Alien Lockdown (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Tim Cox

Writers:

Kenneth M. Badish (story)
Boaz Davidson (story)

Release Date:

25 February 2008 (Hungary)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

It's time to prey.

Plot:

After an experiment to make the ultimate weapon goes wrong, a team of commandos is sent into a genetic research lab and end up getting stalked by a creature that looks a lot like the Predator

Plot Keywords:

Elevator Scene | Elevator Shaft | Fall From Height | Helicopter | Blood Splatter

Cast

James Marshall	...	Charlie Dryfus
Michelle Goh	...	Talon
John Savage	...	Dr. Woodman
Martin Kove	...	Anslow
Stanislav Dimitrov	...	Creature
Nathan Perez	...	Meyer
T.M. Van Ostrand	...	Green
Atanas Srebrev	...	Temple
David Kallaway	...	Kerns
Stanimir Stamatov	...	Hoog
Raicho Vasilev	...	Monie
Veronika Sitih	...	Female Soldier
Krassimir Manov	...	Soldier #1 (as Krasimir Pashov)
Boiko Boyanov	...	Soldier #2 (as Boyko Boyanov)
Dobrin Dosev	...	Soldier #3

Also Known As:

Creature (USA) (working title)
PredatorMan (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and gore.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R (Certificate #39977) | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Nu Image Films

Movie Connections:

References Aliens (1986)

I've Seen Worse

I've seen worse. Which is not exactly a compliment for this movie considering some of the utter garbage I have encountered in the last few months on the Sci Fi Channel and elsewhere. Nonetheless, while this movie was bad, it falls more under the rubric of the traditional bad Grade B movie which just rips off its entire plot, creature, setting and everything else from superior movies, but still manages to be mildly entertaining. Indeed if this movie had been the first of its kind, there would even have been a few laudable things to comment on -- the unrelentingly dark and creepy remote laboratory, a suitably vicious creature which kills in gory fashion (and looks like they spent a little money creating) etc. But as it is, its just one cliché after another. Its been done better many times before. But then again, its been done worse. If you want to see how bad a movie with "Alien" in its title can be, check out something called "Alien 51". Comparatively this is a work of art, and while I am glad I did not rent it, I am not entirely upset at having turned on the TV to catch it. For fans of the genre, not good, but not pluck your eyes out terrible either.