Extraterrestrial (2014) Reviews

• Am i the only person who really enjoyed this?

  joshuaburles-646-9932082015-04-27

  Yeah, there are some plot holes, and some bad acting. BUT apart from that, the overall performance was amazing! Very intense and contains a lot of breath taking and jaw dropping moments. I loved this movie because it was a great sci-fi movie with amazing special effects which incorporated everything that one would expect when you think about 'little green men'. Another reason i liked it was because it ended greatly. (NOT SPOILING) but the ending to this film is very different to other films. It did not leave you saying "what the heck". This movie did have some pointless moments that didn't really need to be included, but when you think about it, without them.. The movie would be a waste of time. I will definitely be buying this movie on DVD, or better yet on Bluray! It is definitely an original film that you can watch over and over! Recommend this to almost everyone!

• Got to see the end to love it.

  skin6662014-10-17

  As I got to 30 minutes into it, I thought I'll hate this movie. The beginning and the middle are cliché but the ending is a surprising twist even though a lot of the stuff is "borrowed". If you are a fan of sci-fi you will recognize certain ideas and scenes from older hit movies-series, but I guess it was all intentional with a goal to bring these to younger audiences. About the ending, I must say I didn't see that coming and at first it made me angry but then I recognized a character at the end and it all got clear. It had the perfect ending that made this movie unique. As I look back I realize the movie makers actually had the intention of mixing up a classic teenage horror with the classic sci-fi - conspiracy theory genre. I do recommend this film if you are into the genres I mentioned earlier.

• Highly Entertaining With Some Good BIts

  coleman601-504-8448642015-03-26

  This film could have been great, but overall it's only very entertaining. This movie is not one to be taken that seriously. if you see the trailer to the end and get the hint of an actual "anal probe" scene you understand what you're in for. This movie follows a bunch of college kids, you'll forget their names because they're honestly not that important. They go out to do what every group of young adults do in horror movies: stay in a cabin and party but suddenly horror happens and blah blah you know this one by heart. However while watching you get the impression that the filmmakers knew that so they just ran with it. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously and there are a few deliberate gags here and there. Michael Ironside for instance is mostly played for laughs and it's clear some other bit parts are hamming it up a lot. This doesn't make for quality film making but it's entertaining. Despite this though, there are parts of the movie which are genuinely good. A B plot of the film involves a small town sheriff investigating instances of Alien sightings and these parts are actually quite compelling. The actor playing the Sheriff does a good job and these are the only times the film ever invokes a sense of mystery and suspense. Perhaps if they had thought about it longer, they may have realized that this plot would have been an actual good movie. That being said the Sheriff scenes have their effect only to a certain point. About halfway through the film the wise, "less is more" mentality pretty much flies out the window. Remember how in some X-Files episodes whenever aliens appeared they were always in shadow, never seeing their eyes and with constant bright lights behind them. Or in Signs where you only caught glimpses of them and then when they did show themselves they were kept in a wide shot, keeping an aura of mystery and terror. Well in this movie they didn't care about that because there are aliens all over the damn place. After a while the jump scare of having one appear loses its effect if it ever had one to begin with. All that being said, this is a movie to sit down with friends, share some drinks and just be entertained which I think was the filmmakers' intention - hopefully.

• Meh

  equazcion2014-10-17

  The Vicious Brothers (as the directorial team call themselves) try breaking the mold, with some mixed results. The bulk of this is typical horror mixed with typical alien/saucer imagery. About an hour or so in, there's a Matrix-inspired sequence that at least looks authentic. The film caps off with a very X-Files routine. Cliché characters, one of whom seems to have been awkwardly transplanted from an '80s teen horror film, and all of whom play out cliché melodrama during very obvious and convenient breaks in action, didn't really help things. With some skill, this mash-up of recycled elements could have actually worked, maybe. The visual effects were convincing, but the rest (writing, direction, acting) were frightfully amateurish. This isn't a "found footage" film, but it seems to want to be one. It's sort of a found footage film that simply wasn't shot that way, resulting in something rather awkward.

• So here's the verdict .

  jaarondobbs2015-05-21

  So I am not one to write reviews whatsoever. I am simply a 16 year old boy who purely watches movies for entertainment because I am a movie lover and don't not like to nitpick the hell out of a movie . So reading some reviews of this one, as I so often check reviews before I decided to watch a film just to get a general idea of the opinions of others, I was expecting it to be rather bad . And God am I glad I went ahead and viewed the film . I love creature features, and when I watch them, I get that some people like the suspense of not seeing the creature and for everything to be subtle and what not . But I'm kind of sick of seeing that and this film was literally just what I wanted in an alien film, FINALLY . It wasn't really a slow-burner . I mean it took about what, 20 minutes to get started but after that it was on a roll . Needless to say I enjoyed the hell out of this movie, like a lot . So let's hit some points here . The acting was, I feel, pretty decent collectively . There were some moments I was like "okay... we'll let that go" but overall nothing that broke the immersion from the film . One of my absolute favorite parts was the musical score . Yes it's cliché as hell and has probably been done in millions of movies out there, but since I was so engrossed with this film, every time something alien-esque happened and the intense soundtrack would kick in, it sucked me in even more . I loved it . The special effects I thought were rather nice . My sister and I were saying how it seemed like a lot of fun working on set with all the flashing lights and crazy goo and just, it seemed like a blast . Again, am I in no way a qualified critic . I am no JeremyJahns . But I do highly suggest that, although reviews can reflect a films quality, that's not always the case . So glad I took a chance with this one, I wasn't disappointed . I was looking for some horror alien abduction fun, in a genre where that's quite difficult to find and I got it . I highly enjoyed this film, and if your looking for just a fun alien time where your willing to accept the loopholes that may be blatantly or present, I would recommend this .