Alien: Rubicon

I will usually give a movie 20-30 minutes and that was a challenge with this one. I started it based on the Glamour Shots preview and if cream rises to the top this sunk quick. The B budget acting didn't have a chance with the cheesy script. I've seen four or five of these actors in other things and they did a lot better given the tools they had in those movies. This one just needed to be cleaned up from every corner because it had a decent story to be based on. In theory this story has been told multiple times but they did have a different twist with Rubicon. Overall it was a huge strike out.

That headline-question is always the last silly line of defense for an otherwise indefensible piece of garbage.

But in this case, the truth is: YES! Easily!

I bet every third person on earth could do better than this. There is no tension, no build up, no basic understanding of storytelling mechanisms at all. It is just 2,5 boring sets where the same five boring characters have stiff, unorganic dialog about a crisis that never feels like anything, because this is the reverse of "show, don't tell!" - all this movie does is tell, and poorly so. It's not even funny bad, not campy in an amusing way. It is just poor. If you want to look at something extremely poor and low effort for 90 minutes this is THE movie for you. Everyone else, stay clear! There is absolutely no entertainment to be had here.

When I stumbled upon the 2024 movie "Alien: Rubicon" here in 2025, there wasn't even a moment's doubt in my mind that this was a mockbuster from The Asylum. Now, I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to watching it, so I had no idea what I was in for. But the movie's cover, which was quite nice actually, and the movie's title just screamed The Asylum to High Heavens.

And true enough, this was indeed a movie from The Asylum.

I have to say that writers Glenn Campbell and Tammy Klein didn't really put together a particularly thrilling or exciting script and storyline. And sitting through "Alien: Rubicon" proved to be somewhat of a challenge of wills. And to make things even more dragged out, director Adrian Avila spends a lot of the movie's run time of filming Preston Geer (playing Dr. Jeff Morrow) and Paul Logan (playing Captain Sean Jeffe) as they sit in a helicopter cockpit following the unidentified sphere around. And it grew rather tedious and boring quite quickly.

The only faces on the cast list that I was familiar with was Michael Paré, Paul Logan and Lindsey Marie Wilson. The acting performances in the movie were fair, but nothing outstanding. Truth be told, then the actors and actresses didn't really have much of any solid material to work with.

Visually, then I will say that The Asylum definitely upped their game. The CGI effects in the movie were quite good for a The Asylum movie. But it just wasn't enough to make up for the lackluster script and storyline.

I doubt that even the most hardcore of sci-fi fans will get a kick out of watching "Alien: Rubicon".

Actually, the best thing about this movie was actually the cover, sad fact, but true. And you see the aliens for maybe 2 seconds in the entire movie. Unbelievable.

My rating of director Adrian Avila's 2024 movie "Alien: Rubicon" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

You can always spot a poorly made film lazy direction, weak screenwriting, and uninspired performances. Casual viewers might be fooled into giving it four stars, but those who truly understand cinema see the flaws immediately. From the very first scene, everything feels off flat cinematography, predictable dialogue, and a lack of artistic vision. A great film is more than just aesthetics and spectacle; it requires depth, intentional storytelling, and performances that breathe life into every frame. This one fails on all counts.

The problem with bad films isn't just technical flaws it's the absence of passion and originality. A director with a true vision knows how to craft tension, evoke emotion, and make every frame meaningful. When a movie lacks that, it becomes nothing more than a forgettable, soulless product. Some audiences might accept mediocrity, but for those who truly appreciate cinema, it's impossible to ignore when a film is nothing more than a hollow imitation of better works.

Don't waste your time watching this... Bad script, bad acting (really bad), bad CGI. What more could you ask for?

I could only stomach this for 10 minutes, then bailed on it.

Never saw the Alien. Never saw the Rubicon.

I went back and re-watched "Aliens" just to get the taste of this thing out of my head.

Don't get it confused with Alien: Romulus which might be a better flick.

This movie should be up for a Grand Prize in this year's Golden Raspberry Awards.

I wouldn't be surprised if it swept those awards and took home a bushel of raspberries.

It's that bad. Honest.

Take a nap instead of watching this, it will be time better spent.