Alien Abduction

I saw this film yesterday.. I thought well at first.. it was gonna be one of those good ol' B-movie.. But it turned out that it wasn't as entertaining as I thought.. It starts out good at first but then all of sudden we get sucked into what's suppose to be this alien world.. But as the film unfolded more I wanted to stop the DVD.. but I said 'Well, I'll keep on watching and see what happens..'

I don't want to give anything much away.. but I think after you watched the film.. You ask yourself 'Is it really worth watching?' I know there are other good alien B-movies out there, that are well made.. But this one was a bit disappointing..

So, I saw the film. It's a thumbs down for me.. The special effects? Well..? OK! It was worth it! But all in all, it's not my cup of tea at the end of the day.. Sorry, but this dosen't work out for me..

When you first see that film exists you curious to rent it. But when i saw it, i was convinced that there are films that you can rate with 1/10! Guys the film was awful! Bad scripts and acting are well combined to make a bad film! Although i am interesting in extraterrestrial life, this film was the worst that a director can make! The plot is stupid, the action doesn't even exist and there's a skinny woman that beats the well-trained (i suppose) military staff. Stupid disgusting moments make you puke! After that, i don't thing many of the ones that watched it have a clear mind about aliens. Instead, they put some robots who are killing without a serious reason! Please stay away! This doesn't fulfill the word 'film'!

If I said this film reminded me of a few student films I've seen, I'd have to apologize to the student film makers. The not so special effects make the beginning a cheese festival. If you check my past reviews/comments i think you'll find I tend to allow a fair amount of creative license.

If you have a few hours to kill and you are willing to approach this movie with a wink and a nod, to simply put all expectations aside and try to buy in to the story there is some enjoyment to be had. But trust me, every minute or two you'll be bombarded by 'student film' announcements, props and costumes look cheap and only marginally like they belong.

Give the story a chance....... I think you'll be pleased you did.

After being abducted by aliens while on a camping trip with some friends, a girl named Jean wakes up in a military hospital, with hundreds of other abductees. Soon she learns that not all seems to be right in this hospital, that strange experiments are going on, and that she won't escape unless she discovers the terrifying mysteries of the hospital. Sounds like a pretty cool premise, right? Well it is, and this could have been a good movie, had it not been for an obvious lack in budget. The lead actress who played Jean, Megan Lee Ethridge, Is very good and deserves better roles. The other cast members are so-so, no one really stood out and the actor playing that creepy cackling scientist who likes to dissect aliens was just awful. The special effects were really bad. The monsters (which we only see brief glimpses of and are often confusingly shot) are sloppily done and the gore effects were simply laughable. There's one rather interesting twist involving the location of the hospital towards the end but it was too little and too late. Below average at best. 3/10.

I had the privilege of working on Alien Abduction. We had a tiny budget and we shot it in a week and a half. I love Sci Fi horror and psychological thrillers that are especially disturbing (a la Angel Heart, Sixth Sense and Jacobs Ladder). I think that Alien Abduction fits in at the gory, b-movie end of those types of films.

I hope that people can forgive the low budget look and see that Alien Abduction is very weird, disturbing and unexpected. It's not meant to be your usual science fiction film with high tech themes. It's more like a nightmare: Like a David Lynch nightmare. If you don't watch it through to the end you'll miss the best part of the movie so give it a chance to play itself out. Most of the reviews are damned good.

More power to the low budget world, (other wise we're stuck with a bunch of Ben Affleck movies and big budget sequels like Bridget Jones five).