Species: The Awakening (2007) (V)

Director:

Nick Lyon

Writer:

Ben Ripley (writer)

Release Date:

2 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Irresistable beauty. Unstoppable instincts.

Plot:

A scientist, Dr Holander, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her...

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Scientist | Alien | Rampage | Female Frontal Nudity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Edy Arellano	...	Calderón
Marco Bacuzzi	...	Rinaldo
Jan Bouda	...	Student #2
Ben Cross	...	Tom Hollander
Roger Cudney	...	Leland Fisk
Montserrat de León	...	Dancing Girl (as Monserrat de León)
German Fabregat	...	Technician
Marlene Favela	...	Azura (as Marlene Farvela)
Meagen Fay	...	Celeste (as MeaganFay)
Kristian Ferrer	...	Mexican Boy #1
Cynthia Francesconi	...	Collette
Alejandra Gollas	...	Trauma Nurse
Alizair Gomez	...	Mexican Boy #2 (as Alizar Gómez)
Eleazar Gómez	...	Student #3
Harding Junior	...	Student #1

Also Known As:

Species IV (USA) (working title)
Species: Quattro (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

94 min (approx.) | USA:98 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company:

360 Pictures

Trivia:

It is the first film of the Species franchise that does not feature Natasha Henstridge, who played Sil in the first film as well as Eve in the two previous movies (Even though her role in Species III was a small cameo).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Azura is lying dead at the bottom of the pit and Tom looks at her, you can clearly see she is wearing body-suits from the waist downwards.

Quotes:

Miranda Hollander: For their punishment Zeus gave them women.

Movie Connections:

Follows Species (1995)

Soundtrack:

Dark As Love

This shouldn't be a Species movie

It just didn't work.

Alien nun? WTF? Alien taxi driver? And he tries to kill his passenger for what reason? They live in Mexico? Where where they the rest of the time? So why are they suddenly just killing people when Ben Cross and the Blonde chick come into town? Wasn't good...wasn't scary, wasn't science fiction...just wasn't workable.

The writers could have come up with something more creative for the paycheck...and the locations could have been chosen better too.

Basically, it all could have been better.

Yeah...as far as sequels go...it should be written by the same people - especially if the script was big enough to have a sequel.