Anybody else dig this as much as I did? I thought it was a very cool take on the lame ass franchise. The chick is VERY hot and she can act as well. Really, the action kicks ass and it blew 3 out of the water. Probably the best low budget I've seen in a while. What was the budget anyway?
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7/10 very good.....
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Yeah and your point is? We are rating the MOVIE, not the nudity found in the movie, because that is basically all Natasha was in the first movie.
sharelol liamDE55 definitely doesn't like Natasha because of her acting abilities.
shareShe wasn't as good as Helena Mattsson.
shareMainly because Helena can do things like act. She doesn't have to whip out the sisters in every scene to make us pay attention.
shareIt isn't as good as the first but really blows 3 away and maybe 2.
shareI agree. Helena is the best of all 4 as far as acting goes, and honestly, I wish I had 1/4 of her beauty. She's almost too perfect. Like Dolf Lundgren. I think she needs to play it down a little in the future and become more "natural" looking. The ultra blonde hair cheapens her a little. But what a great face. I wonder how she is in Roland Joffe's new film. Anyone know?
shareI thought it was decent. If the budget was $4 million, you can tell. The production quality was better than some of the stuff that's been shown.
Story wasn't bad, either. I like how there's a twist on the original plot. Alien DNA and it goes from there.
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Yes but a lot of people liked meeting the sisters with the cherry tops, I heard.
shareAgreed ... the first and second alien chick kicks the third ones ass .. and hollywood! Stop while you're ahead! SPECIES 1 was awesome, 2 was on par -- 3, well, read above.
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I agree I really liked this one alot, it's low budget but it better than both 2 and 3 combined. I liked how the Professor dude and Miranda characters were portrayed. And it was neat to have a good Species creature again.
Plus they went back to the original creature designs for the monsters.
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I thought it was good too, much better than part 3.
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I missed most of it, but the start of the movie looked descent for a made for Sci Fi original.
I liked the cab driver who's mouth gets all freaky - very cool.
That cabbie was crazy! Kinda busted up laughing at the alien nun though...was that supposed to be funny?
I think the first will always be my favorite. You probably will never beat the first. However, as far as plot goes and how the movie flows, I may put this above or at least on par with Species 2. I sorta wondered, ever since seeing the first movie, how Sil would've behaved if she had been raised with love and human values and kindness (instead of being gassed by her "father"). So it was cool to see that happen with Miranda and the result was that you ended up feeling kinda bad for her.
I didn't like how this movie sometimes didn't explain itself. Example: If Miranda's alien side could change her behavior as a human then why couldn't Miranda's human side change her behavior as an alien? She was still going to kill Tom in the end if the other one hadn't killed her first.
Also stupid was the whole thing with his partner being so keen to do the procedure to extend her life but convienantly forgetting to mention that it would make her fertile, horny and angry. He doesn't tell Tom this until AFTER the procedure and then he's all gung ho to go out and kill her.
Those parts didn't make much sense to me. Oh , and the alien nun.
Other than that it wasn't as bad as some people are saying it is. Species 3 was bad. Bad acting, HORRENDOUS plot and bad use of Natasha Henstridge.
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Miranda turning alien after the procedure could not have been forseen by Forbes. He said it himself after witnessing the infusion of stem cells all over her body, which he did not predict would happen - Miranda would get pregnant and wipe out the entire city, and he obviously intend for that to happen, thus why he considered killing her.
As to why Azura would dress up as a nun and single out Tom as a target without knowing who he was, that bugs me too.
well to be honest, i thought "AZURA" was the standout in the movie. she was a compromise villain.
shareAgree, well Natasha is the better eye candy (taking nothing away from Helena, she deserves the name Helen thats for sure (Homer's Illiad for those that didn't catch that)) Helena plays a great Jekyll and Hyde hybrid and brings some depth to the series. The first one was awesome cause I was 15ish, this one is good because they tried to write a good story too.
share"BEST SPECIES SINCE THE FIRST!"
Not even close to the first! In every specter!
This is definitely one of the best films of the series; nevermind that, it is the best SyFy channel movie I have ever seen (and that's saying something cause most of the SyFy movies are utter crap). One of the things that makes me really mad is how many amazon.com reviews trash this film. Sure the ending may have been a bit tragic, but I see it as producing true character growth.
Most SyFy crap movies make the fatal mistake of playing to stereotypes; too much action, bad plot, and weak characters. This movie avoids all these pitfalls and develops a truly fantastic story. Instead of bombarding the viewer with action, this story questions the morals and ethics of the characters and presents a central theme in the story.
I bet most of the people who gave this movie a bad review are those who just want to see nudity and senseless violence. In which case, they should not be allowed to rate, let alone critic, movies at all.
Probably one of the reasons I loved this movie so much was that I recognized that SyFy movies ended up bad so I allowed myself to accept that this movie may have some bad spots, but those are practically nonexistent. When watching this movie, it is important to not see it as a true sequel to the first film (indeed, the storyline does seem to diverge from the themes in the first one), but as a reimagining of the story.
Your teched in the head man. Cheap script, locations, makeup prosthetics, cheap made for video crap. And what action? A couple places Forbes bimbo sticks her tongue out to get Ben Cross? And the the watery climax with the Bimbo and her steak knives and Miranda fighting in the dark for all of two minutes. And the done to death, open the gas valves and leave something burning to destroy the evidence. The guy who made this amateur movie some film student friend of yours?
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