Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

gordon lucas Now, let's look at the plot line - astronauts come back to earth after stasis and find humans enslaved and the planet being ruled by giant alien cockroaches. To some of us, it just doesn't get any better than this!Nobody in their right mind is going to take Alien Apocalypse seriously, and those who want to watch it will do so regardless of reviews that deplore plot holes, bad effects, and poor acting. Get a life! It's supposed to be this way! I thought the effects hilarious (the alien Cockroaches are too much!), and the acting suitably over the top. The film editing is excellent, and the Cockroaches' decapitation of victims as hors d'oeuvres has got to be seen to be believed. This movie doesn't try to be campy, but just silly. It's Larry, Curley and Moe for the boomers!So grab some pretzels, a brew or two, a couple of good friends and just howl. Hey, it's got Bruce Campbell in it, and it's a hoot! Enjoy! :-)

leavesonline What can I say? If Bruce Campbell wasn't in this, there would be no reason to watch it. It's not just bad; it's terrible... The dialogue is beyond cheesy; the plot seems to have arisen during an after-work drinking session; the special effects are shamefully constructed by a ten year old; the wardrobe department has plundered the local hardware and costume shops and the acting, well, I think the furry bikini-clad woman may have actually been a store mannequin. This, I realise, is an insult to store mannequins. In fact, there's so much wrong with it it almost makes it back around the scale to good - another cheesy movie to be enjoyed on the sole condition that you are one of those strange people who enjoys revelling in the absurd.

northerain This movie is great. Read that again. No, I am not joking. The premise of the movie is that alien ant-like creatures have enslaved earth in order to get as much wood as they can. Bruce comes along to save the day. This movie is obviously a comedy. It's not meant to be taken seriously. The actors know this, the directory knows this, everyone knows this, except maybe the fans that plague IMDb. I will now try to explain my reasoning.1. Everyone wears fake beards. The Halloween kind. 2. Piles of wood explode. Like oil barrels. 3. This quote:Dr. Ivan Hood: Hey, scumbag! You forgot something. Bounty Hunter #3: What? (he is shot by a crossbow and drops down to his knees) Bounty Hunter #3: Ungh... you said you're a doctor. You're supposed to heal people. Dr. Ivan Hood: I am. Your stupidity is terminal. And now you're cured.The whole thing is a campy sci-fi, monster movie. It's a fun movie. Don't take it seriously. Oh and enjoy.

Bo Schreurs Normally when a sci-fi gets a bad rating, I normally think, it can't be that bad. Well, in this case, I was wrong. Although the idea is good, it is worked out quite stupid. You know hen you start watching these kind of movies made for TV, that the humans will win in the end, and the aliens will loose. I can accept that, but not the way they did it. First the good part, the aliens themselves are nicely done, that was the good part. Now the points I noticed and made me hate this movie.1.The aliens used Neutron bombs to wipe out all live on earth, because they are only interested in wood. Well obviously not all, because there are still some humans living. They have no radiation burns or whatsoever. None of them are deformed when they were born. All look quite healthy to say the least.2. 4 Astonauts come back from a NASA mission in space, in the middle of Oregon, the way their spacecraft landed would surely have killed them.3. But no all live and none of them and all are surprised that almost all forest is gone. I guess, they couldn't see that from outer space. They didn't make any contact with earth, and should have been alerted by this all, but no, they are strolling down this desert without any care, and hence are being captured, while one of the astronauts is killed.4. When they are thrown in a hole in the ground, they try to communicate with the humans, which make sense. One of them tells the astronauts that he even learned a youngster to read an write. Why? There are no books and for survival that skill is utterly useless at that moment.5. The 2 astronauts try to dig a tunnel to escape from the camp, they do it for days, and never use it, because they escape by killing an alien. But where are the guards with their rifles? Are they asleep? I guess the script writers dumped the whole idea of the tunnel.6. Humans who escape from a camp have one of their fingers chopped of as a punishment. However, when the 2 astronauts escape, and the woman gets returned to the camp, they forget to chop of a finger. That doesn't make sense, does it.7. The male astronaut left, tries to assemble a group of humans to attack the camp where he came from, to free his female astronaut who he loves. They must have deleted some scenes there, because at one point they were with a party of 5 and the next scene they are already with a party of 8 or so. I was thinking, did I miss something or what?8. When they reach the President, there are several Senators alive as well. Because they are in a bunker they are all alive. But where are the communication devices? Where are the computers? Why are there no soldiers defending them. And where is the food and water? One man with a rifle takes care of the food it seems. One man! In a world which is infested with radiation and where all (animal) live was killed.9. Finally a large group of humans attack the camp with handmade bows. And even mobile attack systems carrying arrows. Without testing and training everything works fine and all humans are top marksmen. The aliens are able to take over a planet, but lack the skills of defeating a group of human rebels who only carry a few rifles and lots of bows. Even worse, instead of hiding for an attack, they let themselves be butchered very easily, without firing a single shot themselves.10 Humans or so with bows, kill 20 aliens with futuristic weapons. In the end the 2 astronauts have a kind of gore fest where they chop up the aliens with sables. And 2 human rebels finish of an alien tank with molotovcocktails... Huh? Where did they get the bottles and where did they get the fuel, and the fire. And they throw it directly in the hole from where the rockets are coming. And it blows up the tank. How dumb do they think the audience is?Conclusion, there were several moments I realized that this movie is a waste of time, but I kept watching. It couldn't get any worse could it. Well it did. The only reason I gave this one a 2, is because maybe the aliens will finish of the lead characters finally. Go get them!