deshan-78580
This review may contain a few spoilers, if you can't handle spoilers, then stop reading right there. Without further ado, let the review begin. Unknown Origin (or The Alien Within) is a 1995 Horror Sci-Fi direct to video Leviathan rip-off. The plot of this movie is about a crew team in the underwater faculty have discovered an alien life- form virus, it's up to the crew team to survive this alien virus. This movie has tried hard to be a half-way decent low-budget Leviathan clone, but in the end, it turns out to be a cheap below average experience at best. Pros: - Good special effects for a low-budget movie - It's not long at all (it's 75 minutes or 1 hour & 15 minutes long) - Okay action scenes Cons: - Bad acting - Bad plot - Bad soundtrack - Miserable concept & presentation Overall, just watch Leviathan or The Abyss instead, just forget this low-budget below average rip-off. 4/10, the endRated R for violence, moderate coarse language, and brief graphic nudity
Jesus_Wept
In the process of recovering from a heavy cold I have had trouble sleeping, haha! I thought lets catch up with some cable movies. So in the early hours I stumble across 'Origin Unknown' ('The Alien Within' US Title). Ah, Roddy McDowell nice surprise, NOT. This is a cheap made for TV pile of alien vomit. Why is the picture so dark? I ask, to enable a spooky atmospheric setting? NO, because the budget did not stretch to any set.Have I not seen some of these plot lines before? Yes the entire Alien series is ripped apart by this shoddy waste of time and effort.Avoid like the plague. 0.5/10
MortiZ_01
OK this movie does borrow from The Thing, heavily. In fact it is more like a cross-breed between Alien and The Thing. Despite Its un-orginality and a bit of wooden acting overall it is a good B-Movie and well worth a watch if you are into this sort of thing, mind the pun.I'll give it a *** out of 5
Alwood
Lots of fun in this underwater thriller as a team of scientists and miners battle a mind-controlling alien parasite that takes over their bodies. The thrills and the laughs never quit in this nifty micro-budget flick, that harkens back to the best of Roger Corman's drive-in classics from the 1960's. Clever writing and direction that overcome the low budget make this one a sure-fire bet for a fun evening in front of the TV.
