Final Days of Planet Earth (2006) (TV)

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers (WGA):

Christian Ford (written by) (night one) &
Roger Soffer (written by) (night one) ...

Release Date:

14 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Resisting her is futile. Giving in to her is fatal.

Plot:

Lloyd Walker is an anti-heroic archaeologist who, after stumbling upon an alien conspiracy, becomes...

Plot Keywords:

Homeless Shelter | Astronaut | Cave | Archeological Dig | Lunar Landing

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Daryl Hannah	...	Liz Quinlan
Campbell Scott	...	William Phillips
Gil Bellows	...	Lloyd Walker
Suleka Mathew	...	Marianne (as Sue Mathew)
Serge Houde	...	Korshaft
Beau Starr	...	Oliver
Patrick Gilmore	...	Spence
Tygh Runyan	...	Nick
Tina Milo Milivojevic	...	Bella (as Tina Milo)
William MacDonald	...	Cruikshank
John Cassini	...	Jake Roth
Michael Kopsa	...	Dalton (as Mike Kopsa)
David Lovgren	...	Collins
John Mann	...	Room 86 Clerk / Workman
Greg Michaels	...	Czarski

Runtime:

USA:170 min (DVD version) | USA:173 min (Blu-ray)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Hallmark Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: Walker senses something is wrong because the clerk in room 86 doesn't blink. Phillips confirms that the aliens never blink. But there are scenes showing some of them blinking; for example, when the alien queen/Liz Quinlan is yelling at her drones, she blinks several times; Dalton also blinks in this scene, but not as obviously.

Movie Connections:

References Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

If you like 1950's Sci-Fi movies, you should like this one.

If you're not a fan of science fiction, you should pass on this movie. I think that may be why many others left negative comments about this film and rated it so low. And certainly there are many flaws, but it's a "made for TV" mini-series, not a big budget block-buster. I was somewhat surprised that this was shown on The Hallmark Channel. The title sounds like something that you would find on The Sci-Fi Channel. So with rather low expectations, I started watching it and found it entertaining. Reminded me a lot of Invasion of the Body Snatchers from 1956. I thought all the cast did a good job with a very predictable script, especially Campbell Scott. Daryl Hannah's character would have been better played by someone else, but the only movie I liked her in was Splash from 1984. So think of this as a remake of a 1950's sci-fi movie, but with better special effects and a better soundtrack. I gave it a seven rating.