Alien Apocalypse

Plot synopsis:
Astronaut and Osteopath, Dr. Ivan Hood (Bruce Campbell) and his companion Kelly (Renee O'Connor) return to Earth after a 40-year space mission with two other astronauts. They are soon captured by other humans and one of their team is killed after sustaining a sprain; Dr. Hood pointed out that it would have healed in a few days. They are taken to a work camp, to their surprise, is run by locust-like aliens. These aliens had arrived 20 years ago to feast on the trees and used E.M.P. bombs to cripple earth before their invasion. The other member of their team is eaten alive by one of the aliens after refusing to work. The camp is supervised by human bounty hunters; they are treated better. After seeing how illiterate and savage humans have become due to the aliens, Dr. Hood and Kelly plan to make an escape the next day after hearing rumors that the President has survived and has an army waiting to strike back.
The escape plan goes off without a hitch, but Kelly is recaptured by one of the guards. Dr. Hood travels to find the president and meets other humans who believe the President has survived. Dr. Hood and his convoy reach a secret headquarters to discover remnants of the American government and the President, who is now a shell of his former self. Extremely ticked off, Dr. Hood decides to rally the escaped slaves himself and plan an attack on the bug camp that Kelly is still being held at. The attack begins successfully and Kelly (who has lost one of her fingers as punishment for trying to escape) joins in. Things seem hopeless when the bugs bring in heavy artillery, but the President's group arrives and pulls off a sneak attack that blows up the bug's tanks. The other slaves join in and defeat the bugs. Dr. Hood and his rebels then went on a quest to continue killing the bugs and gather more followers from the camps. "In time he (Dr. Hood) became known as The Great Exterminator".

Tags: cult, humor, romantic

Review:
If you love shockingly bad sci-fi movies, then there is a whole heap to enjoy about Alien Apocalypse.
It's not a 'great' movie (and I'm not about to give it a ridiculously high rating), but it is a fun film that should ideally be enjoyed with like-minded friends (and plenty of alcohol).An astronaut/doctor, Ivan Hood (Bruce Campbell), returns to Earth after 40 years in suspended animation, to find that the planet has been overrun by insectoid aliens who are stripping the planet of its wood (which they eat).
Together with fellow astronaut, Kelly (Renée O'Connor), and a small group of plucky slaves, he leads a revolt against the alien invaders.With dreadful support from a multitude of badly bewigged Eastern Europeans (and a leggy babe in a fur bikini), Campbell mugs his way through the lousy script with his usual aplomb.
But (B)Si-Fi fans, Bruce Campbell fans and people who like very silly waste of time movies will enjoy this..
It's good for a Sci-fi original, though I know that's not saying much.We can never go wrong with a starring role by Bruce Campbell, especially in a B-movie.
Bruce Campbell Saves Another One. OK, OK I know what most people are gonna say, "this movie sucks," and about a month ago I would have whole-heartedly agreed that this was not up to snuff.
However, I have since bought this little beauty on DVD and have to say it gets better and better each time I watch it.Now this is no classic by any means, with some lackluster direction and some pretty bad acting (except your leads).
Bruce Campbell does what he does best, make any movie he's in ten times better.
This movie gains quite some points because of Bruce Campbell, who is at his campy best in this one, playing (in a way similar to his Ash character from "Army Of Darkness") an astronaut/doctor turning into the unexpected hero on a quest to save the earth.
All of the supporting cast seem to be deliberately trying to act as bad as possible AND wearing some of the worst long hair wigs in movie history.
it has a certain quality that cant be reproduced by decent movies.The story involves evil alien termites that come to earth in the future.
It reveals its intelligence in such scenes as Bruce Campbell's hilarious defense/explanation of becoming a Doctor of Osteopathy, as well as in its winking references to "The Wizard of Oz" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." The dreadfully unconvincing wigs/beards, the resolute marching single-file across the landscape in quest of The President, the Raquel Welchesque outfit worn by one female character, the fact that there appear to be fewer than two dozen (pretty fragile, as it turns out!) Giant Termite Aliens...are all part of the joke.And, at the risk of giving too much weight to this light-weight effort, I thought it provided a bit of commentary about those who collaborate with occupying forces..
