Occupation

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Occupation

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2018

2h 0m

Sci-Fi

Action

Drama

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Some town residents have to band together after a devastating alien invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers and work together for a chance to strike back.

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

Occupation gets the job done with a minimum of fuss and an abundance of explosive set pieces that will likely endear it to domestic fans, even if it's mostly forgettable otherwise.

Jul 26, 2018

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

This is the rare action movie that's almost more exciting when the characters put down their guns and take up an argument.

Jul 19, 2018

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Rob Staeger

Village Voice

Occupation is an action-movie throwback, a comfortable old combat boot. It's rousing in the old, familiar ways, but shouldn't all that sound and fury signify something?

Jul 19, 2018

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

After an intriguing set up, Occupation quickly leans on cliched character types and storylines that an original setting still can't make interesting.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 9, 2021

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Occupation is a well-made sci-fi invasion romp that takes the subject and gives it a realism that works for it.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 11, 2020

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Andiee Paviour

Nobody's Reading This But Me

Before a tribe of aliens attack Earth, meanly blasting the bejesus out of everything in their path, night-time footie in a small Aussie town is as home-grown as it gets.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 7, 2019

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Bryan S

It's similar to Red Dawn only they're Australian and they're fighting aliens. Plus, there's better character development and human drama. I really liked most of the characters. The Australian flavor was interesting and entertaining. The whole invasion scenario is implausible, but that doesn't keep the movie from being a fun watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/25

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Alex H

Cheesy background music, bad acting. Aliens looked hilarious, guns too. Stopped watching when I saw the guys in the team throwing rocks at the aliens and came to read the reviews. Don't trust the rating.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Chris J

What a ridiculous and badly acted movie, it just seemed to drag on forever and the alien costumes looked like cheap Halloween masks. One to miss.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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J T

The movie had some promise... That is until the Asian character is featured and she ruins the whole movie. The worst actress I have ever seen in my life. At the end she decides herself the aliens can share the planet with all the humans. I could do nothing but mock every word and action she did as none of it made any sense. If you have 2 hours you want to regret be my guest watching this film. I don't know how drunk some people were who rated this highly but they will need to check themselves into rehab.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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Rosana B

Gostei, uma produção de invasão alienígena não americana, dou valor, os australianos se empenharam, conseguiram dar humanidade aos aliens (acho mais interessante quando eles não colonizadores sem coração, e apenas sobreviventes), boas cenas de ação, com tiro, porradas e muitas bombas, apesar de terem trabalhado bem os personagens, faltou algo que nos conectassem emocionalmente, essa falta de apego gerou um certa frieza, mas um bom filme... Bora para a sequência, que seja tão boa quanto esse...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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Green G

This is a terrible movie. Slow motion action scenes, the gratuitous use of explosives, cheesy background music: it just doesn't get any worse than this. The plot of townspeople with little to no military training saving the world from an alien invasion is preposterous. I literally feel as if I wasted 2hours of my life watching this garbage. Smh.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/11/23

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Some town residents have to band together after a devastating alien invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers and work together for a chance to strike back.

Director: Luke Sparke
Producer: Carly Imrie, Carmel Imrie
Screenwriter: Luke Sparke
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Saban Films, SparkeFilms History Design
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Drama
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 20, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 20, 2018
Runtime: 2h 0m

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