Alien Hunter (2003)

An alien black box is found in the South Pole, where a government agency is conducting botanical experiments.

Director:

Ron Krauss

Writers:

J.S. Cardone (story), Boaz Davidson (story)

Stars:

James Spader, Janine Eser, John Lynch

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Spader	...	Julian Rome
Janine Eser	...	Dr. Kate Brecher
John Lynch	...	Dr. Michael Straub
Nikolai Binev	...	Dr. Alexi Gierach
Leslie Stefanson	...	Nyla Olson
Aimee Graham	...	Shelly Klein
Stuart Charno	...	Abell (as Stu Charno)
Carl Lewis	...	Grisham
Svetla Vasileva	...	Dacia
Anthony Crivello	...	Pilot
Kaloian Vodenicharov	...	Co-Pilot (as Kaloyan Vodenicharov)
George Stanchev	...	Airman
Rufus Dorsey	...	Navigator
Roy Dotrice	...	Dr. John Bachman
Woody Schultz	...	Sam

Storyline

In 1947, in New Mexico, a radio operator receives a signal following regular patterns. While investigating the occurrence, he vanishes. In the present day, the same signal is transmitted from a base in the Falkland Islands to United States of America and a satellite captures images of a unknown object in Antartic. The cryptologist Julien Rome (James Spader) is invited to investigate the mystery in the South Pole and he flies to a research base. While a team tries to open a weird shell probably from the outer space, Julien solves the message, which proves to be a distress signal ordering not to open the case.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | elevator | alien invasion | u boat | womanizer | 

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Taglines:

At the ends of the Earth, it's the end of the world...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Details

Country:

USA Bulgaria

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

19 July 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Beacon

Filming Locations:

Newhall, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films,Sandstorm Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Lynch broke the glass in the first lab door for real.

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Goofs

Julian asks "What are the odds?" and is given the reply "99.999 to the infinite", to which he says "But not 100". But 99.999... equals 100. Try it yourself: call this number X. Multiply X by ten: 10 X = 999.999... Subtract one X from that. This eliminates the sequence of 99.999... and leaves 9 X. Hence 9 X = 900, and therefore 1 X = 100.

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Connections

References E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

User Reviews

Edgy Sci Fi

Watched this movie on the Sci Fi Channel and really enjoyed it. Alien Hunter is an edgy scifi film with good twists. James Spader is at his enigmatic best and there are great performances by the Irish actor John Lynch (whose growing madness is very convincing)and the beautiful Janine Eser (a scifi scientist chick who actually has deep intelligence in her eyes!)Although the story is fairly generic, the characters captivated me. There was something very affecting about the connection between Spader's character and the alien presence. His need to communicate with something else "out there" gave the film a depth often missing in scifi movies. The effects weren't bad either. The tension is well built up and the ending is a real surprise. So when do we see Alien Hunter II?