Taking Earth is a 2016 South African low-budget science fiction film directed by Grant Humphreys and Agung Bagus, written by Grant Humphreys, Grant Knight, and Michael Harrison.
Plot An unexplained attack happens when concealed aliens invade Earth to find one person out of 7 billion who can save the fate of the planet.
Cast Marco Torlage as Cameron, an alien disguised as a human who has been hiding on Earth for the past 7 years Ronan Quarmby as David, Cameron's friend Brad Richards as Garabon/Graeme, an invading alien disguised as a human, tasked with finding Cameron Barbara Harrison as Ellen, Cameron's protector who is an alien disguised as a human Dick Sorenson as Devanera, Neran leader, Garabon's father, and Irehkull's uncle Annabelle Van Heerden as Sarah, David's girlfriend Tyla Goodwin as Shanna, a young lady who was rescued by Cameron and David
Production and release The film was produced in South Africa by Digital Forces, the 3MT (Three Man Team). It was released in Japan on 3 March 2017 and in the United States on 17 March 2017. It also came out on iTunes on 2 May 2017 and on Netflix on 31 July 2017. Screenmedia in the USA used YouTube (Popcornflix) as another distribution arm and the film has received over 5 Million views.
The film was sold worldwide by the High Octane Media - Sales agent, and distributed in multiple territories. The producers wrote Taking Earth with the intention of building a larger universe. There are currently 2 sequels planned.
Reception Filmtv gave the film, a 3.3/10 Letterboxd gave the film, a 2.8/5, Moria gave the film, a 2 1/2/5, Nerdly said "Taking Earth is a soft recommend", Sensecritique gave the film, a 2.7/10.
References
External links
BBFC website Taking Earth