You have to give ScyFy channel credit for trying. Every once in a while they do come up with a very good movie...this is not one of them. You can tell there was some work on the FX, but good acting is none existent. Political pressure forces the Air Force to allow a few well-known reporters, namely competitors Sam Whitaker(John Shea)and Claire Fallon(Vanessa Branch). Whitaker is a nightly news reporter; while Fallon is a popular author and news blogger. Along with them a camera crew hoping for the story of a lifetime. What is the government hiding at Area 51? Col. Martin(Bruce Boxleitner)is to host limited access to the secretive base, where supposedly aliens from a 1947 spaceship crash in New Mexico is being held. The visitors are only to see what the government is allowing them to see. But during the tour a malfunction in a holding cell lets extraterrestrials to escape, setting off a battle with special forces. Of course, the news folks get involved. Also in the cast: Rachel Miner, Jason London, Lena Clark and Andrew Sensenig.
Review of 51
