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Overview

User Rating:
5.1/10   1,808 votes
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Director:
Ron Krauss
Writers (WGA):
J.S. Cardone (story) and
Boaz Davidson (story) ...
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Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
At The Ends Of The Earth, It's The End Of The World... more
Plot:
An alien black box is found in the South Pole, where a government agency is conducting botanical experiments. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Director Marcus Nispel Takes Over ‘Conan’ Reboot
 (From The Flickcast. 12 June 2009, 7:30 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Better than average. more (43 total)
US TV Schedule:
Wed. Nov. 183:00 AMSYFY   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Spader ... Julian Rome

Janine Eser ... Dr. Kate Brecher
John Lynch ... Dr. Michael Straub
Nikolai Binev ... Dr. Alexi Gierach

Leslie Stefanson ... Nyla Olson

Aimee Graham ... Shelly Klein
Stuart Charno ... Abell (as Stu Charno)

Carl Lewis ... Grisham
Svetla Vasileva ... Dacia

Anthony Crivello ... Pilot
Kaloian Vodenicharov ... Co-Pilot (as Kaloyan Vodenicharov)
George Stanchev ... Airman

Rufus Dorsey ... Navigator
Roy Dotrice ... Dr. John Bachman

Woody Schultz ... Sam
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Beacon (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violence.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA | Bulgaria
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Sofia, Bulgaria more
Company:
Nu Image Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The black & white footage shown to Julian Rome is footage from The Thing from Another World (1951). This footage was also used in the remake of The Thing from Another World, John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), and it is the film that R.J. MacReady finds in the destroyed Norwegian camp. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Some of the spoken Russian is complete gibberish. more
Movie Connections:
References E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) more

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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Better than average., 2 October 2004
8/10
Author: atrac from United States

Reading over the reviews for this film, I see that pretty much everyone agrees that while it's not an A+ Top Notch effort, it certainly isn't as bad as it could have been.

What's good about it:

1) James Spader (!), who's incredible in everything he's in. 2) Pretty good Visual Effects. 3) Nice Musical Score.

What's average:

1) The other performances. 2) The story (as many have pointed out, it's a mosaic of other movies).

What's monumental:

You will never see another movie in which the end credits has as many crew members with last names ending with the letter "v."

What's unforgivable:

The title! "Alien Hunter" is an absolutely terrible name. Surely they could have come up with something a little more enticing. It sounds like a reject Jean-Claude film title.

I'm still amazed that they were able to cast James Spader in this. I mean, JAMES SPADER!!! :)

Bored? Nothing else to watch or rent? Give this movie a try.

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