Alien Agent (2007)

A lawman from another galaxy must stop an invading force from building a gateway to planet Earth.

Director:

Jesse V. Johnson (as Jesse Johnson)

Writer:

Vlady Pildysh

Stars:

Mark Dacascos, Amelia Cooke, Emma Lahana

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Dacascos	...	Rykker
Amelia Cooke	...	Isis
Emma Lahana	...	Julie
William MacDonald	...	Sheriff Devlin
Kim Coates	...	Carl Roderick
Billy Zane	...	Tom / Saylon
Dominiquie Vandenberg	...	Sartek
Annabel Kershaw	...	Aunt Lorry
Jim Shield	...	Jack Braden
John Tench	...	C.C.
Keith Martin Gordey	...	Uncle Jim
Meghan Flather	...	Amber
Sean Owen Roberts	...	Jerry
Darren Shahlavi	...	Kaylor
Derek Hamilton	...	Joe

Storyline

When a group of alien agents from a dying planet come to Earth under the leadership of Isis to build a portal to connect both worlds, the warrior Rykker opposes the invaders and defends the earthlings. He rescues the teenager Julie, whose family was murdered by the invaders, and together they try to destroy the portal and avoid the invasion commanded by the cruel Saylon.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | showdown | galaxy | dying planet | chase | 

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Taglines:

Only one man stands in the way of an alien invasion... And he's not even human.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Fries Film Group

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Agente Alien

Filming Locations:

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fries Film Group, Insight Film Studios, CITY-TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

First up for distribution pre-sales in May 2000 at the Cannes Film Market with Jon Fries to direct.

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Goofs

During the car chase when bullets enter Rykker's body, his clothes rip with bullet holes; however when the car blows up and is engulfed in flames, Rykker emerges from it in totally intact clothes.

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Quotes

Isis: [about Carl] Give me a human word to describe him.
Julie: Loser.
Isis: I like it.
Julie: I'd have to think of something different to describe you. Scum.

User Reviews

F**k!ng aliens want our planet.

In a nutshell so that you don't have to read the rest of my crap if you don't want to: Old story. Aliens are having problems in their world and so come to ours to bug us or take over, or something. I dunno. So an alien agent is sent to stop them from their diabolical schemes.

When not chairing the "Iron Chef" Mark Dacascos. does action B-movies which are, in my opinion, usually better than most B-movies but yet always seem to fall just short of their potential. This one is no exception. All the pieces are there; just needed a little bit more intelligence in the writing and better direction. Case in point: our hero steals a police car and was asked by his companion why he did it. He replied that he wanted to hear the police reports. This was so obviously a lame excuse since the cost of attracting so much attention to himself far outweighed the benefits of any police report. Besides, he could simply have used or gotten a scanner of his own (he had a hideout full of crap).More likely the director wanted a car chase and this was his best excuse to get one. In another scene a lot of people were killed for no good reason other than to steal a truck. Why would you do that and draw unwanted attention to yourself? More likely the director needed a mass murder in the movie this was his best excuse for one.

I wanted to like this movie, and I did "somewhat" (I liked the early scene with the alien chick on the overpass; at that point the movie looked very promising) but there were some inconsistencies that bugged me. In the first fight scene the hero fought very well; expertly. Then there was a later fight scene where he appeared to not know how to fight at all. If the director wanted the bad guy to get the better of him he could have done it without making him look like he forgot how to fight altogether (he basically stood there and took an ass whipping).

Dacascos obviously is a talented martial artist. More so than Van Damme or Seagal. And yet -as luck or fate would have it- never achieved even their level of success. Ironic that he's probably better known from a cooking show than from what he does best. Kick ass. Ahh well, life has a sense of humor. All I can say for Alien Agent is that it's better than most B-movies which may or may not be saying much. Why don't you be the judge? Love, Boloxxxi.