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Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

If you go down to the woods tonight you'll find...E.T. And he doesn't want to go home. Not only that, he's angry, but if you will shoot his co-pilot, what else can you expect? If you find this film confusing, book up on the conspiracy garbage about Area 51. In reality, the most bizarre alien ever to land at Roswell was John Denver, and he was a distinctly friendly one.Seriously, this film misses in so many ways, even if you do spot the cultural reference to "The X-Files" towards the end - Smoking Man. And "Spirit In The Sky" should definitely not have appeared on the soundtrack, not even the original version, much less the Elton John cover. Far more thematic would have been his own "I've Seen The Saucers".

A group of friends who are spending the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods find themselves being terrorized by malevolent aliens. While director/co-writer Colin Minihan and co-writer Stuart Ortiz do successfully generate plenty of nerve-rattling tension, ably craft a strong and unsettling atmosphere of pure creepy dread (the scenes on the spaceship are positively nightmarish), deliver a few neat bits of nasty gore, and conclude things on a surprising downbeat note, this film nonetheless fails to score a complete bull's eye due to the extremely annoying and unappealing young adult main characters, lots of remarkably irritating excessive profanity, and an uneven tone that veers uncomfortably from stark horror to goofy humor without ever finding a steady balance between the two polar extremes. Fortunately, the always reliable Michael Ironside livens up the proceedings with customary aplomb as flaky Vietnam veteran hermit Travis. Gil Bellows likewise does well as a no-nonsense sheriff who's trying to figure out what's going on in his sleepy small town. Not bad, but it could (and should) have been much better.

Best movie I ever saw, got better as it went on. Watch through the credits. The hats nod to the x files smoking man was my favorite part! If you need a movie to be serious or make sense this is not for you! If you are guilty of watching the syfy channel movie special when everyone else is asleep then it is a must see! Not know what this flick was I went from "what is this crap" to "OMG did that just really happen?". All stops get pulled! I don't want to spoil it to much but from this review I think those who want to see it should know it is worth their time and those that don't appreciate this type of film (no hate, we all have different tastes) know to stay away! But without a doubt this is the guilty 2am McDonalds cheeseburger combo extra large of movies!

EXTRATERRESTRIAL is a low budget, shot-in-Canada, sci-fi/horror movie about a group of teenagers holidaying at a cabin in the woods when they're interrupted by a UFO and a group of aliens desperate to abduct them. The film was made by the Vicious Brothers, who previously made the ultra-derivative GRAVE ENCOUNTERS, and like that movie this is a very familiar offering that mixes together bits and pieces of horror and sci-fi entertainment from the last few decades. The main source of inspiration seems to be NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, which is blatantly copied at times.It's the film's predictability that works against it in the end; the result is strictly routine and nothing you haven't seen before. The dialogue is completely unmemorable and the actors seem prone to shouting and screaming their lines rather than speaking rationally. After the slow set up, things play out in high tempo and it all becomes pretty wearying. Cast-wise, the only actor of note is the reliably odd Michael Ironside, but he has too little screen time. The rest is a mix of cheap effects, shaky camera-work, and routine plotting.