I stumbled upon the 2005 sci-fi movie "Alien Siege" and opted to watch it as the movie had Carl Weathers on the cast list, plus it was a movie that I hadn't already seen.
And while "Alien Siege" may be watchable to some, writers Bill Lundy, Paul Salamoff, Robert Stadd and Ian Valentine just failed to collectively put together a script and storyline that proved overly entertaining or enjoyable to me.
If you have seen the 1983/1984 "V" series, or even the 2009 reboot of "V", then you already have seen "Alien Siege", except that "V" managed to do a lot better than director Robert Stadd did with "Alien Siege".
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the concept of the whole thing, the budget and the frames that the actors and actresses had to work with. However, you shouldn't go expecting any grand acting performances though. Not even Carl Weathers managed to lift up this movie, as he was only briefly in the movie.
Visually then "Alien Siege" was not a great movie. The special effects were adequate, but felt inferior and especially the green screen effects were a hindrance for the movie, as they were rather lousy.
There was just no particular sense of this being an alien threat movie, as the 'aliens' weren't particularly threatening, menacing or even remotely alien-like.
I managed to sit through the entire movie, though I was dangerously close to drifting off a couple of times throughout the ordeal.
My rating of "Alien Siege" lands on a two out of ten stars. This was by no means a glorious moment in the history of sci-fi movies, not even for a sci-fi TV movie.
And while "Alien Siege" may be watchable to some, writers Bill Lundy, Paul Salamoff, Robert Stadd and Ian Valentine just failed to collectively put together a script and storyline that proved overly entertaining or enjoyable to me.
If you have seen the 1983/1984 "V" series, or even the 2009 reboot of "V", then you already have seen "Alien Siege", except that "V" managed to do a lot better than director Robert Stadd did with "Alien Siege".
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the concept of the whole thing, the budget and the frames that the actors and actresses had to work with. However, you shouldn't go expecting any grand acting performances though. Not even Carl Weathers managed to lift up this movie, as he was only briefly in the movie.
Visually then "Alien Siege" was not a great movie. The special effects were adequate, but felt inferior and especially the green screen effects were a hindrance for the movie, as they were rather lousy.
There was just no particular sense of this being an alien threat movie, as the 'aliens' weren't particularly threatening, menacing or even remotely alien-like.
I managed to sit through the entire movie, though I was dangerously close to drifting off a couple of times throughout the ordeal.
My rating of "Alien Siege" lands on a two out of ten stars. This was by no means a glorious moment in the history of sci-fi movies, not even for a sci-fi TV movie.