For those who may have missed it: In 1999 Earth was attacked by monstrous aliens! Randomly they destroyed entire cities with their spaceships, killed and kidnapped people and tried to conquer our world. The War of the Worlds was on fire! But, to our luck, there were some upright fighter, people like you and me, who stood up against this eerie encounter of the third kind and stood in the way of the invaders. They had figured out how to destroy the spaceships of the aliens, and in doing so, save the freedom of mankind, at least for the next few years. But they could not destroy this alien seed of horror permanently... ALIEN SPECIES is a mix of countless set pieces from well known (and lesser known) science fiction movies, a potboiler in which a motley group of stereotype protagonists has to defend themselves against a seemingly overwhelming threat, and thereby, incidentally, save the world. The sterile atmosphere of the film is mainly due to the fact that it was apparently shot with digital equipment, and it is in many scenes reminiscent of an episode of a cheap TV series. Of little help in terms of a compelling production are also the very cheap CGI effects, the unpleasant, inept actors, the annoying music and endless, boring dialog scenes. The whole project was probably a little too big for the available budget. Some films ALIEN SPECIES shamelessly uses as "inspiration" are CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, INDEPENDENCE DAY, ALIEN SULLA TERRA (!) and of course ALIEN. The open end of the film intends a sequel, which is announced in the end credits: "Coming Soon: Alien Species 2 - The Invasion." Fortunately, until now this seems not to have been realized.
Review of Alien Species
