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      Lifeform

      R 1996 1 hr. 30 min. Sci-Fi List
      Reviews 23% 250+ Ratings Audience Score An Army test facility becomes a battleground after a spacecraft originally sent to Mars returns with an alien stowaway. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A true piece of crap. There were one or two themes that I thought were promising and hence I watched it through to the end. I regret that. A lot. So many problems with this movie that could have been fixed by having a semi-literate writer talk to someone with 1/2 a brain. The worst part is they left the ending open as if they were going to get a sequel out of it. I think the R rating was due to the extreme vulgar language expected from the audience. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member If you can forgive some of the stereotypical characters and so-so special effects, there is actually a pretty good story here. Not terribly deep, but thought provoking. Worth a watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm not normally one to judge actors on their physical appearence, but damn, for a movie with only one woman in it, they managed to pick one with the sex appeal of Gollum and the attitude of a buzz-killing killjoy whose husband left her for their poolboy. And the movie's characters make one logic leap after another. Every single conjecture made ends up being right, even when there is zero evidence to base them on. Example: after seeing a trashed computer, Madam Buzkill remarks, "[the alien] must have 100% race memory." (Meaning it inherits its parents' knowledge and experiences from birth.) How a dismantled computer leads her to this conclusion is anyone's guess, but lo and behold, her guess was spot-on. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A decent movie with a terrible ending. So save yourself from the end if you can. Mysteriously, a lost Viking probe comes back to Earth and lands in the desert. The space probe is immediately take to a nearby military complex where two scientist proceed to its study before the military arrives. It seems that the probe actually came back from Mars, but, who is sending it? The story starts acceptably good. The cast is small but fairly efficient and the characters, both the scientists and the soldiers, are fairly realistic and likable. The movie, despite some little flaws and mistakes, has an intelligent script and is moderately entertaining. Near the end, with a bunch of interesting questions open, the movie finishes. Just like that. Producers run out of budget and secondary character, a nobody in the movie, tries to explain what happened, while some found footage is played, awful. This is my little contribution. There is a good review in the Unknown Movies page (that I have nothing to do with), in the following link: http://www.badmovieplanet.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev120.html Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member In my opinion nice sci-fi movie considering it was made in 1996. Liked ending since rarely in movies it occurs. Well worth 1:30 of my time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member not a bad movie at all (to my surprise). the alien lifeform was decent looking and gave some flare to the film. cool death scenes and some gore to touch it up made this sci-fi b-movie worth watching. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An Army test facility becomes a battleground after a spacecraft originally sent to Mars returns with an alien stowaway.
      Director
      Mark H. Baker
      Screenwriter
      Mark H. Baker
      Production Co
      Alterian, StarGate Entertainment
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Sci-Fi
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 1, 2016
      Sound Mix
      Stereo