Endangered Species (2002)

not as good as all the hype

Charming and brutal

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Someone is killing people in health spas and gyms(42, apparently... and no, I don't know if there's a relation to the meaning of life... however, apparently, no one wants to shut down these businesses until they catch, you know, one of the most prolific murderers), namely, the very attractive people(and I'm sure the so-called nerds from their high schools are now authoring fan letters to him). We get to see one such massacre, and it's apparently so overpowering for the editor that he has an epileptic fit for the duration of the sequence. Thankfully, we do get to see two women fully naked in this first scene, though this unfortunately is not a trend... only one other hot chick in this shows skin, and that's pretty early on, too. Once that's over, you may as well stop watching. The characters are flat. Acting is lousy(did you expect otherwise from Roberts(as one of the cops trying to get the "person" doing the bloodletting, along with Phil YoMotha) and Vosloo?(who's also going after him/it... and ruining the economy by using worthless bills)). John Rhys-Davies is given nothing to do other than embarrass himself... it's like he lost a bet or something. The comic relief is poor, we get several awkward sex jokes, and at times, you can barely tell if something is meant to be a punchline or not. Dialog is bad. There's not much gore or violence. The "action" is meh, so are the FX. This has an extremely repetitive chase. The flick is like a lame Predator knockoff, with the "creature" looking exactly like a human(yes, we get to see a different "face" for him, for little other reason than to have it, and note that it isn't the one on the cover... I think that's Batboy, actually) and using cloaking tech less(and sometimes really just to avoid showing something), with one brief Evil Dead 2 bit(and *no*, it is not worth it to rent this for that... Raimi's is far funnier). It's only 82 minutes long sans credits! I guess in its own weird way, it has its heart in the right place. The obvious message of caring about animals and thinking highly of them is rammed down our throats for the last half hour. If this wasn't so unknown, maybe that would have gotten a reaction. Probably about as positive as the one Avatar got, with morons killing themselves and getting depressed, utterly missing the point that there is beauty in *our* nature, and we forget that because we understand it. Anyway, this just isn't that entertaining. I recommend this only to those who love B-movies. 1/10

Earth Alien is a movie is picked up for 3 euro, along with the action classic The Rock. i didn't know what to expect, but when I finally sat down to watch it, I still don't know what i saw. I mean, damn, the effects are really bad, but in a good way. obvious CG makes this an even more enjoyable movie experience. it's like one big Terminator clone, the nudity is in your face all the time, the gore, however, isn't really present, although it racks up a high body count with some really funny head shots. The acting is OK for this type of movie. Eric Roberts does his part, Arnold Vosloo is good as the sympathetic Warden, John Rhys-Davies is left to provide comic relief, and he evens gets himself killed, but no one else really stands out, they just kind fade into the blend of boobs and bloodshed All in all, it's not that bad, but nothing memorable

Endangered Species starts as a city lives in fear, a city in fear of a serial killer who has claimed dozens of victims already. Lieutenant Mike 'Sully' Sullivan (Eric Roberts) & Lieutenant Wyznowski (John Rhys-Davies) are on the case but the only connecting factor is that all the killings have thus far took place in health or fitness clubs. The elusive killer has potentially made a mistake though as he left a witness alive at his last massacre, while visiting her in hospital Sully spots a mysterious guy (Arnold Vosloo) talking to her who runs away when challenged. Positive that the guy is involved with the killings Sully chases & catches him but he isn't prepared for what he will eventually discover. The guy is an alien space warden assigned to look after the human race from intergalactic poachers like the one killing people in the city & taking their skins to turn into alien clothes. Sully & the alien guy team up to stop the alien hunter...Written & directed by Kevin Tenney one has to say that this low budget rip-off of The Hidden (1987) & Dark Angel (1990) turned out a lot better than I was expecting, it ain't no masterpiece but provides some cheap & sometimes amusing sci-fi horror action entertainment. Endangered Species isn't that original & falls into the human cop vs alien killer type sub genre & as I say it's not too bad for it's type. The character's are OK, the alien guy's are rather underdeveloped but the mismatched double team of cops & regular B-Movie stars Eric Roberts & John Rhys-Davies play off each other quite nicely & there are one or two amusing moments between them. The story about an alien killing human beings for the skin to make jumpers out of could have been rather fun but the film tends to take itself a little bit too seriously & that plot comes across as too simplistic as the skinning & making jumpers & coats angle is largely ignored & a much more standard & forgettable serial killer on the loose approach is taken. The pace isn't too bad & there's a surprising amount of action & set-pieces from car chases, explosions, fights, shoot-outs & a couple of massacres, while none of it's particularly big budget or spectacular it kept me entertained & I reckon there's fun to be had here if your in the right mood which I evidently was.I was a little disappointed in the gore levels here, apart from some gunshot wounds & a few dead bodies there isn't any. The action is pretty good with the highlight being an impressive car chase as Sully & the alien guy chase an invisible van through the traffic in a sequence with a fair amount of stunts & exploding cars. There is also a sequence in which the near invincible alien hunter enters a police station systematically going through it shooting all the cops in a scene which plays like a homage or rip-off (whichever way you look at it) to the similar scene in The Terminator (1984). There's some gratuitous nudity too if that's your thing, the opening sequence in particular features a blonde with big breast's taking a shower. For a few minutes.Although set in the US this was shot on location in Vilnius in Lithuania, the film does have a slightly cheap made-for-telly look about it but not as cheap a some low budget horror films I have seen recently that look like they were shot on a camcorder. There's a good B-Movie cast here including the prolific Eric Roberts, Arnold Vosloo who went from The Mummy Returns (2001) to this & of course John Rhys-Davies who provides the comic relief.Endangered Species is a half decent little sci-fi action horror thriller that does at least provide sporadic moments of fun & entertainment throughout & overall passes the time harmlessly enough if your in the right mood.

It's no fantastic movie, granted.The acting tends to be wooden, there's too much nudity which, for me, tends to lean to a belief to save a movie because it has nothing else to go on, there tends to be borrowing from various other movies and TV shows, but .......the story is sound at least. Don't know if the same scenario exists in reality, but other aspects certainly do. Obvious plot holes that one might see at one point in the movie are solved at other points. People are reacting at points as they should be reacting, both professionally, occupationally, and personally.To me, this is that "Saturday matinée movie". Go to see something that suggests an alternate society, world, to get lost in for 70 minutes or so. I work nights and for me, I rent videos to replace the "bore me to tears" dribble of daytime television. This movie accomplishes that.If one were to watch it, by all means, rent it cheap.Sci-Fi is, in its basic, the situation of "What if?". This movie does that, tells a nice little story, and wraps it decently up.