Hilarious!

Rating: 6/10 (28 January 2010)

This movie is a tongue-in-cheek comedy. I thought the opening scenes of the politically correct documentary approach to the "nice" aliens (ignoring their revolting appearance and table manners and their foul tempers) were hilarious. The Nigerian gangsters were gross caricatures of some very real personalities: I suppose they were operating the equivalent of a convenience store. The special effects and the aliens themselves looked pretty low budget but it didn't matter so long as you got into the spirit of the thing. The humour appeared to flag as the story progressed and it seemed that, contrary to many movies which, in desperation, mutate into comedy when the director realizes he is just not going to make it otherwise; this one becomes increasingly serious.
The vast space-ship concept was impressive and quite credible.
This is an utterly different genre from Alien or Blade-runner - bears no comparison.
It's probably a little too long but is highly original and quite entertaining.