After the events of Species II, Eve delivers an offspring in the ambulance. Dr. Abbot (Robert Knepper) escapes with the baby. He's an university professor looking to win awards for the alien DNA. He keeps the alien home who quickly grows up to be Sara (Sunny Mabrey).Species II is horrible. Following directly after those events is a mistake. Is this better than II? Possibly, but not enough to matter. The stink of II infects this movie right from the start. It's a mess that no writer can recover from. It needs to set a distance away from II in almost a reboot. The audience shouldn't need to watch the horrible II before understanding what the hell is going on. Knepper is a good creepy guy and Mabrey is hot. Otherwise, this franchise is done until they decide to reboot it.
... View MoreI think it a real Bummer that The drop dead gorgeous Eve, died in the first scene, lets be honest, everything shes done in number 1 and 2, and a little boy killed her and with all her power she would of deffo of stopped him... it is an OK film but its the worse 1 out of the Quadrility set. Spoiler ALERT COMING UP! what i find really cheap and tacky is when the woman grabs her leg and drags her into the beam, she clearly falls back to floor, and later on it shows how she grabbed the edge, how was that even possible?? The only character in it i liked was the other evil B*tch (The Baddie) but with the new Eve what is with that stare she has on, she is attractive, but shes not like WOW SO not a very good choice to pick her to play the main role, but eh? what can i do :D. Lastly seeing its a low budget film it is not half bad.
... View MoreThe two properly made higher budget films were cheesy admittedly, but you certainly couldn't compare this straight-to-DVD second sequel to their quality. Basically the body of the supposedly dead Eve (Natasha Henstridge), copy of the original alien creature, is being transported, and after waking and giving birth, she is immediately killed by a half-breed. The offspring is taken by Dr. Abbot (Transporter 3's Robert Knepper), and he raises Young Sara (Savanna Fields) to live almost as a regular little girl, he of course tells her that she is unique and will eventually grow. She does grow after going into a cocoon, and while grown up Sara (Sunny Mabrey)is allowed out, surprisingly not to find a mate as previously seen, yet, Dr. Abbot tries to develop a perfect Nobel Prize worthy DNA with her eggs, with the help of student Dean (Robin Dunne). Sara is trying to find the perfect mate to generate the perfect being, and leader of the half-breeds Amelia (Amelia Cooke) is trying to make sure they survive and reproduce. Not even the stupidly brief return of original star Henstridge can save this obviously low-budget sequel, I will admit I liked a guard being split down the middle and coming apart, but as an overall film, it is a terrible science-fiction thriller. Poor!
... View MoreThe first two films were big-budget, but increasingly fun and sexually lurid heatwave (well definitely the second entry) trash. The third outing is on a considerably lesser budget, and a straight-to-DVD production that for most part couldn't recapture the same spirit. Competent, but lacking. However the outgoing sci-fi splashed with action style that was formed in the first two has changed to a more laid-back atmospheric tale that draws closer attention to sci-fi / horror. The idea behind the premise starts off promising enough, to only become too familiar, drawn out and unsatisfying lame. What really brought it down though, was that it seemed to take itself a little bit too seriously with its thickly layered script. Hell this was talky, but wasn't as fun as it could've been. Sure it breaks out towards the latter end, but it's pretty cookie-cutter stuff that's not quite as exciting. Nudity is abundantly flowing, but thrills are little and without much bite, penetration and the rush. The premise is well organised with some neat twists, and gels well with the other films making it easy to follow. It's holds your interest with an old-school type of plot line, but it's to bad that it's mostly lifeless, and anticlimactic despite an attractive lure in Sunny Mabrey. In its favour the special effects that are used do stand up, and the icky make-up FX are finely executed. No CGI overload, but back to basics. The performances are fair. Natasha Henstridge shows up again, in nothing more than a cameo. Robin Dunne goes about things an almost blank manner, and Robert Knepper adds an edgy quality to his part. In the few scenes Amelia Cooke gets as a half-breed, she pretty much smokes up the screen in a generally enjoyable and outrageous performance. Brad Turner's direction is pedestrian, but capably staged. The look of the film shows its limitations. Sound effects come through, though the music score stayed in the background and the cinematography is typically bland.
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