Species: The Awakening (2007)

When she reaches the end of her lifespan, a scientist rushes to Mexico, in order to save the half-breed alien seductress he raised as his docile niece, but soon awakens the deadly, sexual predator inside her.

Director:

Nick Lyon

Writers:

Dennis Feldman (characters), Ben Ripley

Stars:

Edy Arellano, Marco Bacuzzi, Jan Bouda

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edy Arellano	...	Calderon
Marco Bacuzzi	...	Rinaldo
Jan Bouda	...	Student #2
Ben Cross	...	Tom
Roger Cudney	...	Leland
Mon de León	...	Dancing Girl (as Monserrat de León)
German Fabregat	...	Technician
Marlene Favela	...	Azura
Meagen Fay	...	Celeste
Kristyan Ferrer	...	Mexican Boy #1 (as Kristian Ferrer)
Cynthia Francesconi	...	Collette
Alejandra Gollas	...	Trauma Nurse
Alizair Gomez	...	Mexican Boy #2 (as Alizair Gómez)
Eleazar Gómez	...	Student #3
Harding Junior	...	Student #1

Storyline

Dr. Hollander, a scientist, takes his niece, Miranda to Mexico, in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the treatment goes horribly wrong, and it sets Miranda on a killing spree as she sets out to find a mate.

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Plot Keywords:

sex with an alien woman | sex | partial nudity | female frontal nudity | bare breasts | 

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Taglines:

Irresistible beauty. Unstoppable instincts.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The producers wanted to go back to H.R. Giger's designs of the alien creature due to popularity with fans and the absence of this decision in Species III (2004). The original look is apparent but with different color variations and new spikes on the aliens' wrists of the nemesis.

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Goofs

When Azura is lying dead at the bottom of the pit and Tom looks at her, you can clearly see she is wearing body-suits from the waist downwards.

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Quotes

Miranda Hollander: For their punishment Zeus gave them women.

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Connections

Follows Species III (2004)

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Soundtracks

Flauta De Cumbia
Written by Jorge Bermudez and Craig Sharmat
Performed by Bermudez Triangle

User Reviews

1, 2 and 3 made sense but 4... no no NO!

Being a fan of the "Species" films, especially loving Species II, I watched this with open arms. I did not think it worked. Partly because the storyline seemed so short-lived. The trailer did look a tad on the positive side though but that, is how trailers are designed. But this is nothing at all like the previous ones, except for the Alien DNA etc etc.

This has awful acting, one hell of a bad bad accent and an OK blond playing the Alien femme fatal, but not worth the 90 or so minutes that it ended up as. If the species films are ever going to work and be believable they need to be serious, with serious (good, well-known) actors. That alone would help the publicity! But no, they go for the opposite.

I even wished afterwards that I had been a director doing this film. Oh my god would I have made some CHANGES! Should have mixed the DNA with sense instead of aliens LOL

big no no no no no, cannot emphasize that enough.

Details

Country:

USA Mexico

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Species IV

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$3,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

360 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min 94 min 98 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1