Carolina's Calling

So three shady scientists fire up a blue box of energy, which will make all other forms of energy obsolete, and they don't even put on safety goggles. Stars antonio sabato as marty haas. Something or someone is calling marty to the east coast, but he's not sure why. We spend a lot of time on that idea, which they borrowed from close encounters. The script needs major work and most of the acting is less than stellar. I wondered if it was aimed at a younger crowd, but there is swearing, violence, even talk of bull genitals, so i guess it's not meant for kids! Later on, we revisit the energy invention; apparently, the explosion from the energy box knocked an alien's space ship out of the sky, right into the carolinas. An hour in, we have a plot! Marty agrees to help the alien. No details needed, we'll just get a welder and do it. So silly. I made it through to the end, but it took a lot of effort. Directed by michael saquella.

If this is a scifi movie, then it's a very mediocre one ...

if it's a comedy, then it's failing to deliver since after having watched it for more than 20 minutes i'm still waiting for a giggle or something ...

and the story, 'a revolutionary invention that can solve energy problems but oil cartels don't want it to be mass-produced because it's not good for business ...' is also a cliche' that's been touched and made into movies more than just a few times ...

acting is ok, but direction has made the overall experience into a 'product' of cheap amateurish art? So, i don't know how many stars out of ten would anyone give this on IMDb or anywhere?

Yes it is a low budget indie pic and thoughts some of the comedy was interesting but the two female characters seem to be overly animated and over acting with awful southern accents. The over acting seems intentional but the lead male played the role fairly straight. I found it very annoying. There was little chemistry between the characters.

The movie spent a lot of time supposedly trying to do character development between the scenes that actually developed the plot. It came across as padding.

If the movie had the same comedic tone as toward the end with the alien, it would have been a lot better but the script/plot did not have it.

Charade over the issue , are there aliens in space? Its made on a buck, with very low quality special effects, its actors are b-grade semi pro local actors that returns now and then in low budget ''feature'' length flicks, so im familiar with the faces, except for ''bob'', the alien, with a head of a watermellon and 5 instead of 3 fingers...

its a scifi comedy that may entertain because of its silly storyline and plot, its slow and filled with props stolen from a wrekced submarine or any military radio shack, so lets just say its weird science and stop there, cause the grumpy old man gives a 5 for the try, it aint boring, and filled with love and emotions at homestandard level. Its a couldbeseen movie if everything else flops...

This isn't even as good as a 12 year olds YouTube video made for forty bucks. The acting and special effects are lame and pathetic. Don't waste your time with this dumpster fire.