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Species [1995]
starring: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker
directed by: Roger Donaldson

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7321900560344
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Label: MGM Entertainment
Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: February 01, 2000
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: July 07, 1995
Sales Rank: 18304

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
There's a kind of perverse marketing genius at work in this cheesy sci-fi hit from 1995 in which scientists create a half-human, half-alien woman named Sil (Natasha Henstridge) who's capable of morphing from a slimy, tentacled creature into a blonde babe with the body of a Playboy centrefold. This makes it easy for Sil to lure gullible guys who are only too willing to indulge her voracious mating urge, realising too late that sex with Sil is anything but safe. As the body count rises, a handpicked team of specialists tracks the alien's killing spree, but their diverse expertise is barely a match for the ever-morphing Sil. Borrowing elements of the Alien movies (including bizarre alien designs by Swedish artist HR Giger) and spicing them up with some tantalising nudity, Species is a wet dream for creature-feature fans--kind of like watching a sci-fi vampire fantasy while browsing through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Alien it is not.....
The idea behind the plot is good, but as most of the concept is borrowed from Alien, and Giger obviously didn't work too hard on an original idea, it makes it to the end of the train journey before you spot the cliches, and the blatent copying. Which covers the first twenty minutes.

Woefully miscast, with Marg Helgenberger essentially doing what she now does in CSI, Alfred Molina seriously out of place, and Forest Whitaker being ignored most of the time, when you can see he's right.

Since the entire plot consists of the foursome trying to track the alien, getting picked off one by one and eventually burning it, not forgetting the unnoticed baby with the reptilian tongue, its a small wonder that this one was allowed ... Read More:

Rating:

- What the hell...?
When i got this i imagined it would be in league with Alien or even better...i was so wrong. In fact, it's not if in league with the tweenies. Species is diguised as a beutiful women, who basically befriends and sleeps with men so that she can kill them. The fact is, she only turns into the species alien monster thingy once in a blue moon, which really makes this film rather boring to watch, even if your a hardcore monster horror fan. The sequels are all just as bad. After the first 20 minutes i began to wonder why i'd even bothered with it. The effects are good, but that's not what counts. So please, denay yourself from this trash.

Rating:

- Species the review
i watched this film on local tv last saturday night and i thought it was a cracker, there were some scaryu bits for me, but i love it. I would recommend everyone to see it if they haven't already done so.

Try not to have nightmares when you have finished watching it!!!

Rating:

- Not even good when watched drunk
Awful film.

This is supposed to be exploring what would happen if Alien and Human DNA was mixed. Yeah...

The cast is at best, talentless. The Hybrid is played by Natasha "I'll get them out to further my film career" Hetsbridge (?), who copulates with any male she fancies in order to have offspring. Her quest is hampered by a group of specilaists selected to erase her - a molecular biologist (who spends more time with a gun in her hand than using her skills), an assassin (british, couldn't kill a woodlouse with a spade) and an empath (melodramatic cliche black-guy-in-horror movie).

The first problem is the characters don't question the fact they're are hunting an alien, that aliens have contacted humans or even ... Read More:

Rating:

- oh dear...
Really dreadful formulaic nonsense, with barely a shred of originality. Poor acting, screenplay, dialogue... made for tv feel... steer clear of this if you didn't already know.

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