The Shadow Men

Release Date: 1997-09-24

Overview: Happily married couple Bob and Dez Wilson and their 12-year old son Andy are being attacked by a blinding light when driving home from a daytrip. They awaken a couple of hours later, seemingly unscathed but soon driven mad by recurring nightmares. It soon appears that they have been abducted by aliens as proved by their sons handycam that had suddenly started running right after the incident. This mysterious fact is discovered by even more mysterious Men In Black who start nagging the family up to the point of threatening to kill them. Laughed at by the police the threesome seek refuge at sf-writer Stan Mills' house and start fighting back.

Rating: 4.3 / 10

Cast

Eric Roberts

as Bob Wilson

Sherilyn Fenn

as Dez Wilson

Dean Stockwell

as Stan Mills

Brendon Ryan Barrett

as Andy Wilson

Andrew Prine

as MIB #1

Crew

Timothy Bond - Director
Eric Miller - Screenplay
Paul E. Short - Stunts
Patricia M. Peters - Stand In
Justin Stanley - Screenplay

Reviews

SkippyTexas77:

It seems not a single person behind-the-scenes on this project strived to make it anything more than passable. That's not to say the film is bad -- it isn't. It's not great either. It's just... *Meh* ...