Alpha Code

For a supposedly 'true story,' this sorry tale is awfully derivative of a number of earlier sci-fi flicks, all far better than this one. The slightestly astute viewer will notice the shameless inclusion of elements of Close Encounters, Village of the Damned, Deep Space Nine, Contact, and Stargate. Bren Foster is a terrible lead man; his acting is appropriate for first semester acting class. Denise Richards looks awful; her lips appear so full of silicone and her face rendered motionless with botox that her mouth barely moves as she delivers her lines. It surprise one to note that Randy Couture is the only actor to portray range and depth, despite playing a character that could have been as atrociously predictable as every other in this vapid script. Nothing original, absolutely nothing, happens in this movie. Literally, very little happens at all. The cinematography is uninspired film school quality and the direction seems have been completely absent. If the production had taken the matter less seriously, dropped the whole claim to a 'true story,' and played it up big for a campy B sci-fi flick, this empty story might have been more fun for the crew and actors to make, and so, more fun for an audience to watch. As it is, it is dreadful.

The Men in Black, they are excelent in this film. Their facial prosthetics were outstanding, just making them look normal enough to perhaps be human, but, maybe not :) Riveting lines for them and ideal acting from them. The make up people in this are good regarding the MIB design.

Confusion is an issue with the rest of the film, as is bad acting, terrible sound mix, I mean really bad sound, so much sound missing it ruined the film, plus highly distracting ADR.

The shot framing is poor, casting fair to poor, direction lapse, and stylistic continuity across the film is poor.

The story, well it was a good concept but very hard to swallow because the film didn't suspend disbelief very well. Comes across like a film student's first film's rough cut before the editing began.

The opening claim to be a true story probably spoiled the film for me it is quite obviously not , it sort of spoiled what it actually is a half decent science fiction story .

Yes The story has been done before and there are lots of bits stolen from other much better sci-fi films but I quite enjoyed it most of the actors did a decent job and a lot of the special effects or cgi were fairly decent however there is for me at least no reason to watch it again and the ending was pretty naff but There were a couple of plus points for the film some very pretty scenery and some really nice cars on show , worth one viewing for sci fi fans.

Its a really bad movie. Bad acting, bad movie sets, bad story. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was cool cars and nice houses. A good movie to have on in the background while you play on your phone. 4/10.

The story is so suspenseful and mysterious, that I just don't have a clue what is going on. The ending twist just adds more confusion.