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Evil Aliens (2005)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:7
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.8/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 1999 Limited
Starring: Christopher Adamson, Norman Lovett
Starring: Christopher Adamson, Norman Lovett
Producer: Tim Dennison
Reviews for Evil Aliens
While nowhere near as witty as Shaun of the Dead (2004), it has a rude energy and a go-for-broke willingness to try anything.
Eventually wins us over, despite a hyperactive, amateurish filmmaking style
It's splattery and loud and frantic and laden with wall-to-wall gore of the nastiest kind. And yes, I mean that in the nicest way possible.
West seems to mistake smugness for genre savvy, and his aggressive, arm-punching brand of pandering quickly grows tiresome, and then unbearable.
To be fair, Evil Aliens is going for a very specific audience, and viewers who ordinarily enjoy this sort of thing will probably not be disappointed.
Before he started turning out $200 million fantasy epics, Peter Jackson used to do this sort of thing while napping, and he was much better at it.
Gruesome schlock -- but whether it's beyond or beneath criticism is a matter of individual taste.
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