Alien Agent (2007)

Director:

Jesse Johnson

Writer:

Vlady Pildysh (written by)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Only one man stands in the way of an alien invasion... And he's not even human.

Plot:

A lawman from another galaxy must stop an invading force from building a gateway to planet Earth.

Cast

Mark Dacascos	...	Rykker
Emma Lahana	...	Julie
Billy Zane	...	Tom
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Coates	...	Roderick
Amelia Cooke	...	Isis
Luke Darnell	...	Guard
Rob Hayter	...	Deputy Sheriff
Lindsay Maxwell	...	Monica
Kelsey McIlroy	...	Little girl at cafe
Sean O. Roberts	...	Jerry
Darren Shahlavi	...	Kaylor
John Tench	...	C.C.
Dominiquie Vandenberg	...	Sartek

Directed by
Jesse Johnson

Writing credits
Vlady Pildysh		(written by)

Produced by
Martin J. Barab	....	executive producer
Jeffrey Barmash	....	line producer
Charles M. Fries	....	executive producer
Jon Fries	....	executive producer
Lindsay MacAdam	....	co-producer
Kirk Shaw	....	executive producer
Maurice Smith	....	co-executive producer
Maurice Smith	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Richard Plowman

Cinematography by
C. Kim Miles		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Asim Nuraney
Gordon Williams

Casting by
Candice Elzinga
Patricia Rose

Production Design by
James Hazell

Set Decoration by
Jacqueline Miller

Costume Design by
Stacy Ellen Rich		(re-shoots)

Makeup Department
Galaxy San Juan	....	makeup artist: Los Angeles Unit

Production Management
Charlotte Clark-Gamache	....	post-production supervisor
Todd Giroux	....	technical post supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew R. Anderson	....	second unit director
Jemiscoe Chambers	....	second assistant director: reshoots
Greg Fawcett	....	first assistant director
Sazzy Lee Calhoun	....	first assistant director: reshoots (as Sazzy Aiken)

Art Department
Shawn Cofield	....	dresser
Mathew Drummond	....	dresser
Linda Ganderton	....	on-set props
Ron McCall	....	property master
Russel Tremblay	....	dresser

Sound Department
William Batchelor III	....	boom operator
Simon Bright	....	boom operator
Hennie Britton	....	foley engineer
Derick Cobden	....	sound supervisor
Matthew Gionet	....	sound supervisor
Daniel Guerra	....	sound mixer
Andre Iwanchuk	....	adr editor
Jeff Jackman	....	sound effects editor
Michael Keeping	....	foley artist
Mario Loubert	....	sound effects editor
Mark Noda	....	sound mixer
Chris Ove	....	adr recordist
Chris Ove	....	dialogue editor
Vince Renaud	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jo Rossi	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Chris Cline	....	special effects technician: reshoots
Brant McIlroy	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Douglas Kerr	....	visual effects
James McLeod	....	visual effects
Jon Shaw	....	visual effects

Stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunt performer
Matthew R. Anderson	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Shawn Beaton	....	utility stunts
Kirk Caouette	....	stunt coordinator
Edward Conna	....	stunts
Greg Fawcett	....	stunts
Rikki Gagne	....	stunt double
Monique Ganderton	....	stunt double
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double: Soldier
Luke LaFontaine	....	fight choreographer: second unit
Larry Lam	....	stunts
Sam Looc	....	stunts
Steven McMichael	....	fight consultant
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	utility stunts
Tony Snegoff	....	stunt driver: second unit
Mike Wilson	....	stunt performer
Kerry Wong	....	stunt performer
America Young	....	stunt double
Peng Zhang	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Aynsley Baldwin	....	electrician
Greg Brezovec	....	gaffer: additional photography
Jeff Cassidy	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Gwynne Fulton	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mike Green	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jonathan Hall	....	director of photography: second unit
Jill MacLauchlan	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Steven N. Moore	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ken Ohara	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Robert E. Simpson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mike Tanassee	....	camera trainee

Casting Department
Chris Peters	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Juan Carlos Arreaga	....	assistant editor
William Higgins	....	post-production coordinator

Transportation Department
Matthew Ballard	....	transportation coordinator
Theodore Giapapas	....	driver

Other crew
Mary Culmone	....	body double: selected scenes
Oliver De Caigny	....	business affairs
Michael Farias	....	assistant location manager
Hank Grover	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Annie-Claude Langlois	....	assistant production coordinator
Scott A. Matthews	....	business affairs assistant
Scott A. Matthews	....	production coordinator
Jerry Pender	....	assistant production coordinator
Mick Rochon	....	location manager
Mike Sandyke	....	key first aid (2006)
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer

Production Companies

• Alien Films
• Fries Film Group
• Insight Film Studios

Distributors

• Allumination Filmworks
• Fries Film Group (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• H.O.M. Vision bv, Spakenburg (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and brief nudity.

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Alien Films

Trivia:

Was previously developed as a Dolph Lundgren vehicle.

A good sci-fi movie, without big Hollywood special effects

Alient Agent sits somewhere between a good B grade and an average A grade movie.

The story goes as follows: An ancient, highly evolved alien race are searching for a new home planet. Being both intelligent and highly evolved they have made a decree not to settle any inhabited planets, which is good for us as Earth is only one of two planets that they have a hope of settling before their race dies out.

Defying the decree, a rebel faction on the alien home planet attempt to invade earth. They send in scouts (via some kind of heavenly projectiles) who have the ability to reanimate human bodies with their life force (once the human has died of course) thus taking over their humanly appearance and conveniently making all the aliens appear as humans for the duration of the movie.

These aliens are stronger than humans and have other neat abilities, like regeneration and psychic awareness, their aim is to build a portal to their own world, enabling them to send in their armies and take over the earth - presumably sending everyone by meteorite is too difficult.

All is not lost! Some good guys get wind of the evil factions plans and send their best agent, the 'lone ranger' named Ryker (Mark Dacascos) to stop them.

All in all the movie is fairly enjoyable. There are a few inconsistencies, but for the most part its fairly well put together. There are plenty of fight scenes, most of them being fun to watch even if slightly predictable. The one notable exception being marred by poor speed editing - director please note: Mark Dacascos is fast enough! Marc Dacascas plays the lone crusader well and his unlikely sidekick Emma Lahana (Julie) did almost too good a job at times, switching demeanors so fast it was hard to keep up.

Its lack of big CGI animations and special effects works in its favor for the most part, the movie seems better for it. In fact some of the worse parts in the movie are when the utterly unconvincing CGI effects are used to heal Ryker (don't worry - there aren't many), I can't help but think it would have been better left to the viewers imagination.

I personally wouldn't buy this movie but it would be a good one to watch on TV or rent, especially for sci-fi fans.