Unidentified is a 2006

2006 in film

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 science fiction

Science fiction

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 Christian film

Christian film

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 produced by Rich Christiano

Rich Christiano

Rich Christiano is an American filmmaker, who has directed, produced and wrote many Christian films. He owns Christiano Film Group, co-founded Five & Two Pictures and founded ChristianMovies.com in 1997. He is also the brother of Dave Christiano.-Filmography:-External links:* *...

 and Alvin Mount. It was written and directed by Rich Christiano and stars Jonathan Aube, Josh Adamson, Michael Blain-Rozgay, Jenna Bailey, Lance Zitron, and the popular Christian pop rock musician

Musician

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 Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James , is a Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. In 1993 she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a...

, starring in her first film. The film deals with UFO's and how they could possibly play into the end times

End times

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Synopsis

In a small Texas

Texas

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 town, a man, while driving home on a back highway at night, claims to have encountered a UFO. Two reporters from a national magazine are sent to investigate the incident because their editor wants to publish a story on the controversial subject of UFOs. Brad (Josh Adamson) thinks UFOs are a hoax, Keith (Jonathan Aube) senses that something is out there. Each man tries to prove the other wrong.

Production and release

In May 2005, Rich Christiano wrote, co-produced, and directed the film, his second feature length movie. Dave Christiano

Dave Christiano

Dave Christiano is a Christian filmmaker and twin brother of Rich Christiano. He owns Dave Christiano Films and ChristianFilms.com. Several of Christiano's films have been released to theaters....

 served as story consultant. It was released in theaters in April 2006 under Five & Two Pictures. It was rated PG for thematic elements.

Main cast

• Jonathan Aube – Keith
• Josh Adamson – Brad
• Michael Blain-Rozgay – Darren
• Jenna Bailey – Lauren
• Lance Zitron – Vince
• Rebecca St. James
  Rebecca St. James
  Rebecca St. James , is a Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. In 1993 she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a...
  
   – Colleen

Reception

Reviews were negative. Joe Leyden of Variety

Variety (magazine)

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wrote "It's not quite awful enough to qualify as camp, which may work against its finding any audience", and credited it with actors with "more sincerity than talent", but a script which "buries its one good idea".
Philip Martin of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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wrote, "...the cinematic equivalent of a Jack Chick

Jack Chick

Jack Thomas Chick is an American publisher, writer, and comic book artist of fundamentalist Christian tracts and comic books...

 cartoon tract, a modestly artful form of proselytizing," but "one hopes the people who enjoy this sort of thing will find it."

External links

• Official site
• Unidentified at Rotten Tomatoes.
• "Unidentified". AllMovie
• Darlington, C.J. "Rich Christiano Interview". Titletrakk.com.
• "Rich Christiano interview". Christian Cinema. December 11, 2006.
• Craigs (March 6, 2007). Unidentified full review. Epinion.com.
• "Unidentified " details. New York Times. (AllRovi)