Film Review – Signal One

The mysteries of the universe are endlessly discussed in “Signal One,” a film that’s mostly tell and very little show. Writer/director Jonathan Sobol (“The Art of the Steal,” “The Padre”) doesn’t have a large budget to examine the presence of alien life, but he does have a screenplay that’s almost entirely filled with debates, questions, and the decoding of potential outcomes involving a collection of brilliant minds inching closer to the presence of extraterrestrial life. Sobol looks to 1997’s “Contact” as inspiration for the picture, getting close to manufacturing an unofficial remake with the endeavor, which also plays with emotionally scarred people figuring out communication from alien life. “Signal One” hopes to put on a show of intellectuals putting a puzzle of possibility together, but the helmer doesn’t provide a cinematic experience, going limp with an overly talky movie that doesn’t reach the level of awe Sobol hopes to achieve. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com