
A fleet of UFOs is circling the Earth and a top scientist races to discover their true intentions for the planet. When the UFOs begin an attack on Earth, the scientist finds himself thrown in with a sheriff and his deputies transporting some prisoners to jail. The unlikely group is forced to seek shelter from the attack in a nearby cave, not knowing how significant the location is to the alien's plans.... (Full plot summary below)
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A fleet of UFOs is circling the Earth and a top scientist races to discover their true intentions for the planet. When the UFOs begin an attack on Earth, the scientist finds himself thrown in with a sheriff and his deputies transporting some prisoners to jail. The unlikely group is forced to seek shelter from the attack in a nearby cave, not knowing how significant the location is to the alien's plans.
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| User ReviewGus Sgood for a low budget cheesy aien flick as long as you don't have high expectations. only the fans who like low budget stuff need apply |
| User ReviewJustin Wworst acting ever. worst special effects ever. horrible cinematography....but sweet muffins, this film is amazing. it's so bad that it just begs you to make fun of it the whole time you watch. this film is an absolute train wreck...and just like a train wreck, you can't seem to bring yourself to look away. it's bad...but very entertaining. |
| User ReviewJarmo Pworst acting ever. worst special effects ever. horrible cinematography....but sweet muffins, this film is amazing. it's so bad that it just begs you to make fun of it the whole time you watch. this film is an absolute train wreck...and just like a train wreck, you can't seem to bring yourself to look away. it's bad...but very entertaining. |
| User ReviewWilliam WI may have been up really late at night, but I didn't mind 'Alien Species' at all. Its craftsmanship for such a cheap B-movie production was pretty good (although the special effects looked like they were created on a Nintendo or Sega Genesis, and then grafted onto the film), the script was interesting enough in the realm of 'alien hostile takeover' movies, and its pace never lagged for a second. While watching it, the film's ending was very ambiguous, as if this had been planned as a pilot film for a TV-series, or at the very least, a feature-length sequel. I loved the work of veteran character actors Charles Napier and Hoke Howell (the latter died shortly after the film's completion, and the death is mentioned in the end credits). Their consummate professionalism gave a classy sheen that the film otherwise didn't deserve. It's definitely worth a watch, though, to fans of both B-movies and of science fiction. |
| User ReviewJames HPretty bad sci-fi film, the worst thing about the film is the unusually bad score. It sounds cheap and it interferes with watching the film. Not a good thing. The acting is below average. Some of the special effects are good though. The basic story isn't too bad either. Otherwise it's cheap crap. |
| User ReviewJason DWith, it being a complete rip-off of the Alien and Species movies, the plot is predictable from the start. Whilst is has the ability to keep you watching, there is nothing to keep you excited of the plot at all. |
| User ReviewRobin WIt's quite amusing when a character flat-out acknowledges that they're in a crappy movie, and the hero of "Alien Species" pretty much says it all when he states: "I feel like I'm in a bad episode of 'The X-Files'". This hilarious straight-to-video cheapie attempts to rip off every piece of sci-fi that was popular at the time it came out - namely "Independence Day" and "The X-Files" - even though it doesn't have near the budget to pull it off. As a result, it delivers some of the most godawful special effects ever seen in a film made during the modern era, as the alien ships literally look like graphics from an N64 game; when the ships launch an attack on a city, the effects consist of crappy explosions being super-imposed over shots of buildings, which show no signs of any damage once the explosions disappear! Awful acting (despite getting top billing, the usually reliable Charles Napier is only in the film for about ten minutes) and idiotic plotting add to the fun, with an ending that involves the hero destroying an alien ship with a bazooka that he "found on the side of the road and picked up in case of an emergency". |
| User ReviewPete Sworst acting ever. worst special effects ever. horrible cinematography....but sweet muffins, this film is amazing. it's so bad that it just begs you to make fun of it the whole time you watch. this film is an absolute train wreck |
| User ReviewBruce BTalk about B Movies this movie takes the cake. Don't think I've seen a movie from this time period with so much cussing, so be careful around the little ones and in-laws. Movie is about a mother ship with smaller ships out to destroy the world, but they really are peeved at a group of deputies transporting some prisoners. This one is worth passing up. 1 star is all I can give. |
| User ReviewWes Sworst acting ever. worst special effects ever. horrible cinematography....but sweet muffins, this film is amazing. it's so bad that it just begs you to make fun of it the whole time you watch. this film is an absolute train wreck |