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"Critters 4" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 09/29/2017
After becoming trapped in a transport pod with the last two Crite eggs in existence, Charlie awakens on an abandoned space station 53 years later with the crew of the salvage ship who found him floating in space. Wackiness ensues.
Critters 4 is - mercifully - the final instalment of the Critters franchise and reintroduces the sci-fi element that was abandoned in the previous film, which gives scope for the script to rip off the Alien franchise as well as Gremlins. In fact, oddly enough, Critters 4 preempts a fair few of the ideas that made their way into the Alien films that came later, to the point where I couldn't help wondering if Joss Whedon had actually seen it himself; Alien: Resurrection is often so similarly plotted it almost seems like a remake! The cheap effects - the film …
