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Alien Showdown: The Day the Old West Stood Still

  • 2013
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
2.1/10
458
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Robert Amstler and Nadia Lanfranconi in Alien Showdown: The Day the Old West Stood Still (2013)
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An alien scout lands on earth in the year 1854. The creature is searching for water and food. Once it finds what it needs, it will call in an invasion fleet. A lone cowboy must stand against... Read allAn alien scout lands on earth in the year 1854. The creature is searching for water and food. Once it finds what it needs, it will call in an invasion fleet. A lone cowboy must stand against the alien invader or all will be lost.An alien scout lands on earth in the year 1854. The creature is searching for water and food. Once it finds what it needs, it will call in an invasion fleet. A lone cowboy must stand against the alien invader or all will be lost.

  • Director
    • Rene Perez
  • Writers
    • Barry Massoni
    • Rene Perez
  • Stars
    • Robert Amstler
    • Nadia Lanfranconi
    • Anthony Sant'Anselmo
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.1/10
    458
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    • Director
      • Rene Perez
    • Writers
      • Barry Massoni
      • Rene Perez
    • Stars
      • Robert Amstler
      • Nadia Lanfranconi
      • Anthony Sant'Anselmo
    • 15User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Robert Amstler
    Robert Amstler
    • Reinhard…
    Nadia Lanfranconi
    Nadia Lanfranconi
    • Marina
    Anthony Sant'Anselmo
    • Telepathic Green & Grey Aliens
    • (voice)
    John J. Welsh
    • Professor Kelly
    Gemma Donato
    • Lorena
    Ted Alderman
    • Wallach
    Rafael Siegel
    Rafael Siegel
    • Chuchillo
    Bonnie Antonini
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    Andrew Boetjer
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    Thomas Falzarano
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    James Miller
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    Raymond Isenberg
    • Nino
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    Tony Altstatt
    • Townsfolk
    Andreas Abramson
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    Ian Dalziel
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    • Director
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    1criqkira

    Horrible

    This was the worst movie I have ever seen. The effects where just terrible. The acting was bad. I did not even finish the whole movie. The aliens looked so HORRIBLE. I can not really say anything for that part because I obviously have not seen one before. But you can tell the first alien was a person in a costume. I would not waste my time watching this if I where you. One out of ten stars.
    1sweetpea-26817

    Terrible!

    Literally no joke watched two minutes and told my husband to take it back! Music was poorly added, acting was bad, picture was bad. After the two minutes I watched the trailer out of pure curiosity and was amazed at how it too was terrible. The trailer was just a short scene frm the movie. How is that even a trailer? A trailer is supposed to portray the whole movie. I have never not watched an entire movie and never returned a movie because I do not like wasting money but I did not want to waste over an hour of my life on this. I looked up the year and was so shocked that it was made in 2013! I thought maybe due to the poor quality it was made along time ago.
    8hackraytex

    A Good Start

    It is clear that I am rating this higher than others here. My reason is that I can see what could be with enough resources, acting, writing, and directing. It was easy to see the connection here with the Predator movies. I have been hoping to see a movie with a Predator in the old west. I am a fan of westerns and the Predator franchise. I hope this will inspire someone with the resources to take another attempt of making a better movie about cowboys and Predators. The effort here was good with what they had to work with and the movie held my attention until the end. Good job folks.
    beef-638-121436

    Mockbuster, a bit entertaining - on a geek level though.

    Original title, as displayed in the movie: Alien Predator War.

    This is actually a nice movie, considering the budget and the level of amateurism. The story is thin but interesting. The cinematography is really amateuristic. It is clear what it is supposed to look like, but it just doesn't.

    The movie score is monotonous at best. Better than no music, they must have thought. Some kind of elevator music I think. The acting is fairly decent, save Robert Amstler's performance (Reinhardt/Alien invader) which is more like pretending to act, while stepping through the forest scenery like a 1967 sasquatch. Amstler is best described as a cousin of Arnold Schwarzenegger who never took acting lessons. Also he is the producer of this movie. Multi-tasking is common in these mockbuster movies. Rene Perez is director, cameraman, writer, editor, and fight choreographer.

    Special effects are creative but far from good, again with an ultra low budget in mind - fair. There is some inspired screenplay, like making use of the environment nicely (the huge fallen trees). An alien invader (predator lookalike from the movie "Predator") comes in. Very creatively the dreadlock-like beady hear strings are suggested with pieces of ragged cloth. Also, it's stepping through the woods like bigfoot. That's when I realized it must be the same actor playing Reinhardt. Another alien (a "gray") transmits information in an inaudibly garbled voice. I still wonder what it was saying.

    The cgi guy worked miracles. Really, I take off my hat. Nice work!

    There is a scene with bears, which is clearly out of a documentary like from Discovery or National Geographic. Well, as long as they paid for it it's okay. And YES! There is nudity which seems to arouse the praying predator, breathing heavily and grunting like an animal - and wow! It appears silicone breast implants were available in 1894. Later, in present time, the "gray" alien also likes to look at the naked female body. Kinky aliens, those.

    The camera-work and editing allowed a little too much filler footage, seconds in where nothing really happens or is added to the movie, and no entertainment value is apparent. A lot of lost seconds, makes the movie advance a little faster trough time. At the end I was like: "Really? Already?"

    Concluding I'd say it is a nice movie on the amateur level. Something a cosplay club could have thrown together. Script is consistent, all the way, in contrary to the Asylums recent "Jack the giant killer". Once I discarded Amstler's chunky acting and the amateuristic cinematography, the movie was really not bad. Was I entertained? Moderately. On a geek level, though.
    3rc19900

    One of the worst movies I have ever seen.

    Writing, acting, plot and effects are just awful. They forgot to put in punching sounds on the fist fights which were nearly silent. On the plus side, Robert Amstler has a great body and fills out his costume nice. That's what the three stars are for.

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      Filmed near Mt Lassen, CA. Mt Lassen appears in several backgrounds.
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      Written by Risto R Muzik

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      • March 27, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • American Cowboys Vs. Aliens
    • Filming locations
      • Northern California, California, USA
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      • Robert Amstler Productions
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