Alien Warfare

The worst effects, acting, characters, script, plot ever!!! The aliens look ridiculous. I love B movies. But this was terrible. I don't normally take time to write negative reviews. But please avoid this one folks.

Any hope of being a respectable sci-fi flick is teleported away when you see the aliens - they look like villains from a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode. I did get into a little, yelling "Awwww-Nooo, they got Jonesy, they got Jonesy!!!" and couldn't seem to just stop watching.

It amazes me how some people just don't get the spirit. Yes this is a "cheap" production. But COME ON, what are you doing watching this movie if you don't like sciente fiction, aliens warfare and have the need that every movie you watch must be a multibiolionaire blockbuster? From the title you could already know this would not be another Matrix. This is a nice B movie, but only if you enjoy spending some time watching "yet another alien science fiction movie" and you find cliches funny, and some "power rangers" style effects. I knew where I was going into, and I had some fun.

So just to be upfront, this isn't a good movie. But if we're being honest, it wasn't really intended to be; it's your classic "B" movie fare. A fix for people who like certain themes, in this case alien stuff and military stuff, but otherwise a pretty forgettable enterprise. What's interesting about this film is two things, in my opinion. First, I have to hand it to the producers. B movies used to be just universally awful. Bad cinematography, bad dialogue, bad acting, just plain bad everything. But the industry has come a long way from when I was a kid. While the camera is clearly a less expensive model that doesn't look quite as good as a mainstream flick, it doesn't look absolutely horrible either. It just looks a little home movie-ish. In the hands of a more experienced operator it might have looked pretty close to regular cinema quality. And the angles and framing of the scenes aren't bad at all; I mean, they're kind of generic, but the scenes feel fairly well thought out and reasonably executed. It may lack artistry, but it's clear someone put some thought into it. It feels less like someone who always dreamed of being a movie director self-funded their own film and more like the people who made the movie were just inexperienced. The dialogue is similar. A little generic, but (mostly) short of being painful. The delivery, on the other hand, is where things kind of come apart. It's funny, in the first five minutes of the movie I had this hunch that one of the actors actually had some military experience and the rest were struggling actors, so I jumped on IMDB and sure enough, the guy I suspected of having military experience is in fact a former navy seal. He's the other stand out of the film. I won't even bother to name him, you'll see it almost immediately. He has a kind of coiled energy that's hard to describe, but something that you recognize instinctively. A predator. It's too bad they couldn't have packed the movie with others like him. He's not a half bad actor, and it might have made the movie more immersive. As it is, it feels very uneven, like there's a team with one true warrior and a bunch of civilians that he's been tricked into thinking are actual soldiers. They puff and strut while he hunts, and you keep expecting him to blink, shake his head, and ask "who the hell are you guys?" So I wouldn't really recommend this movie, but I will say that it's certainly better than it could have been. And it's on Netflix, at least as of this writing, so you can see it at no cost if you are already a subscriber. Make of that what you will.

Boyfriend was craving a movie with aliens plus some action. Thought the title was everything we've wanted. Two seconds in, you can tell that you're either gonna be laughing all the way or you'll throw the towel in. We chose laughter. After a few beers, this movie is the best thing to watch!

Where do you start with this? Comparing it to War if the Worlds 2 is a good start. Seen that one? DON'T! With costumes the original Power Rangers would laugh at, weapons the Ghostbusters would laugh at and navy seals Navy Seals would cringe at. From reloading weapons with empty magazines to walking off leaving their weapons on the ground and a SEAL willing to die for a blender that, apparently, makes the best protein shakes in the world, it's impossible to take these guys seriously. The only way this could be worse would be for the disgraced brother to shag the scientist on the alien artifact. All in all fairly typical of a Netflix film made to boost their movie count leaving viewers wondering if staring at a wall would have been time better spent.

This is a really bad movie with absolutely no redeeming features. Only if you are in dire need of calibrating your rating system should you ever consider watching Alien Warfare - it defines the worst possible rating a movie could ever deserve.