Watch the Skies

5/11/2025

Movies about aliens are nothing particularly new, but this little-known Swedish production could be a game changer in several regards. Writer-director Victor Danell’s 2022 action-adventure sci-fi offering (originally titled “UFO Sweden”) tells the story of a rebellious teen (Inez Dahl Torhaug) who believes that her mysteriously disappeared father (Oscar Töringe), an ardent UFO researcher and leader of a cult-like group of eccentric investigators, is not dead but was, in fact, abducted by aliens, a claim she’s determined to prove. Armed with her dad’s research and aided by his band of onetime colleagues, most notably a former climate scientist (Jesper Barkselius), she sets out to fulfill her quest, one that often strains credibility and leaves her precariously teetering on the brink of the