7/10
The aliens are here!!! Part 90's retro, road movie, A Space Odyssey, California Dreamin' alien conspiracy , all weird and not too good. Not even known apparently.
15 February 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This is a unique kind of alien invasion movie, I'll give it that. It seems that nobody had even heard of it before it was premiered on the Horror channel. When I first looked up this page there wasn't even 1 vote and no reviews. The plot is your (very) basic science-fiction abduction crap. Some guys get beamed up, they are returned missing time and not remembering what happened. Quite boring and confusing actually, most of the time is spent wondering what the heck is going on. There is a secondary group of attractive buddies that completely disappear from the movie with no explanation after the first 30 minutes. And the film did seem to seriously run out of steam when it got to the last act. Also, the ending is majorly stupid, one of the worst endings to any film ever. Not really an ending at all, the picture just suddenly ceases on you, with quite a few unresolved questions. A severe blow to the film's quality, which I would say is tepid at best. This to me is not one of the worst sci-fi's ever made, but it is very cheaply done, real bizarre, and again, almost completely ruined by a vague and ridiculous ending. Long story short, everybody are aliens and don't know it! The plot is not the reason I actually liked this movie anyway...:2: This movie has a kind of retro 90's feel to it that I loved. The film is set in the summer of 1997, so then it's purposefully done. They got that part right at least. For me they definitely captured that sweet moment in time. The vibe throughout is almost a trippy one, with many speeded up cross country views, and a few of the beach, with everything tinged a slightly gold shining colour, all hyper real. (Think acid trip) All of that stuff looked beautiful, I loved that element of the movie. The few special effects used look pretty good and convincing, must be why they used them so sparingly! The first one is when two dudes get beamed up at the beginning, and another is just a tiny thing. It's a weird little strip of alien space wire that one of the dudes finds in his underpants(!) The metal is all rainbow shiny and psychedelic looking. (think Pogs!) The only aliens you will see in this movie are just people in crappy looking suits in a few brief dreamy flashes.:3: Most of the acting is pretty bad. In fact, incredibly bad. (Think Troll 2)Even I noticed that and that's not usually a factor for me, not if the movie is an enjoyable one. I thought Ossie Beck as Cameron was the worst actor in the whole thing. The film manages to do itself in with a weak, practically nonexistent plot, and annoying badly acted characters. At a mere 70 minutes, it may have been better had it been considerably longer. But, despite it's many faults I liked the weirdness of this movie. It was somewhat compelling, and I did like the minor nostalgia it evoked in me. See ya.
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