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51 (film)

Field	Value
name	51
image	51 Poster.jpg
alt
caption	Theatrical release poster
director	Jason Connery
producer	Courtney Solomon
writer	Kenny Yakkel
starring	Bruce Boxleitner
Rachel Miner
Vanessa Branch
Jason London
and John Shea
music	Ian Honeyman
cinematography	Yaron Levy
editing	Andrew Bentler
studio	After Dark Films
distributor	Syfy
released
runtime	90 min.
country	United States
language	English
budget	$1 million

Rachel Miner Vanessa Branch Jason London and John Shea

51 (also known as After Dark Originals: Area 51 or Area 51) is a 2011 American horror film directed by Jason Connery and starring Bruce Boxleitner and John Shea. It is part of the After Dark Originals lineup. The film premiered on the SyFy Channel on February 26, 2011.

Plot

Political and public pressure coerces the government into allowing two well-known reporters and their assistants limited access to the ultra-secretive Area 51. The group consists of 20-year news veteran Sam Whitaker (John Shea); his camera-woman Mindy (Lena Clark); Claire Felon (Vanessa Branch), an ambitious writer, journalist, and head of an acclaimed news blog called The Fact Zone; and her cameraman Kevin (Damon Lipari). The four tour the base and things go well for a while, but when one of the base's "occupants" attempts to liberate both himself and those of his fellow species, Area 51 changes from being a secured government facility to a place of horror.

Cast

Vanessa Branch as Claire Felon
Bruce Boxleitner as Colonel Martin
Rachel Miner as Sergeant Hannah
Jason London as Aaron Schumacher
John Shea as Sam Whitaker
Andrew Sensenig as Dr. Keane
Billy Slaughter as Dr. Haven
Jillian Batherson as Gomez
Lena Clark as Mindy
Damon Lipari as Kevin
VyVy Nguyen as Elisia

Reception

Dread Central gave 51 a mixed review, stating that they would "write this one off as being a bit better than average by Syfy standards but still below par by conventional standards". HorrorNews.net also panned the movie, writing that it was "an interesting concept, with mediocre delivery, and a scare factor of zero. It is lazy film making at its worst, and it is easy to understand why the movie sat in the can so long (six years) prior to being released. It was not worth the wait."

References

"51 at Upcoming Horror Movies".
(2010-04-06). "After Dark Originals: '51' Finds a Director, New Details on 'Banshee'".
(2011-02-23). "8 Questions to Die For: '51' Director Jason Connery".
(2010-12-30). "Exclusive Interview: Jason Connery Says Too Much About 51?".
(2011-03-04). "Area 51 (2011) (review)".
(2015-09-05). "Film Review: Area 51 (2015)".

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