Alien Apocalypse | 
 enlarge | Director: Josh Becker
Actors: Peter Jason, Michael Cory Davis, Remington Franklin, Bruce Campbell, Renee O'connor
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
Category: DVD
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 11117
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 88
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: ANBD15624D
UPC: 013131562491
EAN: 0013131562491
ASIN: B000WC38FA
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: December 18, 2007
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Half-decent B-movie romp with Bruce Campbell January 2, 2009
B-horror movie god Bruce "Evil Dead" Campbell is the main attraction of this Sci-Fi Pictures original, in which Campbell and Xena: Warrior Princess' Renee O'Connor star as opposing humans against devious, grotesque aliens hellbent on, what else, annihilation of all mankind. The special effects are about what you would expect from a Sci-Fi Channel original movie, and were it not for Campbell, this would just be another forgettable schlock-fest, but thanks to pretty much him alone, the flick ends up being enjoyable. All in all, Alien Apocalypse is worth checking out for fans of Campbell (and you all know who you are), but if you want to see a surprisingly great flick with the man, you'd be better off checking out Man With the Screaming Brain instead.
Pure Camp on a shoestring starring Bruce Campbell December 30, 2008
Synopsis:
Alien Apocalypse follows a group of astronauts who come back to earth (Oregon to be exact) after 40 years in cryogenic sleep only to find that the world has been over-run and enslaved by insectoid aliens that have a propensity to chop off fingers and eat people's heads. After being captured by the aliens and forced to work at a sawmill (for what reason I never was quite sure), two of the astronauts, Dr. Ivan Hood (Bruce Campbell) and Kelly (Renee O'Connor of Xena fame) manage to escape and try to follow up on rumors that the United States president is still alive and raising an army to fight the aliens.
Hood eventually manages to raise a rabble army (through the help of Chiropractics) to fight the aliens with the expected results.
About the Movie:
A Tv movie shot on a shoestring budget in the woods in Bulgaria with a lot of local extras and actors, this movie is a b-film through and through. The production values are fairly low though it does boast some special effects, including a few explosions and computer animated effects.
Campbell is the king of B movies, and one does not watch a movie of this nature and expect Oscar winning performances or dialog (Though I don't think Campbell is a bad actor). He isn't given much to work and his iconic attitude and silly bravado falls short. Campy dialog is fine, but it just feels like everyone was phoning it in. The bad script is main culprit. All the locally hired actors and neanderthalish dialog didn't help. Not even the pleasant presence of Renee O'Connor could help much.
It's hard not to compare this movie to the best of the Evil Dead films where shoestring budgets were used to good effect despite the lack of money. Despite having no money, those films had amazing FX and costuming. And of course, the quirky scripts were wonderful.
In this film, the costuming is really poor (everyone looks like they just bathed, despite having been enslaved in medieval conditions... and you got to love their vinyl coats), the characters have little chemistry, and the setting just makes you scratch your head, especially since at the beginning of the film, a narrator states that there are no trees left. Next thing you know, they're in a lush woods by a sawmill.
Then we have the battle scenes. Aliens with blasters versus guys with crappy homemade bows. Who wins? Not the Aliens of course.
Finally the ridiculous nature of the whole thing collapses under its own weight. It's mildly amusing at points, but falls far short of other Campbell vehicles such as Bubba Hotep or the Evil Dead films.
On the other side of the coin, this DVD contains a commentary track by writer/director Josh Becker and star Bruce Campbell. Bruce Campbell is always fun to listen to on these commentary tracks. Hearing him and Becker discuss and joke about the movie and how it was filmed and developed as it plays is almost as good as a Mystery Science Theater track. The movie itself is terrible, but with the commentary track on, it's actually watchable. I love Campbell's wit.
About the DVD
Alien Apocalypse comes in a DVD hard case in anamorphic widescreen (1.77:1) picture on this DVD, with Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Surround 2.0 audio tracks. The digital transfer is pretty good.
It comes with a few special features which include the aforementioned commentary track, behind the scenes footage, a storyboard gallery, Bruce Campbell's biography, and a few unrelated movie trailers.
 Just give this movie a chance October 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be.i mean give it a break it is a made for TV movie,were people expecting the same level of quality as a hollywood movie??bruce campbell delivers again in a role that was probably writen for him.his humor comes through various times in this movie.the gore was decent but the aliens at times do look a little cheap but again it was made for scifi channel.if your a bruce campbell fan check this one out but other people will either love it or hate,i for one thought it was good.
 Campbell kicks Alien Butt September 23, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bruce Campbell is the King of B-Movies and this flick is yet another in a long line of fun yet low budget films to feature this over looked talent.
The fun of this film is watching Bruce gather his legions of freedom fighters to battle the "Bugs" that have over run the planet.
From the "Great Healer" to the "Great Exterminator" Campbell brings fun to a role that would have been unwatchable with any other actor in the spot.
If you are a fan of sci-fi and B-movie adventure be sure to check it out.
 And I'm a Bruce Campbell September 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another one that you should really skip unless your a die hard Bruce Campbell fan.
It is better then "Man with the Screaming Brain", but that not saying much.
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