Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Solid Science Fiction Fun
ZJW - wrote on 01/24/2008
Species is certainly a B movie yet it has an excellent and recognizable cast of very skilled actors. In fact it might be shocking to find names such as Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina and Forest Whitaker among the films stars. The basic concept of the film is simple - Two decades ago scientists sent a message into space and this is there reply. This also happens to be the films tagline. One such reply includes detailed information on how to splice Alien DNA with our own. The government, as incompetent as ever, decides it wise to proceed and experiments with combining the extraterrestrial DNA with our own. Eventually, realizing the risks this presents, they decide it best to terminate the project. Of course not all goes to plan and Sil manages to escape into the chaos of Los Angeles.
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