Alien Apocalypse (2005)

Alien Apocalypse

-2005

Reviewer: Indy McDaniel

Rating: 4

Director: Josh Becker

Writer: Josh Becker

Cast: Bruce Campbell, Renee O’Connor,

Remington Franklin, Michael Cory Davis,

Peter Jason

Run Time: 88 minutes

MPAA Rating: Unrated

Date Reviewed: July 30th, 2009

Plot: An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.

Comments: Bad acting, silly plot and horrible fake beards fill this Sci-Fi Originals flick.  So why the hell would you even watch this?  Two words: Bruce Campbell.  If you know Bruce from his recent popularity on the awesome show Burn Notice, then you still might not be down for this flick.  If, on the other hand, you’ve known Bruce since the early days of Evil Dead and his guest spots on Hercules and Xena, then you might find this enjoyable in a very cheesy way.

This is really a case of a plot too epic for its budget.  A sci-fi apocalypse flick that involves giant insectoid aliens that have taken over the planet in order to harvest all of our trees and sell them to turn a profit.  Okay, even with a bigger budget, it still would’ve been pretty silly.  But gosh darn it, at least the beards would’ve looked more real!  Seriously, I think the rest of it could be forgiven if the fake beards didn’t look so… fake.  Add that to the overacting of most of the minor characters and it gets very silly, very fast.

So really, it’s best to ignore them all and focus your attention on Bruce Campbell.  His character can best be described as a more courageous version of his Ash character from the Evil Dead series.  Witty, goofy, full of himself and not afraid to grab a boom-stick and splatter some alien guts.  If you dig Bruce and feel like watching some of that… well, you’d probably do better by watching one of his other, better movies where he does that sort of thing.  But if you can get this cheap and you’re curious, it’s not completely unwatchable.

Overall: Really for hardcore Bruce Campbell fans only.