The Harry Bromley-Davenport Xtro series gets worse as it goes along as here a crew is sent to an island to get rid of any left over ammo or weaponry from WWII so that they can create a refueling station. Only this crew likely wouldn't last a week and a half in the real American military with the drug use and serious mental problems that they show. In turn they stumble across an alien who is quite obviously upset and needs to open a can of whoop-ass. Sub par effects and even worse music. I would definitely suggest avoiding this entirely. Does star Robert Culp as Major Guardino who sets the crew up for the mission. Just stick with the original in the series (which this movie has nothing to do with).

I watched the first Xtro film the first time a while back and it was not anything all that great, but it passed the time and kept me wondering what the heck was going on. It was like if you took the film Alien and threw it in a blender with a bit of E.T. and Poltergeist. Strange, but it was something different. Then I watched the second film, and it made the first seem even better as it was simply Alien as it was just a creature systematically killing the cast as they went through air vents and stuff. Now I have finally watched the final Xtro film and it has less in common with the first film, than did the second! Here, the makers simply did a horrible rip off of Predator with a guy who sounded like Ray Romano as the lead guy and Robert Culp who got his name first on the DVD and had maybe three minutes of screen time.The story, a group of soldiers is assembled so they can head to an island and diffuse bombs. That is what they are told; however, the person in charge has ulterior motives. A strange old man is found, warning them that they are all going to die and after what seems an eternity the alien creature makes its appearance and a really slow mayhem ensues! The soldiers must figure a way off the island before the alien and other forces close in on them and kill them all! Just not a good film to me at all. There was not much gore to speak of in this one, no nudity and the story was slow paced as the running time on this one could have been cut 10 or 15 minutes. There was too much emphasis placed on certain aspects of the story and not enough alien out and killing. The alien uses the same cloaking mechanism as the one from Predator, but it looks like a Grey. The film just did not work in any area as the subtitle was watch the skies, but I was watching the run time and constantly wishing this one were over.

This production was recently shown on Dutch TV, the TV-guide announced it as a very poor Predator ripp-off. Since the original Predator is one of my favourites, I taped Xtro for later reference. One day waiting on a cable guy I decided to view it. It was a long wait, I can tell you that. The urge of pressing the FF button every second scene was so enormous that I had to give in. This piece of junk does not even qualify as a Cult-thing by any standard. There is nothing to laugh about and script/acting/screenplay/continuity are so poor that you wonder why in the hell garbage like this makes it on video and National TV!. Don`t waste your time on this one. Go rent the original Predator, find a big screen TV, some Dolby stuff and let that cable guy stand in the rain for an hour or two....

Xtro 3 takes place on a deserted island where a group of Marines try to figure out just what happen at their Japanese intern camp. Once they land, they find an alien spacecraft and an ET looking creature living inside it; thereupon, all hell breaks loose. I actually enjoyed this sequel more than Xtro 2. The film has an enjoyable plot and alien effects; nonetheless, it can become too rakish for some people. Look closely for Tom Hanks's brother Jim Hanks, who has a supporting role.