Russia · Ars Technica
His goal: reveal their contents—detailing human-alien encounters over the last 80 years—to the world
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Ars Technica won’t say much about the final 30 minutes or so, because it would be giving too much away (although the final trailer gave some pretty strong hints).
Key facts
- The first half of the film is a political thriller—shades of 1974’s The Parallax View and similar films—as global tensions have the world teetering on the brink of World War III
- A cybersecurity specialist named Daniel (Josh O’Connor) has stolen a piece of alien technology and highly classified files from his employer, Wardex Corporation, a top-secret extension of the US
- Meanwhile, Kansas City TV meteorologist Margaret (Emily Blunt) is having breakfast with her boyfriend Jackson (Wyatt Russell) when a cardinal flies through the window and locks eyes
- This brings her to Scanlon’s attention, as well as that of Scanlon’s Wardex colleague Hugo Wakefield (Colman Domingo)
Summary
The summer blockbuster season has kicked off in earnest with the theatrical release of Disclosure Day, director Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated return to his “aliens are among us” sci-fi roots. The first half of the film is a political thriller—shades of 1974’s The Parallax View and similar films—as global tensions have the world teetering on the brink of World War III. Meanwhile, Kansas City TV meteorologist Margaret (Emily Blunt) is having breakfast with her boyfriend Jackson (Wyatt Russell) when a cardinal flies through the window and locks eyes with her before flying away. Margaret resumes her conversation with Jackson, only in Russian—a language she has never learned. This brings her to Scanlon’s attention, as well as that of Scanlon’s Wardex colleague Hugo Wakefield (Colman Domingo).