Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' is a thrilling sci-fi chase movie that blends his old and new styles. The film explores heavy philosophical and religious questions about our place in the universe and our capacity for empathy. It's a breakneck conspiracy thriller that plays like Spielberg riffing on movies like 'Three Days of the Condor'.
The movie is a technical wonder with a great John Williams score, and it features a memorable performance by Emily Blunt. The film launches right into the action, dropping us into the plight of Dr. Daniel Kellner, a cybersecurity expert employed by WARDEX, a company that has been secretly studying aliens and their technology. The plot involves a whistleblower, a nefarious head, and a device that can seemingly do whatever the script needs it to at any given moment.
The film's script has some clunky dialogue and a few leaps of logic, but it rises above these issues with an emotional through line centered around Blunt's Margaret, who finds herself in a world-altering scenario that plays hell with her mental and emotional state. The grand finale of the film is stunning, elevating the film to a different level.
'Disclosure Day' is a reminder of why Spielberg is one of the best filmmakers to ever do it. The film is a technical wonder with a great John Williams score, and it features a memorable performance by Emily Blunt. The film is a thrilling sci-fi chase movie that blends Spielberg's old and new styles, and it explores heavy philosophical and religious questions about our place in the universe and our capacity for empathy.
