfather, he at least finds out why the barn was off limits to him as a kid. Trying to protect what his grandfather has built his life around; Joe does not want the authorities to find anything that could endanger his or his grandfather’s life. The obsession that Joe shows towards the barn becomes unhealthy, as you see him start to break down when he wants to know more, even Lisa is not willing to see him lose his mind over it. The character dynamic in this movie was great, I do love a good break down when life seems to be too good to be true. With a family secret, an abandoned house, a lovely proposal, a movie night, a dead alien, an unhelpful FBI agent and an alien fight, this movie shows some of the best emotions on and behind the camera as life as we know it is about to change. Stay Scared.

---