They Are Among Us (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Jeffrey Obrow

Writers:

Lars Hauglie (screenplay)
Lars Hauglie (story)

Release Date:

17 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast

Michael Orr Hughes	...	Uncle Bob
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anne Apra	...	Boy's Mother
Lacey Beeman	...	Devon
Corbin Bernsen	...	Norbert
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Hugh
Jen Brooks	...	Lucinda
Amy Bruckner	...	Brandi
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese	...	Colonist with President
Ryan Deegan	...	Boy Looking for Fitz
Michael DiLallo	...	Daniel
Alison Eastwood	...	Finley
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Old Chuck
Shannon Gardner	...	Man in Library
Colby Giovacchini	...	Boy with Mouse
Amarelle Hanyecz	...	Girl by Harp
Matt Lanternam	...	Young Man with Rage
Jeni Leidel	...	Girl in Bedroom Mirror
Katy Leidel	...	Girl in Bathroom Mirror
Diedre Madsen	...	Ralph
Michael Maples	...	Harlan
Garikayi Mutambirwa	...	Langford
Hunter Tylo	...	June
Michael Tylo	...	June's Lover
Nana Visitor	...	Colette
John Wynn	...	Dr. Miiyagawa
Gustavo Zepeda	...	Fitz

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, gore and sexuality.

Runtime:

120 min | USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Trivia:

Dedicated to the memory of Tania Trepanier

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Waning Solstice (2005) (V)

to be avoided

I can't believe how awful this movie turned out to be. I feel magnanimous even referring to it as a "movie". The acting was flat, the editing was terrible and the plot leaves many major questions unanswered. The premise was OK, if unoriginal: a small group of aliens is living in the US and trying to slowly take over humanity. But it goes rapidly downhill from there. How could they convince a "human" to accept an alien as his wife in order to make they alien-human hybrid they require? They show a larval alien but never show what it does. They have a plastic surgeon that can produce perfect looking skin on an industrial scale. They throw in the obligatory huge alien monster with teeth. The ending was almost too painful to watch. I suppose that I'm mostly disappointed that Bruce Boxlietner would have anything to do with this. How could he say to the huge alien monster with teeth, "Get away from him you son of a b*tch" with a straight face? It's a long fall from his Babylon 5 days. Avoid this at all costs.