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In Juan Carlos Claver's clever genre bending movie, the supernatural meshes with exciting action scenes but the thrills carry emotional weight as each of the characters must reconcile with the idea that their lives may be ending. After witnessing the shocking suicide of a mother and daughter, investigative reporter Julie becomes sensitive to the spirits around her. She is enlisted to join a film crew to investigate the mysterious deserted town of Manases, where, in 1945, the residents all disappeared one night when a Nazi airplane crashed nearby. Arriving at the ghost town, the crew discover ancient occult relics but these curios are steeped in evil and they have awakened a spirit world of good and bad. As team members become possessed the ghost of a young girl gives clues to the haunted past. Julia's psychic abilities can save the world if she can unlock some ancient truths. Big budget pop entertainment, God’s Forgotten Town offers a sly wink to the Indiana Jones movies but also carries the unnerving emotiveness of The Orphanage.

 -- Lewis Tice