Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

MartinHafer Roger Corman produced this film and although his movies almost always made money*, they always were made with minuscule budgets. None of them are what anyone would consider high art, but a few are masterpieces of inexpensive cinema. This one, however, is pretty much like most of Corman's films--super-cheap, kind of cheesy and a bit dumb...but also almost entertaining enough to keep your interest. After all, if the story (a re-working of ALIEN) doesn't keep your interest, the film tossed in quite a bit of gratuitous nudity to keep your interest!When the film begins, there is a really crappy space battle that looked very, very dated for the early 80s. Following this, the captain of the ship arrives at a research station where some sort of accident has occurred...though the leader of the station continually downplays the seriousness of it. They've created some sort of super-organism and although folks seem amazingly complacent, it soon starts wiping out folks on the station. Can they stop it in time or are they all doomed to be entrées for this creature?ALIEN came out in 1979 and looks a billion times better than this film. Heck, several other sci-fi movies of the 70s look a lot better than this one. But it does sport two women who love to take their clothes off for no discernible reason other than to distract the audience from the overall crappiness of the movie. The overall effect is anything but artful and isn't particularly good...but folks wanting to see a lot of flesh should be satisfied. Otherwise, not a film most folks would want to watch and would do a lot better just watching ALIEN.By the way, 're-working' is also occasionally a nice way to say 'blatant ripoff'.*Corman's only money-losing film (out of over 400 credits) was reportedly "The Intruder" (starring William Shatner). Sadly, this was among the best films Corman ever made and yet it lost money and some god-awful ones made money. A great example of the phrase "life ain't fair".

cmv32261 Let me again rant about IMDb's policy of having to write at least 10 lines, when only 1 is at times more than suffice. Corman is responsible for movies way too cheesy and campy to be considered art, the only redeeming quality is the nudity. Extremely bad scripts and bad acting. What is more insufferable is that some actually believe movies that are so distasteful warrant a rating of more than 4, but then again some consider extremely poor scripts and portrayal of a part an art form, which explains the rave reviews of Abrams version of Star Trek script plots that are not fit for lining the bottom of a bird cage, Potboiler scripts are what movies like this have, anything with great Special FX and CG appeals to people who have no cinematographic artistic taste.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain A cheap and nasty Alien rip-off. Roger Corman has no shame, which is part of the reason why his films are awesome. There's gore, terrible dialogue, an awful looking monster, and gratuitous nudity. Watch in disbelief as our "hero" goes from the bed of one woman, straight to the naked woman in the steam-room. Lines are delivered with such little emotion it seems as though each actor would race each other off set everyday. I simply can't recommend it as rumor has it all the funny bits were cut out. This makes it a rather po-faced knock-off. At least we are treated to an exceptionally 80's sex scene, with weird colors, fast editing, and electrical sound effects. It then cuts to other members on the planet, and we see a man jamming out on some weird instrument. I expected someone to burst into song at any moment. There's also the genius moment where a woman communicates with the creature via computer.

chow913 'Alien' Crew Asleep At the Switch This obvious 'Alien' rip off reinforces one of sci-fi's wisdom that all female scientists are beautiful and dress in sexy cosplay outfits. Not that any sci-fi fan would complain.Here were get to see the MIT sex kittens show together and even strut into battle dressed only in loose nightgowns. These are the only redeeming scenes in the film.The rest of the movie is spent in a space station where an illegal lab experiment has gone awry and is killing off the crew one by one. Instead of taking action the crew is rather calm about all of it. "Gee, this killer mutant is a big problem. What are we going to do about it?" How about getting off your butts, grabbing some weapons and hunting it down? Sure all 'Alien' scenario crews are destined to fail. But not for lack of trying. These wimpy guys deserve to get eaten! As for the girls, "Let's talk to it." No matter how sexy they look in their skimpy outfits they can't seduce a mutant alien.Leave this one on the shelf.