SomeoneMovie Review: Alien Raiders
July 14th 2009 08:27
Premise: A group of militants take the staff of a grocery store hostage, killing several customers and employees in the process. However, they aren't really bandits, and some of the 'hostages' aren't what they appear to be.
Having watched The Signal again last night, I have had a craving some some great low-budget horror action. Digging through my collection, I stumbled across an old favourite: Alien Raiders.
This is a movie that does an awesome amount with very little. The entire film is set in a single supermarket, but manages to hold your attention despite the limited scenery.
The acting is solid all round, especially from Carlos Bernard as our protagonist. You may recognize him as Tony Almeida from 24, I did. Some of the characters annoyed me, but I think they were written that way... it wasn't because they were poorly acted.
The creature effects are also surprisingly good considering the low budget. Although they wouldn't hold water against the likes of Rob Bottin, they are of a higher caliber than you would expect from a movie with such a terrible title.
The direction is probably what holds this movie together, and helps to compliment both the acting and effects to create a tense little sci-fi thriller. In exchange for big-budget actors and effects, we are given more clever direction and... well, just better film-making.
Overall, a very slick and convincing little thriller... Definitely worth picking up. Probably the worst thing about this movie is it's title, which I'm sure causes alot of people just to pass it over as another Z-grade piece of low-budget sci-fi horror trash... don't be fooled!
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