Alien at the Movies

In the Shadow of the Moon

In 1988 Philadelphia, a beat cop anxious to make detective investigates several separate homicide cases involving hemorrhaging dead bodies with neck injections. A blue hooded suspect is killed during an arrest attempt. Nine years later, this same cop has now made detective & it appears that a copycat is at large using the same M.O. This serial killer crime story now shifts gears into a sci-fi time traveling plot. Another 9 years pass by & our former detective is now a P.I. obsessed with solving this case & capturing this elusive time traveler. The first half of the storyline is more interesting & the ending feels unsatisfying.

Alien gives it 2 “bracelet” stars out of 4.