The third instalment sees earth this time taking the fight to the aliens in their own backyard.
A big shift in "feel" from the other 2 movies with everything taking place mainly in space. The movie flicks between earth and space and follows a team of specialists trying to figure out what is causing (now friendly) alien "pilots" to start turning on their human counterparts.
One of the great things about the first 2 films was the SFX. Both of them belied their tiny budgets to deliver blockbuster style FX. However, this film just doesn't quite nail it. Whether it's the budget, the director or maybe too ambitious with the setting, but it definitely feels a level down in the FX department. With the tone still being cheesy script and wooden acting, a major part of the appeal of the first 2 movies disappears because of this.
The plot is silly (more silly than first 2) and even though it's not on for too long, it seemed like it dragged a bit. Also no Grillo was a big miss. The Grillo role was taken by a guy with a Manc accent, saying things like noffing and wiv. It really didn't have the same appeal.
To summarise - disappointing but watchable.
A big shift in "feel" from the other 2 movies with everything taking place mainly in space. The movie flicks between earth and space and follows a team of specialists trying to figure out what is causing (now friendly) alien "pilots" to start turning on their human counterparts.
One of the great things about the first 2 films was the SFX. Both of them belied their tiny budgets to deliver blockbuster style FX. However, this film just doesn't quite nail it. Whether it's the budget, the director or maybe too ambitious with the setting, but it definitely feels a level down in the FX department. With the tone still being cheesy script and wooden acting, a major part of the appeal of the first 2 movies disappears because of this.
The plot is silly (more silly than first 2) and even though it's not on for too long, it seemed like it dragged a bit. Also no Grillo was a big miss. The Grillo role was taken by a guy with a Manc accent, saying things like noffing and wiv. It really didn't have the same appeal.
To summarise - disappointing but watchable.