Drugstore-Cowboy

I Really enjoyed the way the story turned out. Another series would have ruined it.I liked the way the aliens came from another dimention and not in spaceships or carrying laser weapons like the stereo typical E.T. "al a independence day" alien does.

I liked the way the only American involvement was Fred Ward's US NATO commander investigating the Pilot Vincent Regan. The thing i liked the most about this series was how every attempt to destroy the aliens was futile and in the end the only way to win was to destroy (ourselves) the land and sacrifice the innocent people which just goes to show how desperate things were getting for us humans.

This was a really well thought out and intellegent show and the action and script racheted up the tension as everything they tried to do eventually failed and the frustration that they felt knowing this.

I thought the ending was great, everything they had tried failed, the only thing they had left was to nuke the ND's and themselves. The implications of this are horrific for mankind and the characters knew this.

I see lots of people across the atlantic slated this because they were expecting the good guys to win and the ND's to lose and didn't understand why it ended so abruptly with the humans nuking themselves. I think that it would probably be more realistic and has a much greater impact on me the viewer then if we beat the ND's and lived in a much safer united world "al a independance day".

But then in America, you hardly ever see a film or TV program where the

good guys lose and the bad guys win.

Can't wait to see it again in a re-run and might even get it on DVD A great piece of Cult British Sci Fi and ranks along side Quatermass.

"Your Honour, I rest my Case....." Drugstore-Cowboy 03

I saw this film one night with two of my best friends, Lee a.k.a Big-Monkey and Mark a.k.a Tintin and we enjoyed it so much, it had everything in it, but more to the point, we could relate to the characters in it and in some sense we each looked like them, we had the same characteristics as the characters we used to do the same sorts of jobs at them i.e. we used to work for tesco and do other night time jobs, after work we'd go to a bar or club, we all slept with each others girlfriends at some point or another and betrayed each other only to still remain friends at the end of it all. To me, this film is a slice of reality, my reality and thats why i like it so much because it captured moments and situations from my life, our lifes so well.

This film came so close to the truth as being like me and my friends the only other films to feel like this was Human Traffic and Trainspotting.

I don't expect the American audience to understand but if you can relate your life to the lyrics in music then surely you can do the same thing with films and books and songs and words too.

The acting was great The script was great Everything about this film was great A must see underrated laugh a min film espesh if your British.

"Your honour I rest my case." Drugstore-Cowboy May 02

I really enjoyed this film having caught it on Channel 5. Both times it was on I missed the start.

Please note this film was also known as "Six Angry Men" over here in the UK.

Michael Rooker is a really underrated actor and this is another underrated film. It's as hard as nails. SWAT Cops kill bad guys, FBI HRT Kill SWAT Cops not before lots of SWAT Cops kill cops and FBI Guys.



You have to see this movie its as Rooker is as hard as nails and Patrick is the perfect choice for the leader of bad guys. This film will have you on the edge of your seat all the way through.

"Your Honour, I rest my case." Drugstore-Cowboy 02