Alien Apocalypse

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Well tonight Alien Apocalypse aired on the Sci-Fi channel.I was super excited,because Bruce Campbell is my favorite actor,well the movie isn't what it seems to be.The Aliens are awful looking,and don't appear hardly at all,and when Bruce and Company battle them it is all most painful to watch it is so fake.The acting is horrible aside from Bruce but even he isn't at the top of his game here.He is still Bruce though,and does give some good one-liners.Everything is nearly bottom of the barrel.The props you can tell where recently molded from plastic.The sets were horribly fake.The Plot actually is a good one though,but the movie is extremely low budget,and looks like it could have been made by a high school kid my age.Now Bruce I respect you and all,but Alien Apocalypse was not a wise move at all. 0.5/10

It is so definitely awful that it is beneath commenting on. Bruce Campbell is surrounded by people who were hired with one requirement - no ability to act. This thing which is classified as a movie should have the master copy destroyed to prevent it from ever being shown again. I will say this, besides Mr. Campbell still being able to appear as entertaining, the animation done on the aliens was done quite well. My guess is that the cast was recruited from a major hair salon. I don't understand why Mr. Campbell is being ignored. He is highly personable on screen and always carries the roles he has played (see e.g. "Army of Darkness") quite well. I hope Mr. Campbell finds better work to match his true talents. 0/10. -Zafoid

In the movie 'Alien Apocalypse (2005-TV)' the most important aspect to be gleaned was 'Freedom Isn't Free.' Yes, it's a B-rated movie, so it's special effects, dialogue, etc. weren't up to par with an A-rated movie, but it was enjoyable just the same. Seeing one man make all the difference in the world (literally) was most inspiring! We need more movies like this one that illustrate positive values. I feel that too many movies today rely too much on special effects and/or shock value to try to entertain us, whereas this movie showed how one man could change the course of all of mankind. Watch it again with those thoughts in mind and I think you will appreciate it more!

I found this movie new for 3 bucks so I figured good or bad, that's a good price. I'll start out by pointing out the obvious: Alien Apocalypse is not a good movie, it's a very poorly done movie. However, I thought it was a lot of fun. It's good for a Sci-fi original, though I know that's not saying much. We can never go wrong with a starring role by Bruce Campbell, especially in a B-movie. The story is ridiculous and plays out kind of like a bad video game, but some of the lines made me laugh out loud. So-bad-it's-good is definitely relevant here. Overall, I think this movie is terrible as an actual movie, but great as something to throw in the DVD player and laugh at. You be the judge.

This movie is horrible. Save yourself the two hours and go watch Army of Darkness to see Bruce Campbell working with a much better script. If you are a Xena & Hercules fan, you might enjoy Alien Apocalypse, but probably not. While the directing and cinematography are comparable to a Xena episode, the writing is flawed, stupid, and, worst of all for a Bruce Campbell movie, not funny. The dialog offers some witty lines that will entertain some people, but overall, it's dull. Does this "comedy" movie save all the laughs for the end? No, the ending is flat; not a single chuckle or smirk. If you're an Army of Darkness fan, do not watch this movie. It's almost as if the writers didn't know Bruce Campbell was going to star in it. He doesn't have much to work with, and this movie won't appeal to his "cult" audience. I'd rather have watched a repeating loop of Bruce in Spiderman 2, over and over and over and over again, instead of watching this movie. TV doesn't have to be this bad! ___SPOILERS___ Stop reading if you don't want major spoilers. They are added here to help warn people about some of the major flaws. 1) Renee O'Connor is a major draw for the audience, but they cover her face and she's off-camera or sitting down for a large portion of the movie. Huh? 2) The President-in-hiding is guarded by ZERO Secret Service agents, nor any other guards of any kind! None! Guards could have at least been standing by the doorway, sleeping on their feet. That would have been funnier, while adding a smidgen of realism. 3) The rape of the 2nd lead woman is glossed over LESS than if someone slapped her. Disgusting. Then Bruce's character lectures the rapist about how to treat fellow humans, yet he kills the rapist ONLY after the creep threatens to report them to the aliens. Even if that was acceptable in a movie in this genre (and it shouldn't be), Bruce speaks no funny line of dialog when he kills the guy. To compound the problem, the character later tells an angry mob that this isn't the right time to be executing anyone (without any indication he's had any kind of morality shift). 4) A ragtag group of ex-slaves shoots bows & arrows with more deadly accuracy than the aliens fire their energy rifles. Even the explosive alien rockets don't seem to kill any humans. 5) Humans don't try to pick up the alien energy guns. This is a comedy movie, but it lacks the semi-obligatory humor scene where a human tries to fire one, but can't, throws it aside, and it fires, killing an alien, without anybody noticing. Given the lack of humor in the movie, that goofy scene could have been a laugh-out-loud moment. 6) The aliens don't attempt to duck, cover, or run when they are being attacked. They just stand there. If they had run around like chickens it would have been funnier. 7) After the aliens subdue the humans at the sawmill, the humans recover their senses enough to ... stand in a line where they can be shot-down (instead of fleeing, or continuing to shoot those amazing arrows). However the aliens don't kill them, but instead compliment the humans, and then discuss killing only the leader (Bruce). They talk about it long enough to be mowed-down by yet more arrows from a group of untrained senators (that sounds funnier than it is). 8) The final killing spree has not one twitch of humor. The end of the movie desperately needed something goofy or over-the-top like a Xena episode or, of course, Army of Darkness. Anything good at all in this movie?! 1) It's nice to see Bruce in a lead role. Hopefully producers will recognize he just needs better material. 2) The Bizzi character was a nice distraction, and she was one of the top 5 actors. 3) Green Gatorade makes pretty decent alien blood. Who knew! Holly-weird!

