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Deceived

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Cloud Ten pictures try their hand at Sci-fi with "Deceived" and they don't do a bad job of it. It stars Judd Nelson, Louis Gossett Jnr and others.

A group of experts are called in to investigate a message of unknown origin thought to eminate from space. The writers give us an interesting and thought provoking story as well as making it quite thrilling.

SPOILER ALERT!! Compare it if you will to the movie "Contact" where "aliens" make contact with us. The question asked here is how do we know where these messages really come from and what happens if the "aliens" are in fact evil spirits.

All in all, an interesting film with good performances by it's lead actors. Watch this if you are interested in aliens and the like and if you like to think.

Thanks.

WOWSERS!!!! We are talking beyond WOW here!

This is a MUST watch!!!!...I have always been a scifi fan loving movies that can hold you on the edge of your seat with things from out of this world. But lately, it seems Hollywood thinks that it takes sex, nudity, and profanity to hold people to their seats. So I had given up on my favorite genre of movies..... that is until now!

Decieved uses more than just special effects to hold you. The characters have depth and carry you through the movie from beginning to end. They have made the good vs. evil movie into one with characters that you can love and some that I know I was moved to extremely dislike. They hold you right until the end with this one!

Cloud Ten Pictures and Andre van Heerden did their best job yet with this film and I really look forward to seeing more things like this come from this great Canadian film company...While they really drew my attention with their movie Revelation...this one just broke through all the boundaries and brought forth a movie that has quickly become my favorite movie! I've bought the video and have watched it over and over and still will watch it again! And I will be buying copies to give to friends and relatives because it is such a powerful film that watching it just once isn't enough!

I do hope that Hollywood stands up and takes notice. You can have a good movie without the sex and language that keep so many movies out of the homes because the kids can't watch them. Some of us adults are tired of Hollywood thinking that we are too stupid to look beyond the sex and 'hip' language to find a film that actually has some great value to it and a real story also. And how great it was to see "Smitty" a Christian woman not made to appear stupid, foolish, or a prude. Judd Nelson, a self confessed computer geek, made me proud to be one myself! And Lou Gossett Jr gave the performance of his career in my opinion.

Hollywood take notice!

If you are looking for a good thriller with romance, comedy, and strong characters and a good story line, that you are not afraid of who might enter the room while you are watching it, then I strongly recommend that you rent or buy Decieved today! You won't be disappointed and you may walk away with a new appreciation for a solid story line and a few good basic principles in life!

While promising to open the door to an entirely new type of warfare, a top-secret Pentagon experiment designed to unleash paranormal powers suddenly goes wildly out of control.

Meanwhile, an observatory in the Sierra Nevada Mountains receives a confirmed extraterrestrial signal. With evidence that the two are somehow connected, Colonel David Garrett (LOUIS GOSSET JR.) rushes to the Observatory with his team of commandos.

The billionaire who funded the Observatory gathers his own team, led by brilliant computer expert Jack Jones (JUDD NELSON, The Breakfast Club, New Jack City). Wanting to share the news of this unique event with the world news organizations, the two teams attempt to verify its source. As the beam is repeatedly received and recorded at the Observatory, the tension among the teams mounts. And those who have heard the beam become obsessed and dangerous.

The signal has a dark secret -- and an even more ominous source. Before long, envy, lust and greed explode and create a sinister world of obsession and murder. There is only one way out of this disaster, but even if the team believes it, they may remain deceived.

This movie is one of the most rewarding films you will ever watch. It takes you through a maze of truth and reality in which your only reprieve are your instincts. Trust them: check this great film out!

I was pleasantly surprised by this DVD. I was expecting a low budget, poorly made film but what I saw was a well acted, believable premise that entertained me completely. Judd Nelson is very believable as the skeptic. In fact, he makes the film. I've always liked Nelson as an actor and in this film his talents show. Even though this is a low budget effort the finished product is quality.

Sci-fi/paranormal thriller based on SETI Home & U.S. military paranormal experimentation -- almost all the action takes place in a privately-owned observatory in the Sierra Nevadas. Compares well with the Hollywood movie, "Contact." Surprisingly, I liked it a lot up until the end ...

Besides the obvious "Contact" comparison, "Deceived" seems to me like a grown-up version of Bill Meyers' "Forbidden Doors" (a series of novels for Christian teens which I LOVE & I wish someone would make movies out of THOSE), but (to me) "Deceived" seems to lose something by the end ...

Can't quite put my finger on it, although I must say that I enjoyed the movie A LOT more than I thought I would. (I THOUGHT it was going to be hopelessly hokey.) I do agree with the basic premise, though -- & that's why I mentioned the "Forbidden Doors" series ...

Judd Nelson does some wonderful work here! There are great plot twists, excellent performances and spiritual issues to be examined! Deceived is just the kind of film that fans have come to expet from Cloud Ten. Bravo!

*sigh*...It came so close! Sometimes it seems like it is so difficult to find worthy Christian entertainment we will go to great lengths to be tolerant of near mediocrity.

