Alien Hunter (2003)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Ron Krauss

Writers (WGA):

J.S. Cardone (story) and
Boaz Davidson (story) ...

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

At The Ends Of The Earth, It's The End Of The World...

Plot:

An alien black box is found in the South Pole, where a government agency is conducting botanical experiments.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Antarctica | Secret Lab | Alien Invasion | English Subtitles In Original

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 18

3:00 AM

SYFY

Cast

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

Also Known As:

The Beacon (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA | Bulgaria

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R (certificate #38960) | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:12 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Denmark:11 | New Zealand:M | Spain:13 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Nu Image Films

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.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Some of the spoken Russian is complete gibberish.

Movie Connections:

References E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Better than average.

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.