Stevieboy666 Fiery aliens land on Earth from the Sun, intent on causing havoc and destruction. About the only positive thing that I can say about this low budget, made for TV movie is that the acting was reasonable. Everything else - the ridiculous plot, rubbish special effects, etc - make for a very poor viewing experience and several times towards the end found myself nodding off. Did rewind the end to make sure I hadn't missed anything. I hadn't.

djderka Yes, some reviewers will agree with this observation. But this is not that bad a movie. Remember these are "low budget" films, do not expect Alien, Blade Runner, or 2001 Space Odyssey to be produced here. Do not expect clever dialog as in Front Page, Treasure of Sierra Madre, Casablanca and others.What you can expect is an entertaining flick about some sort of monster, hybrid monster or extra terrestrial monster with CGI, minimum dialog, hero flubs (like sudden inability to shoot straight to get the evil bureaucrat), chases, cute buxom (in this case flat chested)babes being chased by said monster. It is a predictable beef stew with the same ingredients but we usually enjoy it for lunch anyway.The actors are above average as the main characters are played by good TV actors: Nicholas Brendon, Sandrine Holt and Randolph Mantooth, and they really keep the movie going and keep it from stalling out.Plot: a "fireball" leaves the sun on it's own initiative to reek havoc on poor earthlings. And it does so by killing a firefighter sidekick, only to resurrect itself some 40 years later. The "fireball" "chases" and explodes victims into their own fireball.Written by Bill Shatner of "Priceline" fame, it follows a generic voyage through the stars. But, I enjoyed the acting, the reporters cut in half, and unsuspecting innocents bursting into flame, the ubiquitous evil bureaucrat, baffled military personnel, and fire fighting heroes.

JoeB131 Because when you really think about it, all their stories have similar plots. Shadowy government agency creates CGI monster which proceeds to reek havoc.The plot line of this one begins in 1966, where a firefighter is making out with his girlfriend after putting out a forest fire. Forget that women didn't dress like that or wear their hair like that in 1966, or serve as firefighters, for that matter. No, we have to set up the plot here. She is possessed by the alien fire serpent and launches a sequence of really bad special effects.Anyway, flash forward to the present, where we have another forest fire, and a bunch of fires starting in mysterious places, being investigated by the Government Babe. (Note, a Sci-Fi channel original always has a government Babe or Hunk who helps the good guys!) the 1966 guy mysteriously shows up to watch the alien fire blow up the lunch wagon and kill a firefighter who tries to put it out.Well, along comes Robert Beltran of Star Trek Voyager fame. Yup, you can't have a Sci-Fi original film without a washed up Star Trek actor. Instead of playing his usual new-age Castrati, Beltran plays a shadowy government agent who happens to be a religious fanatic. The word "Miscast" comes to mind. He believes the fire serpent is here to start the Apocalypse, and just needs a little help. Like sneaking it onto the government's strategic oil reserve.The movie concludes with the actors running around unconvincingly fighting an imaginary CGI monster that is filled in later.

MartianOctocretr5 A couple of campers, remembering Smokey the Bear's admonition that "only you can prevent forest fires" dutifully attempt to put out their campfire with water, only to be possessed/roasted by some angry fire entity (which occasionally growls or roars) that doesn't like water much. From there it torches or possesses anybody it can find, but it's out in the wilderness, so there aren't too many victims available. It's a smart fire creature, though, so it plots and executes a plan to...uhh, do something nasty, apparently.Guess what? A government conspiracy, led by a lunatic who spouts off out-of-context biblical scriptures about fires, is trying to use the thing to wipe out people he doesn't like. Can you say "two-cliches-for-the-price-of-one?" Can you further believe this nut job with his "burning desire" is named (ready?) Cooke? Egad. His able assistant, unaware of his intentions, helps a firefighter find a way to extinguish the menace, with the predictable results as to who's going to end up french-fried and who survives. Theories about the invader abound: not only is it accused of apocalyptic tendencies, but apparently it came from solar flares. Because of these disjointed and impossible to reconcile backgrounds, plot holes proliferate faster than the charred bodies of victims. For example, why didn't these pyrotechnic wraiths sizzle the whole planet long ago? The acting actually rises above the script and breathes some life into the characters' back stories and motivations. Special effects get a split-decision: some are impressive and interesting, others are just fake looking and cheap. Overall: watchable. However, nobody involved need write an Oscar acceptance speech.