“Unearthed” is one of the best-looking films I have ever struggled to stay awake through. The on-location footage shot in the deserts surrounding Salt Lake City Utah is breathtaking. Cinematographer Ross Richardson does a fantastic job with “Unearthed” in almost every shot; it´s just a shame he didn´t frame these shots for a better film. Although the real shame would be if 20th Century Fox didn´t sue writer/director Matthew Leutwyler for using H. R. Geiger´s “Alien” creature in his film without their permission.

“Unearthed” stars the stunning Emmanuelle Vaugier as Sheriff Annie Flynn, a stereotypical cop on the edge. This plot device has been overused for decades now, and Leutwyler´s thoughtless script doesn´t add anything to the dull character. The Sheriff spends half the film trying to drink herself to death, and the other half living through cheesy flashbacks of a mistake she made that killed a child. She´s about to get fired from her job as Sheriff of a small town, and she couldn´t care less. But Sheriff Flynn gets a new lease on life and her job when a mysterious creature begins killing cattle and quickly makes its way up the food chain to humans. But can the town´s biggest drunk sober up to even shoot straight, let alone destroy a creature that´s survived for almost a thousand years?
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“A vicious creature that’s been trapped for 900 years, gets unearthed during an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate town. As the carnage escalates, the local sheriff and a group of stranded civilians must find a way to destroy the creature that only has one mission – complete annihilation.” (Starring Emmanuelle Vaugier, Luke Goss and Beau Garrett, directed by Matthew Leutwyler)

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