Creature: It's a Killing Machine... From Outer Space

Rented this one last night after having only seen the cover of the DVD. I thought, what the hell, might even like it. First off, the lead has some sort of Lucy Liu meets Ellen Ripley vibe going on...weird! And the supporting cast, well lets say they've got as much talent as an extra on a bad Star Trek episode (the one who gets killed right away). Except for John Savage and James Marschall,who have obviously have sunk to an all time low. But hey, what about the effects? Things look like a TV show so don't expect anything flashy. If they show this movie on late night TV, I might even consider it as above average. And that's because of the atmosphere which is actually pretty good, but turn off the sounds because the music just made me wanna kill myself...Note to soundguy: A sci-fi movie is not a Simpsons episode! So if your a sci-fi/light horror fan and you want to see something totally unoriginal, check this one out! I've rented it together with Starship Troopers 2...hope that it's better than this one, or maybe I should stop renting crap...hmmmm?

In a top-secret military facility, a team of scientists under the command of Dr. Woodman (John Savage) are developing a "super soldier" blending several DNAs including alien DNA. When the experiment goes wrong, a group of elite soldiers are assigned by the military Anslow (Martin Kove) to exterminate the lethal creatures created by Dr. Woodman.

"Alien Lockdown" is another poor production of the Sci-Fi Channel. The screenplay is a mess, there is no character development, the cinematography is awful and the CGI of the predator-like creature follows the usual standard of this channel. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Criatura" ("Creature")

Let's be honest. Alien Lockdown, also known as Creature, is a crude, low-budget rip-off of several blockbuster sci-fi classics, most notably Aliens, Predator, and Resident Evil. The only reason it isn't at the very bottom of the pile is because it relies on a proven formula. But make no mistake: this is not a good movie, and it falls far short of the iconic films it tries to imitate.

The story follows a special operations team sent to a secret military lab for a cleanup mission. Their job is to cover up evidence of an experiment gone horribly wrong-an experiment involving a mad scientist, gene manipulation, ancient alien DNA, and who knows what else. The result is a creature that looks like the xenomorph from Aliens, has the head of a Predator, and was created in a lab for military purposes, much like the experiments by the Umbrella Corporation in Resident Evil. Now, the creature has escaped, is on a killing spree, and only the special ops team stands between it and the rest of the world.

The influence of the 1986 movie Aliens is especially obvious. The weapons, the looks of the multi-level facility, the creature and its offsprings, some of the characters, the core story, the music, the sound effects, and even parts of the dialogue are straight out of Aliens. But while Aliens had relatively few logical gaps, Alien Lockdown is full of them. Many events make no sense or happen for no apparent reason, pulling you out of the story. I often found myself confused and needing time to figure out what was going on or what had just happened.

If you love alien creature movies, Alien Lockdown might be worth watching-but only if it's free. While I've definitely seen worse films, I wouldn't recommend spending a penny on this one.

As a veteran viewer of all Nu Image B movie crapola this was a very entertaining movie. The story is not that special, everyone that was renting flicks in the 80's and early 90's can dream a plot about an underground facility , a monster and a crack team of soldiers. However for B movie and certainly NU IMAGE standards the production values are high (sets, fx) and the cast is rather good. Especially the female lead that is convincing. Of course one could wonder what a James Marshall or John Savage do in these kind of movies. Monster is a ripoff of predator but the twist later on in the film with the beastie is rather nice. It is worth a rent and a view, you can do a lot worse with the infamous one word titles from nu image ( it is called Creature in the Netherlands) that seem to specialize nowadays in big ass creatures and is actually competing with UFO films in the race to be the king of the B movies.

I was happy to see a new Sci Fi flick with John Savage in it, but I unfortunately only watched a half hour of it before I became disinterested. >From what I saw of it, a scientist (Savage) was using an alien for some experiment when it got loose, thus the reason for the "Lockdown". The rest that I saw was when some commandos came in to try to contain the situation. I immediately became bored as I watched and waited for these professionals to do their job, but it was all a bunch of dark corners, smoky hallways and people disappearing. The alien appeared early on in the movie but I don't know what the heck it was. I just know that I was disappointed in this movie and do not have any desire to watch it again.