Review of A.I. Assault

I learned that this was an original film made by SciFi (or SyFy, I ain't sure when it was made). Apparently that network hasn't learned anything from when it aired "Mystery Science Theater 3000" unless it does have a somewhat sadistically ironic awareness. "Shockwave" (a.k.a. "A.I. Assault") is pretty much like Jim Wynorski's equally repugnant "Komodo vs. Cobra" in that you have a one-dimensional cast of characters that shrinks anytime the villains (tripod ripoffs in this movie or economy-size reptiles in the other one) kill one person. Also notice that all the men are armed & spent much of the movie shooting at the aliens w/ Doc Ock appendages w/o conjuring up better strategies along the way. The women on the other hand can only scream, act scared & look pretty; not the kind of movie nostalgia we'd like as Angelina Jolie or Milla Jovovich flex their biceps & kick ass while they also look pretty. +, the cast has some familiar names, but only at the D-list level (somewhere below appearing on "Dancing with the Stars" or "Celebrity Apprentice"). You got Michael Dorn (Worf from "Star Trek: Next Generation"), playing the African-American high-ranking official who must stare out the window looking concerned & arguing w/ his associates over big decisions either in person or on the phone (& pretty much never leaves the office or communicates w/ the guys in danger of the aliens). You got Alexandra Paul, the "streamlined" (nee, curveless) lifeguard in "Baywatch," who surprisingly is so briefly in the movie that she pretty much makes a cameo. & Joe Lando, the long-haired guy on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." Of course I never saw that show so I ain't sure the short-haired Lando was the leader of the heroes or villains. All in all, "Shockwave" proves to you that there are still movies made w/ blockbuster aspirations but w/ indie budgets. Take a note from Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson. Get some buddies to make fun of "A.I. Assault" to stave off any suicidal pain hoping the movie improves.