Review of Alien Apocalypse (2005) by James T — 07 Mar 2010

A daft low budget sci-fi/horror/comedy. Mostly sci-fi, then comedy and then horror being the smallest of its factors. When I say this film is daft I mean it's VERY daft. Nothing in this should be taken seriously.

The plot is this: A group of astronauts return to Earth after a space mission only to find that Earth has been conquered by insectoid aliens and the human race has been enslaved! So the astronauts try to find the president of the United States who is said to be hiding in the mountains preparing a revolution.

Well the special effects are poor indeed. The aliens are bad CG creatures, the acting is poor and everything screams low budget. That therein lies its charm. The film is so unserious that it would be foolish to be too harsh on it. the acting is bad but the actors are obviously being over dramatic on purpose to heighten the comedy aspect.

Other than the cheesy comedy there are other good parts to it. Aliens biting people's heads off, green alien gunk blood being splattered about and of course the main actor which is Bruce Campbell. That's right, he is the true reason to watch the film and he fills every wanted cliché. He plays an osteopath who has been looked down upon his entire life for not succeeding in becoming an MD. But now when the human race has been reduced to uneducated savages it's Campbell's chance to shine and gain the respect he's always wanted.

So Alien Apocalypse is not Campbell's best picture but worth watching simply for the fact that it is Bruce Campbell.