Lily C.A.T.

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Jay W 13 Crew members go out into deep space. After awakening from 20 years of cryo sleep, the captain is informed that two members of their crew are imposters. Also there is a strange alien disease that has made its way through the ventilation. And if that isn't enough, there seems to be another sinister force picking off the crewmates one by one. Will all of these elements connect or is it just one really unlucky day? Yes, the setup is undeniably reminiscent of "Alien", but with such a cool premise, you can forgive other movies from poaching from it. And this movie has enough unique to separate itself from the "Alien" franchise. The music in this film is jamming. It sounds like the music could be coming out of a Sega Genesis. It is a good tech synthesizer spook sound. With such a large cast of characters the movie does a good job of making everyone feel unique. The animation and voice acting help each person stand out. As you watch, you place your bets on who is going to be the next one eliminated and who will live to the end. This is a fun sci-fi action horror for those trying to mix things up for Halloween. Sometimes the fake jump scare is just a cat. Other times, the cat is the real jump scare. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Audience Member Sure, Lily C.A.T. is Alien, but isn't Alien also Queen of Blood, Planet of the Vampires and It! The Terror from Beyond Space? Hey, what if they throw in some of The Thing too? The Syncam Corporation is investigating a new planet and has hired the deep-space cruiser Saldes to take a hypersleep trip of 20 years — which will feel like a month for its crew — to see what they can find. At least two of the crew are imposters and one of them is definitely a killer, which gets worse when each dead body disappears, a victim of a super bacteria, while another member of the crew — perhaps one you'd least expect — is something more than they seem. Director Hisayuki Toriumi directed Gatchaman, the anime that was translated here as Battle of the Planets, while writer Hiroyuki Hoshiyama wrote episodes of The Ultraman, Urusei yatsura and Mobile Suit Gundam. These shows will not prepare you for how gory this movie is, even in its American version. That's due to creature designer Yoshitaka Amano, who worked on Gatchaman and Vampire Hunter D. My favorite part of this is when the captain explains how once you start time jumping, the things you are working for and the people you are making the money for no longer matter and you become forgotten. It's a shockingly raw and honest moment of pain in the midst of a science fiction gore cartoon. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Entertaining enough, but highly and obviously derivative. Borrows heavily from Alien and Carpenter's The Thing. One character's big speech is lifted almost directly from Joe Haldeman's novel The Forever War. A great source material but plagerism... Has some decent surprises and some fun, weird gore (but not enough). Character designs by Yoshitaka Amano but it is not obvious. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member An incredibly hard movie to find these days, I first saw this obscure anime during the early years of the sci-fi channel, when they ran Saturday anime blocks. i remember it being highly entertaining, and a lot like the film 'Alien.' If you can track it down, it's worth a watch Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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