In a story that looks quite different. The story tells of a strong adventure of a high school girl, Alex Laine, who still faces encounters with obscure lights on the city in a mysterious and continuous way. This girl has many abilities, as she soon develops dangerous abilities that turn her childhood friend Sean Tyrell quickly. But those capabilities do not seem to last long, as the authorities target them and chase them as officials try to discover the truth behind everything that happens mysteriously.
Pellerin and Scott are such deeply compelling performers that you are likely to forgive the familiarity of the lovers-on-the-run, first-contact narratives.
There are superpowers and moments of awe -- but the focus on Sean's character and his acceptance of change keeps everything here admirably down to earth.
"First Light" doesn't invent anything new, per se, but somehow, in splicing elements from other movies, it fails to achieve the emotional core of its own formula.
Lacking the flash of big-budget blockbusters or the originality of a uniquely imagined world instead leaves First Light trying to make the best of overly familiar sci-fi themes.
The actors, a pronounced sense of setting, and Stone's impressive style results in a film that's more memorable than most cynically tossed off young-adult cash grabs.
