Alien Opponent (2010)

Director:

Colin Theys

Writer:

John Doolan (screenplay)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Unidentified Fighting Object

Plot:

The owner of a small-town junkyard offers a cash reward to whomever can kill her uninvited, space-suited...

Plot Keywords:

Junkyard | Alien | Small Town | Human Versus Alien | One Word Title

Cast

Jeremy London	...	Brooklyn Davis
Roddy Piper	...	Father Melluzzo
Greg Nutcher	...	Officer Remillard
Cuyle Carvin	...	Bradan James
Adrienne LaValley	...	Linnea Gold
Thomas Daniel	...	Bobby Ray
Jessica Alexandra Green	...	Paris Montag
Angela Relucio	...	Mary Lane
Ashley Bates	...	Meghan Mazurski
Dave Lounder	...	Eagle Scout
Kevin Shea	...	Tom Mazurski
Sari Gagnon	...	Deborah Dallas
Sean Gallimore	...	Francis
Hilma Falkowski	...	Rita
Debra Jans	...	Kitty Kat
Paul Mauriello	...	Master Splinter
Grady Justice	...	Johnny Mac
Michael Wrann	...	Nick Rider
Ben Chester	...	The Opponent / The Junkbot
Anthony Maurizio	...	Football Player #1
Paul Melluzzo	...	Another Betting Man
Paul Braccioforte	...	Jack
Karina Cavaliere	...	Cheerleader #3
Tasia Jones	...	Lux
Christopher John Dionne	...	Rusty
Kim Giansanti	...	Town Extra
J. Matthew Root	...	Heavy Metal
Sebastian Marocola	...	Ninja
Kevin Paul	...	Mad Batter
Jason Birkby	...	Manager
Dan Merriman	...	Dale
Dylan Marocola	...	Ninja
Joseph D'Amico	...	Marine
Todd French	...	Football Player #2
Peter Hoey	...	Football Player #3
Kerry Doolan	...	Cheerleader #1
Tim Winkler	...	The Rest
Sierra Randall	...	Karate Kid #1
Amy Mesaros	...	Cheerleader #2
Jared Marmitt	...	Extra (uncredited)
Eric Minor	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Colin Theys

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Doolan		screenplay

Produced by
Bonnie Farley-Lucas	....	executive producer
Andrew Gernhard	....	producer
Richard J. Lucas	....	executive producer
Greg Nutcher	....	consulting producer
Zach O'Brien	....	consulting producer
Ragavan Padmanathan	....	executive producer
M. Sridharan	....	producer

Original Music by
Matthew Llewellyn
Stephen Webster

Cinematography by
Matthew Wauhkonen

Makeup Department
Ben Chester	....	makeup supervisor
Mercedes McCoy	....	makeup artist
Mercedes McCoy	....	makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Melluzzo	....	assistant director

Art Department
John Randall	....	property master

Sound Department
Peter Mullen	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Ben Chester	....	creature creator
Benjamin Root	....	flamethrower effects

Visual Effects by
Paul Melluzzo	....	visual effects artist
Colin Theys	....	lead digital effects artist

Stunts
Sean Gallimore	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Rachel S. Fox	....	assistant camera
Eric Minor	....	grip

Other crew
Paul Melluzzo	....	end credits
Paul Melluzzo	....	production scheduling
Eric Minor	....	production assistant
Zach O'Brien	....	production consultant
Sierra Randall	....	production assistant
Jill Sacco	....	talent coordinator
Patrick Wiley	....	production assistant

Thanks
Zach O'Brien	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Synthetic Cinema International
• Vijaya Cine Enterprises

Distributors

• Chiller Network (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Shout! Factory (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Signature Entertainment (2012) (UK) (DVD)
• Vijaya Cine Enterprises (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• Vivendi Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Absent Logic Productions LLC  website development

Also Known As:

"Opponent" - USA (premiere title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Company:

Synthetic Cinema International

Trivia:

Due to rain, the scenes involving finding the crashed alien ship had to be moved indoors. To cover for the continuity problems, a hole was digitally created in the garage's roof in post production.

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO "well done"

I reactivated my account just to give ya'll some balance. This movie is a stinker ladies and gentlemen. We can call it "the little movie that could" but we won't because that would be a betrayal to little movies that actually can..and do. "Alien Opponent" is a mess. It is slow to begin and if you can get past the hobbled set-up it doesn't get much better. The acting is, of course, so sub par that Rowdy Roddy Piper is the best of the bunch...and there is a bunch, and that's not saying anything positive. Of course acting is the product of script and direction; the script is tired and humorless. The actors do little to escape the clutches of the feeble clichés they've been degraded too. Sigh...I saw this B grade actor type circus act before in a "little movie that could" called "Feast". "Feast" does it so much better and makes the genre proud. This wretched excuse of a movie is a disgrace. On a "positive" note...the alien, at times, is nicely designed. It has enough originality that it deserves a better movie and a better script. The special effects also are nicely done and there's enough gore for a gore-hound to get their fix. You deserve better and better you can do...by far.