DVD : Species [1995]

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 to escape the storyboard, where someone should have spotted it - "uh, guys, this looks awfully like Alien in earth - should we start over on it?".

I only give it two stars for the incredibly funny sex scene with Molina - "this doesn't usually happen to me".

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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.

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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!!!

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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 that there's an empath amoungst them. The second is the storyline is so obvious and painful to follow that i found myself flicking other channels to amuse myself. Thirdly the effects are poor and overused, there's too much unneeded sx and gore and generally this movie has been made for the sake of it. Don't watch this, do something more constructive, like count clouds.

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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.