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2 main complaints (will be a spoiler or two)

posted 15 years ago by Alfabeta
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1) Just when the doctor (apparently) finds out something about the alien's genetics, the film cops out in the cheapest way possible from explaining it at least a little.

2) In the final minutes, the film seems to rush itself to make the (abrupt) ending. It seems they had plot material for at least 20 more minutes.

It's irrelevant, I guess, but it would have added to the movie's ending.

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[–] ghostbusters 12 years ago

Yeah, the movie didn't seem to know which direction it wanted to take at *any* point during its duration. Though, like you said, the ending was definitely rushed. When it ended, I actually said outloud to myself, "That's it? That's the ending?"

The best part was the inclusion of footage from The Garbage Pail Kids Movie since The Borrower is the only film I know of to come out in the past 25 years to actually include footage from The Garbage Pail Kids Movie in it... and it just seemed so random, too.
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[–] Alfabeta 12 years ago

Very odd indeed. Maybe they naively thought they'd get the money for a sequel which would start right where this movie ends (Evil Dead style). Then again, maybe they were just too lazy to come up with an ending that would meet the expectations.

[–] davannacarter 10 years ago

Yeah, the movie didn't seem to know which direction it wanted to take at *any* point during its duration.

I agree completely with this statement. This is something that started nagging me 2/3rds of the way into the movie. It was three movies in one mashed together incongruously.

The first movie was an erotic thriller about an overworked cop. She's not a rookie. But she's not as experienced as her older mentor/partner. The job is taking its toll on her emotionally and she's beginning to break down. She can only see the ugly side of things and it is starting to affect her work.

The second movie was a comedy horror about a violent alien that is turned to an Earthling by his fellow aliens and sent to Earth as punishment. He tries to adapt to Earth by making friends and understanding Earth ways. Unfortunately, he needs to constantly kill every human being that wants to help him. This causes a series of comedic and semi-comedic events that ultimately lead to his downfall.

The third movie was a cheesy sci-fi/horror/thriller. The comedic atmosphere has been toned down considerably. It's entertaining, gory, and messy. It has a breakneck pace involving an alien that can't die.

I'd say the first two movies comprised the first 70 minutes, while the third movie comprised the last 15 or so minutes. The sad part about it is that each of those three movies would make a good movie in their own right. The movie had a lot going for it: good actors; the rundown setting gave off a suspenseful and thrilling atmosphere; the dark colors and shadows made the movie chilling; music was decent enough; and the characterizations had potential to be fleshed out to some really interesting personalities.

Too bad they had to make the film the way they did. All three movies had so much potential for b-movie greatness.

[–] CannibalCraig 11 years ago

I think the ending is probably the most frustrating part of the film from just about everyone that has seen it. I remember renting the movie when it came out and the ending was the one thing I remembered the most because of how annoyed I was when seeing it. It would be years later before I saw it again. At least when you see it as a second viewing and you know what to expect, it isn't all that bad.

Having said that, it certainly feels that the producers didn't want to dish out anymore money and the ending unfortunately falls totally flat because of how anti-climactic it is. I would love to have read the original script to find out what was suppose to have happened.

I'm just a guy that likes horror flicks.