Alien Showdown: The Day the Old West Stood Still (2013)

An alien scout lands on earth in the year 1854. The creature is searching for water and food. Once it finds what it needs, it will call in an invasion fleet. A lone cowboy must stand against the alien invader or all will be lost.

Director:

Rene Perez

Writers:

Barry Massoni, Rene Perez

Stars:

Robert Amstler, Nadia Lanfranconi, Anthony Sant'Anselmo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Amstler	...	Reinhard / Alien
Nadia Lanfranconi	...	Marina
Anthony Sant'Anselmo	...	Telepathic Green & Grey Aliens (voice)
John J. Welsh	...	Professor Kelly
Gemma Donato	...	Lorena
Ted Alderman	...	Wallach
Rafael Siegel	...	Chuchillo
Bonnie Antonini	...	Nun
Andrew Boetjer	...	Military Guard
Thomas Falzarano	...	Carson
James Miller	...	Sentenza
Raymond Isenberg	...	Nino
Buck King	...	Townsfolk
Tony Altstatt	...	Townsfolk
Andreas Abramson	...	Townsfolk

Storyline

An alien scout lands on earth in the year 1854. The creature is searching for water and food. Once it finds what it needs, it will call in an invasion fleet. A lone cowboy must stand against the alien invader or all will be lost.

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Taglines:

The day the Old West stood still.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

American Cowboys Vs. Aliens

Filming Locations:

Northern California, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Robert Amstler Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Sword in Stone
Written by Risto R Muzik & Andrew Raiher

User Reviews

Spoof? "Predator" tribute? Or just downright stupidity?

Well, well, well... "Alien Showdown: The Day the Old West Stood Still" (or "Alien Predator War"), yep it is one of those movies alright. Whether this movie is a spoof, an actual movie or an homage to the "Predator" franchise, well I suppose that is depending on how you approach this movie. It was blatantly copying so many things from the "Predator" movies.

You have an alien spacecraft crashing on Earth and an armored extraterrestrial emerging from the wreckage, in a suit that looks like a discount version of a predator outfit that was put together in a tool shed out in the backyard. And the face of this creature was a down-right imitation of the predator's, except they didn't manage to actually make it capable of opening up like the predator's did. And of course, the weaponry and the wrist-panel was also there. Copy, copy, copy...

And lets move on to the main character, Reinhard (played by Robert Amstler), of course he had to be a German cowboy with a lovely Schwarzenegger-imitated accent. It was just painful to witness. As for the acting here, well don't get worked out, because there is no acting going on, it is basically just running through a forest and shooting at a man in a plastic and rubber alien suit.

This is without a doubt a low budget and an amateurish movie, but they actually did manage to pull it off well enough, despite its lack of a proper storyline and despite its complete rip off of the "Predator" concept. The movie was just bad enough to actually be entertaining. This is the type of movie that requires no brain activity at all.

The thing I loved the most about this movie was that this top secret project about the alien transmitter at the top of the mountain, had just a single guard posted at a random location on the side of the forested mountain, standing at a gate. It was just epically stupid. One man to guard an entire mountain, to which you could easily go around and just scale the mountainside from any location to get to the transmitter. It was hilarious. Thumbs up on that one!

And also the fact that Reinhard's skeleton was there without the garments he wore back in 1854, as they had deteriorated and crumbled away to the decay of time, but still his journal had survived. I guess paper is just all the more durable to the ravages of time compared to fabric of clothing. Right, indeed!

This movie is the type of movie you just watch for a laugh at the stupidity of it all, and how cheesy and badly acted that it is. It is the type of movie you watch when you are seriously hung over and don't have to use your brain at all. It is the type of movie you watch once and never ever again, being left with a notion of 'seriously?'

Although amateurish and low budget, it did fare better than many other low budget movies. It is not amongst the worst of such movies I have seen. But don't have your hopes up too high...