High Plains Invaders (TV 2009)

Director:

Kristoffer Tabori

Writer:

Richard Beattie

Stars:

James Marsters, Cindy Sampson, Sebastian Knapp

Cast

Credited cast:
James Marsters	...	Sam Danville
Cindy Sampson	...	Abigail Pixley
Sebastian Knapp	...	Jules Arning
Sanny Van Heteren	...	Rose Hilridge (as Sanny van Heteren)
Antony Byrne	...	Gus McGreevey
Angus MacInnes	...	Silich Cure
Adriana Butoi	...	Prospector's Wife
James Carroll Jordan	...	Sheriff (as James Jordan)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Constantin Barbulescu	...	Grizzled Miner
Dan Bordeianu	...	Deputy
Sorin Cristea	...	Prospector Franklin
Dugald Bruce Lockhart	...	Cornelius Harrington

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

alien invasion | sheriff | reference to jules verne | uranium | alien | 

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Taglines:

No One Invited Them. Nothing Can Stop Them.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Western

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Details

Country:

Canada Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 August 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alien Attack

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castel Film Romania, Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Uranium is a heavy element and supposedly is in lead lined boxes. The empty lead boxes containing uranium would have been difficult for two men to load into a wagon. Even partly filled with uranium the boxes would have weighed more than the entire group of people could have lifted.

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Quotes

Gus McGreevey: Every condemned man gets a last request. What's yours gonna be?
Sam Danville: Well, I wouldn't mind if they'd built that gallows a little higher. I'd prefer it if my neck snapped straight off instead of strangling slow-like. There's no dignity in a death like that.
Gus McGreevey: Ask for a cigar.
Sam Danville: Hmm, why's that?
Gus McGreevey: The sheriff brings them in special and hates having to share, even with a dying man.
Sam Danville: Never did kind to smoking. Nearly choked me to death the first time I tried.
Gus McGreevey: Death by cigar. Sure beats a noose.

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Connections

References High Plains Drifter (1973)

User Reviews

Unexpectedly Good

Considering the utter garbage which has come from the SyFi Channel in the last few years, this movie was quite pleasantly surprising.

The plot was reasonably fresh and mostly logical. The actors delivered acceptable performances. The outfits were good. The setting was quite acceptable and looked like the northwestern U.S. CGI, if not great, was at least better than typical SyFi fair. The ending was, of course, predictable, and left unanswered questions.

A nice point was that the mandatory scientist (Jules) was not the typical all-knowledgeable font of information. Although he did make a few statements which included knowledge which did not yet exist in 1890, along with some that were just plain wrong; this role actually made fairly good sense within the situation.

There were a number of questionable items. The female bounty hunter is not something which would be likely in 1890. Many, but not all, of the firearms where very clearly modern. (Does anyone who produces movies ever listen to someone with knowledge in this field?) Finally, the repartee between characters who are opposed to each other before the arrival of the "invaders" begins to strain credulity.

Altogether and unexpectedly, this was a movie worth the watching.