Excellent but underrated film

Awesome Movie

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Third "Species" film is a definite step-up from Part II,(an appalling waste of celluloid). Story picks up at the end of that sequel, as Sil is abducted by a college professor, who wants to perfect the Species for his own reasons, and how he enlists the help of a talented student to make this happen, only to find them pursued by other (previously unmentioned) aliens who also want to continue the original plan of reproduction as a form of conquest over the Earth.Two beautiful actresses on display here(Sunny Mabrey & Amelia Cooke) who are certainly appealing, but the story serves no real purpose anymore, with highly variable F/X, and an overlong plot that has quite a few lulls, though a smattering of thrills. Thoughtful final scene cannot save this otherwise routine film.

There's not a lot of mileage in this type of franchise . To be brutally brunt the original SPECIES had a threadbare plot of a government hit team trying to find and eliminate an alien experiment threatening to destroy the human race . SPECIES 2 was very much more of the same done with even less imagination and slightly more special effects so what hope for the third film in the series that went straight to DVD ? To be fair to the producers they've resisted the obvious premise of more of the same where government spooks race against time in order to find and defeat the alien menace . Instead most of the story involves an academic from college and a pretty boy student discussing the rights and wrongs of species-ism and mentoring Sara the daughter of Eve There's two very distinct schools of thought as to how successful this is . One is that the franchise is trying to do something new with a franchise stretched out beyond its natural length and is some what thoughtful . The second school of thought is that it's too talkative with little in the way of incident . Both schools have an equally valid point . Unfortunately no matter what camp you fall in to you're painfully aware that Natasha Henstridge just turned up in the opening scene get get paid off from the series and its now Sunny Mabrey who carries the film by stripping off naked at every opportunity . I don't know if I'm getting pious in my old age but I do want more from a film than a hot blond space babe stripping naked

Species III (2004) ** (out of 4) This sequel picks up right after the previous film as Eve (Natasha Henstridge) is being packed away while her newborn daughter ends up escaping with the help of a soldier. Soon this daughter cocoons into the adult Sara (Sunny Mabrey) and heads out to mate. This third film in the series is more or less a remake of the original film. Henstridge's cameo lasts a matter of minutes and then things are turned over to Mabrey who strips down and goes out looking to get pregnant. If you hadn't seen the original movie then you might enjoy this one a tad bit more but if you are familiar with the original then you're going to know countless plot points here and they all pretty much follow the same pattern as the first film. With that said, I thought the film was a major step up from the previous movie as we at least have some nice performances and a somewhat interesting story. I think the best thing going for the movie is the performance as Mabrey who has no problem slipping into the role. Since she's playing Even's daughter, there were a couple times where it seemed like the actress was trying to copy Henstridge but these moments don't happen often. When the actress gets to just play the character she does a nice job and she's certainly got a great looking body for the sexuality of the role. Henstridge is just in about five-minutes of the movie so people really shouldn't come in expecting her to have some sort of major part. The supporting players include fine performances by Robert Knepper, Robin Dunne and Michael Warren as an agent. The special effects really aren't too bad once we get past some silly CGI stuff early on. The make-up effects look quite good with the highlight being one poor slob who gets countless holes punched through his skin with blood, slime and some sort of acid spewing out. One major problem with the film, as with the original, is that it runs way too long at 112-minutes. There are some subplots that could have been left on the editing room floor and I think the film would have benefited from a faster pace. Another problem is that the screenplay is basically just remaking the original and after a while you kinda want to know what's the point and especially since the original is so good and you could just watch it. With that said, fans of the series will at least get to wash the bad taste of part two out of their mouths.

The first two films were big-budget, but increasingly fun and sexually lurid heatwave (well definitely the second entry) trash. The third outing is on a considerably lesser budget, and a straight-to-DVD production that for most part couldn't recapture the same spirit. Competent, but lacking. However the outgoing sci-fi splashed with action style that was formed in the first two has changed to a more laid-back atmospheric tale that draws closer attention to sci-fi / horror. The idea behind the premise starts off promising enough, to only become too familiar, drawn out and unsatisfying lame. What really brought it down though, was that it seemed to take itself a little bit too seriously with its thickly layered script. Hell this was talky, but wasn't as fun as it could've been. Sure it breaks out towards the latter end, but it's pretty cookie-cutter stuff that's not quite as exciting. Nudity is abundantly flowing, but thrills are little and without much bite, penetration and the rush. The premise is well organised with some neat twists, and gels well with the other films making it easy to follow. It's holds your interest with an old-school type of plot line, but it's to bad that it's mostly lifeless, and anticlimactic despite an attractive lure in Sunny Mabrey. In its favour the special effects that are used do stand up, and the icky make-up FX are finely executed. No CGI overload, but back to basics. The performances are fair. Natasha Henstridge shows up again, in nothing more than a cameo. Robin Dunne goes about things an almost blank manner, and Robert Knepper adds an edgy quality to his part. In the few scenes Amelia Cooke gets as a half-breed, she pretty much smokes up the screen in a generally enjoyable and outrageous performance. Brad Turner's direction is pedestrian, but capably staged. The look of the film shows its limitations. Sound effects come through, though the music score stayed in the background and the cinematography is typically bland.