Pretty Good

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I bought this movie in a package that came with three other films ("The Last Sentinel", "Supernova" and "The Black Hole") which were all produced between 2005 and 2007. Of these four films this one is clearly the best. Essentially, alien creatures from another galaxy have come to Earth and have managed to occupy the bodies of certain prominent officials within a large city. Their goal is to repopulate their species and to do that the "Queen" has laid thousands of eggs which are due to be hatched. However, in order for the eggs to survive the incubation period they need a certain type of "mulch" which is best made underground with human remains as the main fertilizer. It's at this time that an archaeologist named "Lloyd Walker" (Gil Bellows) is informed that a site he has been working on has been permanently closed due to "safety issues". Not content with this turn of events Walker seeks the assistance of a woman named "Liz Quinlan" (Daryl Hannah) who works on the city council. Meanwhile a reporter by the name of "Jake Roth" (John Cassini) is working on a story but can't quite put all of the pieces of the puzzle together and his investigation brings him to Lloyd. Once they compare notes both of them realize that something sinister is going on and the answers might be found in room "86" at city hall. Now rather than reveal any more of this film I will just say that this is a two-part, made-for-television movie which does rather well despite the limitations of that particular venue. I particularly liked the CGI along with the addition of Suleka Mathew (as "Marianne") and the aforementioned Daryl Hannah. In short, this movie turned out to be better than I thought it would be and I rate it as slightly above average.

Yes. I was drawn to this film as I thought it would be based on the excellent book "The Last Legends of Earth" by the incomparable A A Attanasio (a story about an alien spider race that feed on pain). It's not though. Boo!I do wonder, however, weather Mr Attanasio is familiar with this movie, or if his lawyers are.. I recommend people buy the book. It will restore your faith in the genre. And who knows, maybe some clever film producer will read it and put the money in to make it into an epic (but risky) film.!Pity, but this could have been so much better. Anyone got any recommendations for epic and intelligent sci-fi movies?

Dear Darryl Hannah,I picked this one up at the dollar store. You owe me a dollar. Or coffee at Dunk's.I promise not to bring up how "Splash" and "Roxanne" were apparently flukes.I promise not to say "Botox" or anything that rhymes with "Botox" as a snarky way of saying "Botox."I promise not to mention "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" or "Clan of the Cave Bear," even though both those dreadful movies that nobody under the age of 40 ever heard of were far superior to this.I promise not to ask you what you had to do with Quentin Tarantino to get into those "Kill Bill" movies. If only because Roxanne/Popeye coupling is so disturbing to imagine.I promise not to say "Australian Mini-Series" in a Paul Hogan accent.I promise not to say "What the hell happened to your career?" in a Paul Hogan accent.Finally, I promise to use this DVD as a coaster when we get that coffee at Dunk's.Sincerely,That Guy Who Saw You In "Splash" And "Roxanne" And Thought You Were The Bees Knees But Now Wonders What The Hell He Was Thinking

I just watched this on an Internet movie site. I'll admit that I enjoyed this. I'm a big fan of the old B monster/sci-fi movies from the 50's and 60's like Taranshula, Godzilla, The Flying Brain, Ants, etc, etc, et all. Either on purpose or by accident, this movie was a nice homage to them. Daryl Hannah turned in a convincing performance as the queen alien buggie. My fav line of her's was, "With incompetence like I've seen, I'd almost rather mate with a human." *LOL* The rest of the cast turned in good performances as well. The movie does drone on a bit, and could have been whittled down to one movie (instead of a 2 part mini-series). But all in all, I found it entertaining. I give it 7 out of 10.