this is a low budget sci fi, action, comedy with Bruce Campbell. by most peoples standards the movie is terrible. bad acting, bad plot, bad dubbing, editing slip ups, bad camera work etc.. but any movie made by the sci fi channel is bad. that is what you should expect. i truly enjoyed this movie. it has a certain quality that cant be reproduced by decent movies. The story involves evil alien termites that come to earth in the future. they enslave humanity and force everyone to cut down trees and move pieces of wood back and forth into various containers (i was never able to figure what the point of moving the wood was). then a team of astronauts returns from some mission (i never figured out that one either) and its up to them to save the world. the story was meant to be bad. keep that in mind. if you want a movie you don't have to take very seriously and is very similar to army of darkness then i suggest watching it. if you are looking for a good plot, good acting etc... you are watching the wrong channel.

Astronauts return from far-space probe to find alien bugs have taken over Earth for ...its wood?! Goofy yet ruthlessly homicidal alien bugs are CGI or stop-motion, seldom interacting with live actors. Plot holes abound, plus unexplained motivations, yet not many loose ends. My favorite part is the hillbilly traitors helping run slave-camp sawmills - they are even more clueless than the alien bugs! Meanders toward a predictable conclusion. This low-quality made-for-SciFi Channel flick's only redeeming value is the relentlessly self-effacing humor of Bruce Campbell, still typecast from "Army of Darkness", and if anything playing his role as a doctor too straight here.

'Tis true that this one has Grade-Z effects, a dreadful script, and some of the worst acting imaginable, but I kind of suspect that the makers knew this, and a great deal of the cheesiness was intentional. If you love shockingly bad sci-fi movies, then there is a whole heap to enjoy about Alien Apocalypse. It's not a 'great' movie (and I'm not about to give it a ridiculously high rating), but it is a fun film that should ideally be enjoyed with like-minded friends (and plenty of alcohol). An astronaut/doctor, Ivan Hood (Bruce Campbell), returns to Earth after 40 years in suspended animation, to find that the planet has been overrun by insectoid aliens who are stripping the planet of its wood (which they eat). Together with fellow astronaut, Kelly (Renée O'Connor), and a small group of plucky slaves, he leads a revolt against the alien invaders. With dreadful support from a multitude of badly bewigged Eastern Europeans (and a leggy babe in a fur bikini), Campbell mugs his way through the lousy script with his usual aplomb. The special effects are rather poor, with the aliens being a mixture of animatronics and rather cheap looking CGI. However, there is a smatter of well conceived gore to compensate a little: the bugs chew off the heads of troublemakers and devour the severed fingers of those who attempt to escape. There are also several juicy shots of the aliens being killed, with green goop squirting from the wounds. Unpretentious, very silly and worth a go if trash sci-fi is your thang!

I have to admit, I worship the ground Bruce Campbell walks on. I have enough Evil Dead merchandise to pay for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3. So when I sat to watch Alien Apocalypse, I wanted to like it so much. I really did. Instead, I kept feeling like I was watching a wannabe episode of MST3K. Nothing about this was good, not the writing, definitely not the acting, nor the directing or the effects. Bruce Campbell came off as the only one who had ever acted before. Too often I just sat in disbelief that someone paid for this piece of junk, especially during the worst Spartacus rip off I have ever seen. Don't waste your time, not even for Bruce Campbell. Personally, I'm going back to my shrine to keep praying for Evil Dead 4.