Species: The Awakening

2007 "Irresistible beauty. Unstoppable instincts."
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Released: 02 October 2007 Released
Producted By: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States of America
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A scientist, Dr Holander, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the treatment goes horribly wrong, and sets Miranda on a killing spree as she sets out to find a mate.

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hellholehorror This is a bad movie. Like all of the sequels to the first movie. The effects were all computer generated except for the species suit that I have got bored of. They dragged out all of the scenes far more than they ever should have. I have nothing to write. There was no imagination in the film and so I have no imagination to write a review. Another painfully bad entry into the Species series that offers nothing new or good. My favourite bit was the flying nun.
kunovacnermin I'm gonna touch on what the 4 movies were about. Minor spoiler warning.1. Species-World building. We are introduced to what it's about, who Sil is, how the Alien came to exist on Earth. Most people agree that this is the best movie in the franchise.2. Species II-Main theme is spreading the alien DNA, and creating a stronger version of it. Still great movie, good acting, good directing.3. Species III-Main theme is survival of the alien DNA. Change of actress who portrays the alien. While it is explained that Sara (the Alien) has no feelings and that is acted perfectly, she becomes a side character and rather boring in her own movie, until the third act. At this point, the movie is not a "horror" movie anymore, but it adds more to the depth of the world of Species.4. Species The Awakening-The main theme is survival, again, but this time not the survival of the alien DNA, but the human side of the alien. While characters are more fleshed out, and acting is not bad at all, the story is just so plain and boring, the alien costume looks much cheaper than the ones from the 3 previous movies, especially noticeable on the face, and the movie ignores a big part of how the aliens were introduced in the previous movies, more on that later.SPOILERS AHEAD: 10 minutes in you learn who the characters are, how they fit the Species universe, and what their goal is. Miranda (main alien) is sick, save it, go to Mexico.This is where the established principles about aliens changed. 1. In the first 3 movies, aliens killed mainly when threatened, or out of necessity. In this one, they kill out of boredom I guess, as the main 2 aliens kill multiple people just for the heck of it.2. In the first 3 movies, the aliens killed away from witnesses and tried to blend in. In this movie, both aliens not only kill for no reason, they kill and transform (showing off their alien eyes) in public. This was for me blasphemy and lowered the movie rating a lot.3. The first 3 movies had maybe 1 jump scare moment in each. This one has multiple, which do scare, but using a cheap trick.4. In the first 3 movies, all aliens had a strong urge to get pregnant. In this movie, it's kinda forcefully tacked in, just at the end of the movie and again, used very badly. Miranda gets pregnant, she is in pain from the baby, lying on a medical bed. 2 minutes later she is transformed fighting Azura with no pain, and the baby is never mentioned again.Now the inconsistency problem.The enemy alien, Azura, is boring and is introduced as inferior to the main alien Miranda, even called outright stupid in the movie, and given a super bad accent which sounds Russian, not Mexican. But then later on that is ignored and suddenly that stupid alien has the same ability as the main alien to absorb whole books of knowledge just by holding them for a few seconds. This ability was introduced in the 3rd movie, it's stupid and impossible to explain scientifically, and even then it was not used logically-there was potential that was never tapped into. So an alien can read books and memorize everything by holding the book, but they don't go to a library to hold all the books in one day and be capable of outsmarting any potential foe? She is inferior, but in alien form she has abilities that Miranda does not possess.Azura is sometimes good, sometimes bad. It's never explained why. She seems to be making her own decisions, and she is never seen being given orders.Azura neither got her accent from the man who bred her, nor from her environment, which would be the first two logical places to get an accent.The movie establishes rivalry between Azura and Miranda, but Azura helps save Miranda from certain death.Overall, it is good that this movie is not called Species IV as it was at one point, so it can be cut out as non-canon. Every movie had a different director and it is time to settle that and find someone who knows how to do it, or return one of the first 2.
adsie This title sums the movie up for me.This is singularly, by far the worst movie I have ever sat right through. Start with a handful of no-name actors who surprisingly can't act to save their lives. Then throw in a storyline that a primary school child could do better than, and weave some budget SFX through the mix for good measure.The stereotypical cowboy sounds like he comes from blazing saddles, and the "Australian" guy who can't work out if he's from Sydney or London all lend lack of credibility to this complete mess.Please, please don't waste the hour & a half.
Chris Smith The first Species movie was awesome, the second was a big disappointment, the third was surprisingly decent, but this is even worse than the second...somehow. Species: The Awakening left me checking how much was left of the it every five minutes or so. Though the plot was not that horrible, the movie is just not entertaining.After the first half hour, I must admit I thought this movie would actually be as good as the third. I was wrong, very wrong. As soon as the characters get to Mexico, this promising movie turns into a cheap, cheesy excuse for a horror movie. Why? There was no excitement. There is definitely not enough gore, almost all the sex scenes were unnecessary, and some stuff just didn't add up or made any sense whatsoever (the reason for Fisk's lies, the taxi-driver and the reason for Azura's actions when they arrive in Mexico - just to name a few).The reason for this getting a 3 and not a 1, is the first half hour of the movie, and the not-so-terrible acting. Apart from that, I'd suggest staying away from this movie, since it's by far the weakest Species movie so far, it makes Species II seem like a masterpiece. Even if this film wasn't a Species movie, it's still a movie to stay away from.