I will start with the major disappointment of this film: it could have been SO much better with just a little tweaking. Here we have a film with high profile actors and a big budget for Cloud Ten, so much potential in the story line, and it falls short because the script is poorly developed.

As for the story, I'll set aside tragically incorrect assumptions of pre-tribulation rapture for now. The premise that alien encounters and paranormal activity are demonically driven is an important one to get across and should make for more compelling cinema than this example.

The casting was for the most part exceptional (Judd Nelson and Louis Gossett Jr, wow!). The dialogue for the most part was formula but okay, and some of the techno aspects lacked polish or were downright hokey. The initial lab sequence had some cool set features and lighting, good suspense and it grabbed. But it was downhill from there.

Some of the acting was really good, but too often the characters were caricaturized to such an extent that the actors struggled to make them believable. In the case of the preacher, I think he just gave up or had no idea who he was supposed to be. The hearing impairment aspect of the Jack character wasn't very well done. For one so profoundly deaf that turning down his hearing aid resulted in total silence, he exhibited none of the traits of deafness with any consistency.

The whole idea of gathering these particular characters together for a trek to the observatory/lab to hear a mysterious signal from outer space was awkward and flimsy. Viewers shouldn't be asking themselves questions like: is this really how it would be done were such a thing discovered?

When will filmmakers learn it's all in the details? An intelligent high-profile anchorperson would not walk around the Sierras in stillettos, period. Was the caricature-minister supposed to be a new age Enlightenment guru, a backwoods Southern preacher, or a bigtime televangelist? If the former, he should have sported a caftan or something, and dropped the preachy fake Southern aspect of the character. There was nothing cohesive in his speech, appearance or demeanor. It was as if they were trying to shove everything negative about church leadership into a "one world religion" character and it just didn't work.

When the cast walked into a dark empty lab out in the middle of nowhere they were weirdly "put out" - NO sense of suspense or alarm, and no real concern for the missing people even though the place was ransacked and there was a message in blood smeared on the wall! Come on, this is not how people would react in a situation like that... not even self absorbed, worldly unbelievers.

And etc. I liked the Jack and Smitty relationship, the paranormal experiments were very well done, and the spiritual disintegration of the characters contrasting with the awakening of Jack was great.

I really hated the hamster / desk scene.

By the way, the website could win academy awards, and the DVD extras were fun to watch.

All in all something to watch but not to buy.

Is there intelligent life on other planets? That's the sci-fi theme of Deceived, latest project from Cloud Ten Pictures. ''Intense'' is the word to describe Deceived. Political intrigue, personal greed and authentic faith are stirred together in explosive proportions when principal players are trapped in a space observatory. The human relationships and conflicts are as explosive as the plot's circumstances. Billionaire Emmett Shaw (played by Stewart Bick) claims personal ownership of a signal he believes is coming from extraterrestrial life. He assembles an unlikely crew including computer guru Jack Jones (Judd Nelson), an investigative reporter, and a arrogant radio preacher who is also Shaw's spiritual mentor. Shaw's party travels to the Sierra Nevadas observatory (funded largely by Shaw) with plans to break history's biggest story ever. Upon arrival, they discover that their on-site technicians are missing and the project has been sabotaged. After Col. David Garrett (Lou Gossett, Jr.) arrives from the Pentagon, a violent storm traps the group in the observatory, and a test of wills ensues because both Garrett and Shaw are accustomed to being in charge. The dilemma addressed in Deceived reveals how human nature may lead to compromise and rationalization in order to achieve selfish ends. With the gripping story of Deceived, Cloud Ten Pictures continues to advance the company's reputation for excellent drama presented in the context of a moral worldview. This one gives movie buffs reason to look forward to more work from Cloud Ten.

The plot:
Two people working in an observatory searching for alien life finally pick up a signal! A team is sent to investigate the signal including Shaw, the owner of the project, Jack, the computer geek with a hearing aid due to a hearing problem, a tv reporter, Rev. Fletucher, who believes there is a higher power than God (he really makes no sense throughout the movie), and the director, a beautiful, yung Christian woman (she and Fletucher do not believe the same things). When they listen to the signal, they all start to behave in strange ways, except Jack beacuse of huis hearing problem, and the Christian woman. As the movie goes on, a series of mystries unravels. Does the signal really come from space, or does it come from somewhere else? As the movie goes on, you figure out that the signal is from beyond. The enemy, is within.

Though this film isn't one of the best Christian films when it comes to the truth about Christanity, it does show God;s pwoer over satan. It will call every hristian to reexamine their faith.

okay, this one of those movies where sometimes it's great and sometimes it's not so great. deceived is okay but it isn't perfect, some of the acting isn't at its best but hey otherwise it's pretty dang good. one of my gripes is that it donesn't have a have a film commentary but hey thats me maybe you don't like them or don't care one way or the other about them. overall if you are looking for a pretty good flick this should be at least on your top 30 to buy. rated 4/5