There are two possible reactions to this information. And when you understand that, that the filmmaker, cast and crew did it just because they wanted to make a movie, then you feel like you're in on the joke. Because here are the hurdles for a no-budget filmmaker.
Stock footage is used to good effect.
Camera work is creative, helping to break up the hand-held shakiness. Night scenes are very effectively lit for video. I keep comparing this to Headhunter because that is, for me, the epitome of a professional backfire. Everyone from the cinematographer to the gaffer was a professional and knew exactly what they were doing, but the resulting movie is terrible despite adequacy of resources. The Alien Agenda , on the other hand, is people figuring out how to make a movie on paper-route money, and at times transcending their lack of resources.