I am a Bruce Campbell fan, and I guess the strongest impression this film made on me is best illustrated by the fact that it took me three sittings to get all the way through it.
At times, this film is so much like Army of Darkness, I actually considered titling my IMDb review "Alien Evil Dead Apocaplypse".
Of course, Campbell is having none of it, and (here comes the recognizable plot formula) falls in love with one of his fellow astronauts, escapes the slave camp and garners a few followers who will lead a guerrilla assault against the aliens to rescue his love interest, and you can guess the rest.
Like many SciFi pictures efforts, the script would have been better if it emphasized comedy more explicitly, and the production might have been improved by giving the actors more than the time needed to memorize their lines.
As such, it might have made a great schlock-comedy, but the soundtrack, pace, and very Army of Darkness-like special effects really detracted from the film's humor.
Let's get this straight: The Sci-Fi Channel makes B-movies (as if Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys and Mansquito didn't make that apparent enough), but for people like me, I actually enjoy b-movies.
So, when I heard that the Sci-Fi Channel was going to release a movie starring Bruce Campbell (my favorite actor), I was thrilled.
The acting was cheesy, the special effects lacked heavily, and Bruce Campbell's occasional one-liners were placed here-and-there, and those aspects, to me, made the movie.
Give me a Bruce Campbell movie any day, and I'll happily watch it.
Give me a Bruce Campbell movie made by the Sci-Fi Channel and I'll watch it immediately.
Period.He must have owed somebody a lot of money to be coerced into putting his name on this.'Alien Apocalypse,' another in a long string of horrible made-for-cable movies for the US Sci-Fi Channel, is second only to 'Space Mutiny' as the worst science fiction movie ever made.
Bruce Campbell in this movie is like having Marlon Brando in a "Porky's" sequel.Looking at this film on the surface, it's a mish-mash of 'Independence Day' and 'Planet of the Apes.' Call it, "The Evil Alien Dead," if it helps you.
This movie was great.......I mean it was terrible.......my son and I laughed 2 straight hours at all the hilarious script comments and everything that makes this movie super fun to watch.When the guy with the humpback said follow me, we thought it was going to be walk this way and everyone would copy him.Everything was classic right down to the crazy looking bugs.
We are in October 2007 , and so far he is one of the best movie I saw this year, way better than "Transformer" or "the fantastic four".With a little budget and made for the TV ,Alien Apocalypse is a post atomic earth with aliens invasion and an atmosphere of the 1968's planet of the apes story , a very good subject for a movie so far.I saw it with french voices , the movie has hilarious quote than I don't know is was from the original text or the french actors get wild , but half of the movie is in the comedy stand and it was meant to be.
The movie carry a very important message which make me feel very happy to hear : "give me freedom or give me death" it is a very very important message than we should all remember in the near years who are coming (I understand myself).Bruce Campbell is good as always , the rest of the cast is OK and some time very funny , their is action and some gore , the music is good and the special effects OK.
The story is simple but not bad at all , but of course the movie could have be MUCH better if the director used some imagination and try a little bit harder.If you like post atomic and aliens , it is nice to watch it, I think for a TV movie it is pretty nice.
Anyone who is a fan of Tabert and Campbell flicks know they aren't for big budget specially effects and love corny humor.
The SciFi Channel doesn't deliver to us cheesy lines and bad acting because they can't afford competent directors; it was by design.If you don't understand or appreciate dark humor, this is simply a bad movie; but if you do, it's worth seeing again.
This low-quality made-for-SciFi Channel flick's only redeeming value is the relentlessly self-effacing humor of Bruce Campbell, still typecast from "Army of Darkness", and if anything playing his role as a doctor too straight here..
