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Alien Species (1998)
Don't even waste your time!
This movie is bad. And not "so bad that it's good". It's just plain bad. What a terribly hacky piece of crap!
Charles Napier is the top-billed actor. For the combined three minutes we see of him in this film, I suppose he's good.
Bad acting, bad writing, cheesy special effects. I can't believe this was made as recent as 1996. It's like one of those really bad sci-fi flicks from the 1960s.
I got this movie on a DVD set called "Nightmare Worlds" for $17.00. There are 50 movies on this set but, for some reason, I still feel I paid too much for this one movie.
As far as acting goes, the best of the cast was Marc Robinson, who plays the hero Towers. At least he has some kind of realistic expression, but he really wasn't given the best material to work with.
I'm not one to tear apart movies. As a matter of fact, it's just not what I do. But I feel I must advise people to not even waste a speck of your time on this.
I don't mind low-budget sci-fi movies, but it has to be done with lower expectations. The filmmakers here were trying to make an "Independence Day" ripoff on a D-movie budget. The aliens all have phony-looking costumes that wouldn't scare six-year-olds. More human-looking aliens would have worked better.
The fact that they have to mention "X-Files" to make this seem relevant is insulting to viewers.
There were also too many characters that the movie didn't need. Why did we need the woman "scientist" with Max at the beginning? She didn't do anything. The same with the granddaughter of Dr. Chambers. What the heck was her importance. For that matter, what did Carol do? She was supposed to be the assistant to Dr. Chambers. I didn't see her assist.
The character of the prisoner that got killed was put in just for that, and nothing else. Towers was the only important prisoner.
I can see having two policemen driving the prison bus, but Barnes was annoying. All the time. That didn't serve the story, it just makes you nervous.
The fact that the military was not even mentioned until near the end is silly. We never see military.
This is a prime example of a movie that tried to do too much with too little. And so much doesn't make sense and isn't given reason!
I give this a 1 because they won't let me give a 0.