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Title: Alien Trespass [Blu-ray] (2009)
Format: Blu-ray
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Starring: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson, and Dan Lauria
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Review of Alien Trespass [Blu-ray]

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• Posted on 2009-10-17
  Three thumbs up for Alien Trespass
  
  Alien Trespass is a fine spoof of those grand ol' B sci-fi flicks of yore. Great cast, well written and acted and full of witty references to those marvelous movies of yesteryear that are sure to warm your redundant hearts. get it and put in on the shelf next to Monster Man from Mars and Monarch of the Moon.
  
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• Posted on 2009-10-16
  Should Have Been Better
  
  Though mildly diverting, this homage to 50s sci-fi films misses the mark by quite a bit. The premise is straight forward enough. A flying sauces crash lands in the American southwest and the pilot needs to inhabit a human form so he can hunt down his escaped prisoner who, if left unchecked, will multiply and devour our precious earth.
  
  Being set in a small desert community, the movie focuses on a small group of people who are just a bit too cliche' to raise the movie above being...well.....cliche. You have the teens who no one believes when they try to tell them about the crashed saucer. You have a "Mutt and Jeff" duo who fulfill the comic relief quotient for the script. A womanizing sheriff's deputy, a scientist who smokes a pipe and a few others.
  
  The plot develops into scenes where the characters get gobbled up and liquifyed by the monsters as the focus characters slowly come to realize the local teens weren't lying. None of these scenes were really very clever and the monsters looked a bit too goofy. Yes, 50s sci-fi monsters weren't known for their high quality but these were just too............too. Other than half the cast being wiped out, all is well in the end.
  
  Some odd notes are: Being shot in a desert which had to provide a desirable lid to the budget, it appears some scenes were shot against a screen. Why? Also, if it is shot in the American southwest why was there both an American and Canadian casting director? Do Canadian's work cheaper? Go figure.
  
  There are worse movies to spend 98 minutes on but this could have, should have been better.
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-30
  Alien Trespass
  
  A nostalgic and fun flash back to those 'monster sci fi flix' of my childhood. I just loved it...I was not scared just totally entertained and gleefully amused.
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-27
  I COULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF THIS MOVIE
  
  If you've read the other reviews, you'll know that this film is supposed to be a 1957 sci-fi movie that was never released until it was uncovered in a vault or basement or someplace on a movie studio lot in 2008
  
  I don't know if you can call what I'm writing here a review. I could only make it through about 30 minutes of this movie. I can't watch films that are untrue to the time of the setting. The TV show Madmen is fine. The first two Godfather movies are fine. "Casino" and Good Fellas are fine. American Grafitti squeaks by in the authenticity aspect.American GraffitiWiseguyGoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition) There are others that are OK. This one is not OK. It is so bogus, and such a poor effort as far as the haircuts, the settings, the language and most everything else. I guess it's supposed to be an homage to the 50's and 60's sci-fi movies, but in order to pay homage to something, I'd say you will have done your research about the subject, and perhaps understand the mind-set of the film makers and the audience. It would probably be a good idea to watch a lot of the movies too. The writers and the director for this movie didn't do any of that stuff. Love wasn't their motive; money was the motive.
  
  Alien Trespass is so superficial and so tongue-in-cheek, it's like Saturday Night Live for the past 20 years - smugly disrespectful to the audience and to the subject matter. Just like SNL, the actors don't appear to even be in character. Barely professional. If you can forget about it being a homage and watch it just as a movie, it's just a bad movie.
  
  If you want to see a good homage to a film genre, buy Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Death Proof or Planet Terror. Too bad about this one. I'm sure it sounded good on paper to a movie exec who is a sci-fi buff. Realized on film, it's awful unless it got real good after the 30 minutes of it that I could stomach.
  
  Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidGrindhouse: The Sleaze-filled Saga of an Exploitation Double FeatureGrindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)Grindhouse Presents, Planet Terror - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)Mad Men - Season OneThe Godfather DVD CollectionCasino
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-20
  Lots of fun! Good for anyone over about 10 years old.
  
  Hey, please don't expect anything of this movie and you'll probably enjoy it. I'm a fan of 50s sci fi films, and I made my kids watch it with me last night. They were dreading it, but by the end we were all in hysterics (except for my 8-year old, who was too young to understand much of the deadpan humor.)
  
  Part of what makes this so entertaining is the way it seemingly takes itself so seriously. The extras, including interviews with the stars, are hysterical as well.
  
  To give you an idea, the hero spaceman's name is "Urp." If that doesn't strike you as funny, then you probably won't enjoy the movie ;-)
  
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