fredf-67149
Give these guy's a break, even the less capable actors throw there heart into this production. Plus the 'Bikini' clad babe role goes to Bali Rodriguez, Hubba Hubba. Once again despite her slightly awkward performance, her enthusiasm makes up for that. Hey, let's face it, screen-time with Bali Rodriguez could hardly be wasted. Also her make-up and costume are great for all the right reasons. I could go on and on about Bali Rodriguez of course, who wouldn't enjoy that. There were other actors in it, and kind of like an illusion, if you stare really hard at the screen for 20 minutes, you start to notice them and not her. Then like a Random Dot Stereogram they shift out of focus and you can only see her again. I digress, back to the other stuff... the jungle location is beautiful, the plot engages just enough to keep you interested. There is enough pace to carry the film. The sound and lighting are good throughout. The plot twist at the end 'though pretty obvious' is delivered well without added cheese. Are some of the scenes a little too long, yes... is some of the acting less than 1st class, yes. But for a $1,000,000 I'd be happy if I could produce this. Finally the right people die, and the right people live, but crucially.... the characters are developed enough to care about what happens to them.Hmm, what else, oh yes, I should have mentioned for all those Bali Rodriguez fans that Bali Rodriguez is in it! Which she is! What's that? I already mentioned it! Oh right? Er... well I guess I am done but for the scores then.So for the film I'd give 'eight' out of 'ten' (if you like B Movies), and out of 'ten' I'd definitely give Bali Rodriguez 'one'.
unbrokenmetal
Aliens are invading the earth, and winning the war. Several 'arks' are leaving earth to ensure the survival of human beings elsewhere. Two of them, the 'Isaac Newton' and the 'Albert Einstein', crash on a jungle planet. It looks like paradise only at the first glance, but actually it's full of hostile aliens. The survivors have to fight together against invisible enemies, the so-called Chameleons, supported only reluctantly by a local humanoid race.Adrian Paul as Frank Baum plays the military leader of the team, who was on the 'Albert Einstein' only by accident. Richard Grieco as Captain Crowe doesn't have a good role: he is carried around injured half of the time. Bali Rodriguez as green skinned alien woman Lea is a winner. Gray Hawks as TIM, an android in the tradition of Star Trek's Data, handles the difficult part very well, not too robotic.This is actually a nice B movie, a survival challenge against various aliens, and although most of them are humans painted in funny colors, they also added a few CGI creatures from giant spiders to giant lizards, creative for the low budget.
Chris Mackey (guestar57)
A Thunder Levin flick.Exciting beginning,Kind of STARSHIP TROOPERS.Then the crew lands on a Alien Planet ? and goes into PREDATOR filmterritory.We get a 'Sci-Fi Channel' swim ( That means the screamqueens tiny bikini AIN'T coming off) aka AVATAR.The title is similar to a 10 year old CG flick TITAN A.E.. It has two of our favorite B-Movie tough Guys ADRIAN PAUL (Highlander) and RICHARD GRIECO (21 Jumpstreet).The spaceships are really nice,The aliens are BAD (Predator mode) and GOOD (THE MOLE PEOPLE) and the ending was a Great Payoff.
chrisduwe
Can only review the first 12 minutes as it was so poor I switched it off. The movie starts out like you've just switched on the TV and a cheap SCIFI TV episode is half way through, after 2 minutes you wish it was 90% through after a few more minutes you remember that you have the power to end your own misery. I chose to do the washing up instead, I'd advise watching paint dry or cleaning your WC would slao be more entertaining.Why bother with character development, plot or even scripted dialog when you can make a remake of an episode of star trek the next generation and sell it as a movie.