Review of Species (1995) by October A — 26 Nov 2007

This movie made me HATE Forest Whitaker... All I can say.

This review of Species (1995) was written by October A on 26 Nov 2007.

Species has generally received mixed reviews.

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Natashia so hot! Her monstrosity so scary! Great flick. Saw when it came out. How can these RT scores be so low?? Set in Los Angeles…

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Courageous in such a way the 'Species' are daring, sexy, wearing lustful dresses and in the end the movie finished with slithering lasciviousness…

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Bad movie…

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It's all competent enough, and the climactic scenes play out in a pretty exciting way, but don't expect anything innovative here…

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