Alien Warfare

So I love all kinds of movies regardless of cast, budget, genre etc. It's not often I actually regret watching a movie but sadly I do regret watching Alien Warfare (2019). I understand that not every movie needs to be/can be high budget. In fact some of my favourite movies (Evidence, The Battery, State Of Emergency etc) are on the low-end when it comes to budget so I go into movies with my eyes wide open but dear lord. Alien Warfare is just flat-out bad. The effects were bad to the point that they almost seemed like they were supposed to be supporting some kind of parody. The story itself was okay-ish but it's the same thing that's been done time and time again. The cinematography was just cheap and some of the dialogue itself just seemed awkward. So having said that; I have watched movies like this before with the same negatives that've had the saving grace of good/passionate actors but dear lord, that's not the case here. I got the legitimate feeling that the actors either weren't getting paid, weren't getting paid enough or weren't actual actors and instead were people either picked up off the street or kidnap victims. None of the actors performed well or even mildly decent, none of them seemed to have any semblance of passion and none of them felt believable in their respective roles.

I'm all for indie-movies and micro-budget movies and I usually tell people to watch something just for the experience but I can wholeheartedly say that this one is an easy hard-pass for most people. It just isn't worth the time invested.

This movie is so bad. I can't even describe how. The acting is atrocious. It's cheap looking. It feels like a bunch of students in film class in freshman year would do this as their final project. I've never rated a movie "1". First time for everything.

Where do you start with this? Comparing it to War if the Worlds 2 is a good start. Seen that one? DON'T! With costumes the original Power Rangers would laugh at, weapons the Ghostbusters would laugh at and navy seals Navy Seals would cringe at. From reloading weapons with empty magazines to walking off leaving their weapons on the ground and a SEAL willing to die for a blender that, apparently, makes the best protein shakes in the world, it's impossible to take these guys seriously. The only way this could be worse would be for the disgraced brother to shag the scientist on the alien artifact. All in all fairly typical of a Netflix film made to boost their movie count leaving viewers wondering if staring at a wall would have been time better spent.

Hard to believe they still make films this bad. Elements of Arrival, sounds from Alien, costumes from Doctor Who in the sixties. Gave up before the end as I lost the will to live.

Woeful, clumsy SF action movie that starts badly and just keeps going downhill. Poor acting, cliched dialogue and weak special effects.