![]() ![]() Sador possesses a deadly "stellar converter" beam weapon on his formidable warship and threatens to use if the people of Akira don't surrender to his rule. Synopsis: In what is to all intents and purposes "Seven Samurai" set in space, a young farmer, Shad (Richard Thomas) sets out to recruit a band of mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet, which is under threat of invasion by the evil tyrant Sador (John Saxon) and his army of Malmori mutants. This big-budget B-movie from 1980 plays an important part in the history of science fiction cinema (Image credit: New World Pictures) In essence, this is a great warm up flick, for a night-long marathon of sci-fi horror movies for Halloween. It's well-written and thankfully doesn't take itself too seriously, plus there are a couple of fun cameos too. It's not a big-budget, Michael Bay blockbuster, it's a small-scale independently-made feature that more or less launched the career of John Boyega. Why you should watch: This movie is great fun.and that's about it. Old rivalries and territorial disputes must be put aside as the surviving gang members hatch a plan to lure the creatures into an ambush. ![]() It is only when they hide in a marijuana grow room with UV lights, that the pheromone contamination becomes visible. ![]() Now they're running for their lives and struggle to defend their housing estate block from an all-out invasion of these blind wolf-apes. ![]() When they manage to kill one, they are unaware that their clothes are tainted with pheromones of the dead creature and thus attract more. Synopsis: Set during the uniquely British celebration of Guy Fawkes Night, so lots of fireworks going off, a teenage gang in South London inadvertently stumble across what appears to be an alien invasion. Attack the BlockĪ fun, popcorn-style action-thriller that makes the perfect first flick of a night spent watching sci-fi-horror (Image credit: Film4) And so a team of roughneck deep core drillers are trained to become astronauts because in the mind of director Michael Bay, it's easier to teach a blue-collar oil rig worker the ups and downs of arguably the most difficult job in the world…as opposed to the other way around.įree with Amazon Prime 5. Consequently, a plan is hatched to land a shuttle-like spacecraft on the hurtling asteroid and drill into it to plant a nuke and destroy it that way. Why you should watch: NASA detects an extinction level event-sized asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth and even if every single nuclear missile on the planet were to be simultaneously launched, it would have no effect. And so a team of roughneck deep core drillers are trained to become astronauts because in the mind of director Michael Bay, it's easier to teach a blue-collar oil rig worker the ups and downs of arguably the most difficult job in the world…as opposed to the other way around. Consequently, a plan is hatched to land a shuttle-like spacecraft on the hurtling asteroid and drill into it to plant a nuke and detroy it that way. Synopsis: NASA detects an extinction level event-sized asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth and even if every single nuclear missile on the planet were to be simultaneously launched, it would have no effect. Talk about the wrong stuff how hard is it to become an astronaut anyway? Nasa will hire anyone these days (Image credit: Touchstone Pictures) There are however, some nice set pieces and the production design is of the high standard we've come to expect from "Alien" movies.įree with a STARZ trial on Prime Video 4. A great cast - including, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Michael Wincott, Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver - sadly can't stop this from also being the weakest entry into the anthology (we're not including the disappointing prequels in that assessment). The third act climax is pretty… out there. Why you should watch: This foray into the "Alien" franchise is by far the weirdest. Needless to say, the aliens get loose and the military ship begins its automated return back to Earth. Since this grand experiment hasn't exactly been authorized, a band of smugglers provides the hapless crew of a hijacked commercial transport in stasis as fodder for the facehuggers. Synopsis: Two hundred years after the events of Alien 3 and Ripley's death, she is cloned onboard a military vessel, outside of any borders or jurisdiction, from blood samples taken from Fiorina 161, specifically to grow a Ripley that has the alien queen inside her. Despite going off the rails a bit at the end, this movie is worth watching once if you haven't already seen it (Image credit: 20th Century Fox) ![]()
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