ChanFamous
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
Someone is killing people in health spas and gyms(42, apparently... and no, I don't know if there's a relation to the meaning of life... however, apparently, no one wants to shut down these businesses until they catch, you know, one of the most prolific murderers), namely, the very attractive people(and I'm sure the so-called nerds from their high schools are now authoring fan letters to him). We get to see one such massacre, and it's apparently so overpowering for the editor that he has an epileptic fit for the duration of the sequence. Thankfully, we do get to see two women fully naked in this first scene, though this unfortunately is not a trend... only one other hot chick in this shows skin, and that's pretty early on, too. Once that's over, you may as well stop watching. The characters are flat. Acting is lousy(did you expect otherwise from Roberts(as one of the cops trying to get the "person" doing the bloodletting, along with Phil YoMotha) and Vosloo?(who's also going after him/it... and ruining the economy by using worthless bills)). John Rhys-Davies is given nothing to do other than embarrass himself... it's like he lost a bet or something. The comic relief is poor, we get several awkward sex jokes, and at times, you can barely tell if something is meant to be a punchline or not. Dialog is bad. There's not much gore or violence. The "action" is meh, so are the FX. This has an extremely repetitive chase. The flick is like a lame Predator knockoff, with the "creature" looking exactly like a human(yes, we get to see a different "face" for him, for little other reason than to have it, and note that it isn't the one on the cover... I think that's Batboy, actually) and using cloaking tech less(and sometimes really just to avoid showing something), with one brief Evil Dead 2 bit(and *no*, it is not worth it to rent this for that... Raimi's is far funnier). It's only 82 minutes long sans credits! I guess in its own weird way, it has its heart in the right place. The obvious message of caring about animals and thinking highly of them is rammed down our throats for the last half hour. If this wasn't so unknown, maybe that would have gotten a reaction. Probably about as positive as the one Avatar got, with morons killing themselves and getting depressed, utterly missing the point that there is beauty in *our* nature, and we forget that because we understand it. Anyway, this just isn't that entertaining. I recommend this only to those who love B-movies. 1/10
adamoconnell
Earth Alien is a movie is picked up for 3 euro, along with the action classic The Rock. i didn't know what to expect, but when I finally sat down to watch it, I still don't know what i saw. I mean, damn, the effects are really bad, but in a good way. obvious CG makes this an even more enjoyable movie experience. it's like one big Terminator clone, the nudity is in your face all the time, the gore, however, isn't really present, although it racks up a high body count with some really funny head shots. The acting is OK for this type of movie. Eric Roberts does his part, Arnold Vosloo is good as the sympathetic Warden, John Rhys-Davies is left to provide comic relief, and he evens gets himself killed, but no one else really stands out, they just kind fade into the blend of boobs and bloodshed All in all, it's not that bad, but nothing memorable
merklekranz
Let's not nit pick. So what if "Batboy" of "National Enquirer" fame is on the DVD cover, but not in the movie. So what if the sci-fi element is really weak and not fully developed, except to rip off "The Hidden". So what if there is a ridiculously high body count and most of the budget seems to have been spent on explosions. So what if there is lots of gratuitous nudity. So what if the kids are absolutely annoying. None of this matters, because despite all these short comings, "Endangered Species" is entertaining. There is some sharp humor, pretty exciting action, and totally acceptable acting from Eric Roberts, Arnold Vosloo, John Rhys-Davies, and Tony Lo Bianco. Cut it some slack and you just might enjoy "Endangered Species" - MERK
Rosettes
It's no fantastic movie, granted.The acting tends to be wooden, there's too much nudity which, for me, tends to lean to a belief to save a movie because it has nothing else to go on, there tends to be borrowing from various other movies and TV shows, but .......the story is sound at least. Don't know if the same scenario exists in reality, but other aspects certainly do. Obvious plot holes that one might see at one point in the movie are solved at other points. People are reacting at points as they should be reacting, both professionally, occupationally, and personally.To me, this is that "Saturday matinée movie". Go to see something that suggests an alternate society, world, to get lost in for 70 minutes or so. I work nights and for me, I rent videos to replace the "bore me to tears" dribble of daytime television. This movie accomplishes that.If one were to watch it, by all means, rent it cheap.Sci-Fi is, in its basic, the situation of "What if?". This movie does that, tells a nice little story, and wraps it decently up.