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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christopher Lambert was briefly attached according to Fries Film Group's 2005 American Film Market line-up.

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Goofs

When he steals the police car and the cop threatens to shoot, the suspect car is practically out of range and the cop isn't even aiming in the right direction.

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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

A good sci-fi movie, without big Hollywood special effects

Alient Agent sits somewhere between a good B grade and an average A grade movie.

The story goes as follows: An ancient, highly evolved alien race are searching for a new home planet. Being both intelligent and highly evolved they have made a decree not to settle any inhabited planets, which is good for us as Earth is only one of two planets that they have a hope of settling before their race dies out.

Defying the decree, a rebel faction on the alien home planet attempt to invade earth. They send in scouts (via some kind of heavenly projectiles) who have the ability to reanimate human bodies with their life force (once the human has died of course) thus taking over their humanly appearance and conveniently making all the aliens appear as humans for the duration of the movie.

These aliens are stronger than humans and have other neat abilities, like regeneration and psychic awareness, their aim is to build a portal to their own world, enabling them to send in their armies and take over the earth - presumably sending everyone by meteorite is too difficult.

All is not lost! Some good guys get wind of the evil factions plans and send their best agent, the 'lone ranger' named Ryker (Mark Dacascos) to stop them.

All in all the movie is fairly enjoyable. There are a few inconsistencies, but for the most part its fairly well put together. There are plenty of fight scenes, most of them being fun to watch even if slightly predictable. The one notable exception being marred by poor speed editing - director please note: Mark Dacascos is fast enough! Marc Dacascas plays the lone crusader well and his unlikely sidekick Emma Lahana (Julie) did almost too good a job at times, switching demeanors so fast it was hard to keep up.

Its lack of big CGI animations and special effects works in its favor for the most part, the movie seems better for it. In fact some of the worse parts in the movie are when the utterly unconvincing CGI effects are used to heal Ryker (don't worry - there aren't many), I can't help but think it would have been better left to the viewers imagination.

I personally wouldn't buy this movie but it would be a good one to watch on TV or rent, especially for sci-fi fans.

Details

Official Sites:

Fries Film Group

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alien Invasion

Filming Locations:

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fries Film Group, Insight Film Studios, CITY-TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color