Leofwine_draca A silly little outing that tells of an alien attack on our planet. Sure, the story is epic in scope, but on a budget that allows for only a couple of shoot-outs in the woods, it doesn't really work.The moment I saw the aliens in white makeup with little radio receivers glued to their faces I knew I was in for a cheesy, sub-STAR TREK style outing. Execrable CGI effects, consisting of laser beams, UFOs and people disintegrating within 'blood bags', are not to be taken seriously.The cast, headed by the wooden Brad Johnson, fare no better. Indeed, one of the only reasons I tuned in was to see Carl Weathers; he's bagged a minor role playing a tough army general. Weathers kicks ass - the rest of this film does not.We're left with a concoction of silly effects, low-rent action scenes and lots of dull pondering over right and wrong while a dozen or so plot holes are generally glazed over. Not the Science Fiction channel's greatest hour, then...

moorek I started out wanting to like this. The opening moved so fast setting the scene for the storyline that I thought it might be good. Brad Johnson is the king of bad made-for-TV movies so that was okay as well. And the movie started out well with dad rescuing daughter but from the flat tire onward...downhill. I normally like to explain why I don't like a movie. I think you only need to think of any old used movie element you've seen before and it's here but done poorly. * the husband who's lost his wife and his daughter is everything * The female who appears to fall in love with the male lead after 48 hours * the guy stabbed and fairly certain dead only to turn up alive but wounded but still healthy enough to have his monologue * the bad guy who turns good at the end and all previous bad things are forgotten * trained soldiers standing out in the open firing thus being picked off when they should be at least lying down * the bad guys dropped off so far from the building that they have to run over open ground for them to be shotIf these aliens who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, beat humans at war then there was something seriously wrong with the humans at the time.So an inkling of an interesting plot but poor acting, poor effects, poor script. You know it's bad when the TV series "V" did it all 20+ years before and much better. You know it's bad when Michael Ironside in "V" was a much better actor than anyone in this.

info-imdbcom I kept thinking I was watching a bad episode of 'V' or a poor remake of 'Independence Day' or a bad rework of goodness knows how many other sci-fi shows.The cast all looked as if they could do a good job if only they had little things like a plot or decent characterisation.The special effects ranged from the quite good (the CGI stuff) to the awful (Plastic alien technology). Also will somebody explain to me why when the dead bad guys leave ray-guns lying around, nobody ever picks them up. OK they do right at the end - maybe it takes a while for the good guys to realise that using advanced weaponry might be a good idea?Oh well, it's not the worst sci-fi movie ever, maybe.

davidecasteel I guess I have different priorities when I watch movies of this type from some others--my principal interest in in the level of firepower and how well it is photographed; this is the same criterion I use in non-Sci-fi action movies, as well. This movie definitely came up to my expectations in that regard, expectations that were high because of the casting of Brad Johnson and his earlier association with the successful (in my opinion) TV series "Soldier of Fortune, Inc." Although I do appreciate good acting and a well-developed plot (when they happen), I do not expect either one in this genre; by not expecting it, I am seldom disappointed. I think the plot was sufficiently different from others dealing with Alien subjugation that it was interesting and entertaining. I look forward to adding this movie to my collection when it becomes available.