Earth to Echo (2014)
After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. The three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source, and discover a mysterious being from another world who desperately needs their help. The journey that follows will change all their lives forever.
- Dave Green
- Sam Cieply
- Kiran Kaur Saini
- Henry Gayden
- Andrew Panay
- Henry Gayden
Rating: 5.9/10 by 577 users
Alternative Title:
Echo - US
Untitled Wolf Adventure - US
Echo - FR
Llamando a Ecco - CO
Earth to Echo - Ein Abenteuer so groß wie das Universum - DE
Terra para Echo - BR
Tierra a Eco - MX
Γη καλεί Echo - GR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 29 minutes
Budget: $13,000,000
Revenue: $45,300,000
Plot Keyword: alien, found footage
Bad watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. I remembered this being decent the first time I watched it, but that was a Vidcon, so maybe it was the hype. This movie is an example of why people don't like found footage, just thrown together as if some stupid kid did it, and then there is active narration and editing from the camera person. That in itself isn't necessarily a bad thing to have happen, but this one is. Found footage should be found, this is more like first person account...or a fake-umentary. Echo itself (it is not a "he") is cute enough but spends a lot of time hiding and there is a communication barrier, but only one way. If it can connect to the smartphone, then it should be able to use the device as a speaker to express the language it understands from the kids. Alot of the movie is just young boys being defiant and "girls have cooties, but I like it". It fails as a "coming of age", it fails as a "romance", and it barely succeeds as sci-fi or "evil secret organization". This had the potential to be the next "E.T.", but they just made weird choices throughout the design.
