Species III (2004) (V)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Brad Turner

Writers (WGA):

Dennis Feldman (characters)
Ben Ripley (written by)

Release Date:

27 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Beauty is only skin deep.

Plot:

Sara (Sunny Mabrey), the daughter of Eve (Natasha Henstridge) begins her mission to mate with humans, while a specialist military team hunt her down to kill her before its too late.

Plot Keywords:

Military | Daughter | Species | Research | Student

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Robin Dunne	...	Dean
Robert Knepper	...	Dr. Abbot
Sunny Mabrey	...	Sara
Amelia Cooke	...	Amelia
John Paul Pitoc	...	Hastings (as J.P. Pitoc)
Michael Warren	...	Agent Wasach
Christopher Neame	...	Dr. Nicholas Turner
Patricia Bethune	...	Colleen
Joel Stoffer	...	Portus
James Leo Ryan	...	Yosef
Savanna Fields	...	Young Sara
Natasha Henstridge	...	Eve
Reed Frerichs	...	ISD Staffer
Marc D. Wilson	...	Crew Chief
Matthew Yang King	...	Specialist Robert Kelley

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, sexual content and some language.

Runtime:

111 min | Argentina:100 min | USA:112 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | UK:15 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (unrated version) | Norway:15 | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Monrovia, California, USA

Company:

FGM Entertainment

Trivia:

Producer Frank Mancuso Jr. wanted the creatures to look slightly different from H.R. Giger's original concept. He did not contribute to the designs in this film and the creatures were redesigned by 'Rob Hinderstien'.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Despite never having any human contact, adult Sara clearly has pierced ears.

Quotes:

Wasach: So I'm not here in an official capacity, and we won't be taking care of this in an official capacity.
Dean: What are you gonna do?
Wasach: You and I are taking care of this in an unofficial capacity.

Movie Connections:

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Species III was pretty good.

Don't let the other critics fool you, Species III is a pretty entertaining entry into the species series, true it was to direct to video, but with MGM backing up this installment with Brad Turner taking the helm, you knew it be pretty good. Natasha Henstridge briefly reprises her role as "Eve" to the Species series and gives birth to another alien Sara, who is the latest genetic alien.

This time around though we got an excellent sidestory about the halfbreeds, half human, half alien freaks who don't bother in either class and die out from disease.

Well a couple of more dangerous new half breeders come out to seek Sara in hopes of using her eggs to breed a new race.

The acting is pretty good, the movie has some impressive effects and the movie like the other two sequels is very scary and gory.

The Special Edition DVD comes with four great featurettes, which includes interviews with the cast and crew including the beautiful Natasha Henstridge, commentary and a look back into why the Species series has been so successful.

Looking at the list of complaints the only reason that some people seem to dislike is because is because Henstridge isn't in that much, newsflash people. Natasha's role was basically a cameo appearance.

Its also funny how people bash the Sara character yet in comparison there is no difference between Eve, Sil and Sara other than the age differences. All three characters seduce and kill their human hosts and unleash violence and chaos wherever they go.

Species III is a keeper watch the DVD.