That is not rhetorical, and the answer is no one.Without giving away the plot(as this movie will be airing on sci-fi quite often i would assume in the oncoming weeks), the movie stars Bruce Campbell as a doctor who is part of a probe mission that was in space for 40 years.
Well if you like classic one-liners and plenty of great Bruce Campbell action, you'll want to check out Alien Apocalypse.
OK....OK....OK....So overall the movie was ridiculous, incredibly under budget, and well....not exactly good, but remember this is what Bruce Campbell does best.
For what Alien Apocalypse is, a Sci-Fi Channel original movie, it's not half bad..
it's a GREAT Bruce Campbell film and worth it just for the severed alien heads flying across the screen, and for Bruce looking at green alien blood on his space suit and saying something like, "Well this isn't coming out."You want classic acting?
This "SCI FI Original" feature is definitely worth a single viewing, if only for the very real chemistry between Bruce Campbell and Renee O'Connor during their more intimate scenes.In fact, those scenes actually make this film enjoyable, despite the low quality production efforts and the (painfully) agonizing line delivery by many of the voice actors used during looping.I pray Campbell and O'Connor are paired up in many more films, because their real-life chemistry soared above the material, and somehow made this flawed C-grade (almost Z-grade) film enjoyable, instead of intolerable, even after several viewings.Best Line: "Your stupidity is terminal, and now, you're cured." Best Scene: Foreplay between Campbell/O'Connor on the animal skins in the underground holding cell..
Number one, Bruce Campbell sticks to his lame and low-budget movies, always aiming to make them better; he got this one, to me, because it is truly an entertaining yet extremely horrible B-Movie.
.. Now, let's look at the plot line - astronauts come back to earth after stasis and find humans enslaved and the planet being ruled by giant alien cockroaches.
To some of us, it just doesn't get any better than this!Nobody in their right mind is going to take Alien Apocalypse seriously, and those who want to watch it will do so regardless of reviews that deplore plot holes, bad effects, and poor acting.
Save yourself the two hours and go watch Army of Darkness to see Bruce Campbell working with a much better script.
If you are a Xena & Hercules fan, you might enjoy Alien Apocalypse, but probably not.While the directing and cinematography are comparable to a Xena episode, the writing is flawed, stupid, and, worst of all for a Bruce Campbell movie, not funny.
This is a comedy movie, but it lacks the semi-obligatory humor scene where a human tries to fire one, but can't, throws it aside, and it fires, killing an alien, without anybody noticing.
Typical B Movie, Fun To watch, Bruce makes it work!.
There where many elements borrowed from "Army of Darkness," and as a result the movie worked as an entertaining 1 hr and 15 minutes (hard to say exactly how long it was with all the superfluous commercials).There are a couple of good Bruce Campbell one liners and of course campy acting.
If you are a Bruce Campbell fan you will enjoy this movie..
Well, I'have to confess : My DVD collection is pretty complete with "classics" and I'm bound to look for very bad Sci-fi or horror B-movies for some late-night entertainment.Alien apocalypse is certainly fitting in this "niche", and without the presence of Bruce Campbell, I would certainly have overlooked it.The movie can be summarized like this : Simple and over-predictable plot, taking inspiration from recent movies like Independence day, battlefield earth (Yikes!), star-gate,...Le FX are, er, limited to bad CGI aliens (with bad animation, looking like they were coming from a 1990-era CD-Rom game).
The "resistance" is killing a lot of aliens and guards during the uprising, but they stick with the bows, ignoring the rifles and "laser rods" left by the dead aliens.And finally, they spent most of the movie looking for the "president" which is allegedly alive and forming an army (a kind of legend, giving hope to the captive).
Only fans of Bruce Campbell's films will find more value in this movie..
This cheesy B-Flick is produced for Sci-Fi Channel, this film is under-budgeted but Campbell's always welcome presence in the film makes this forgettable film worth a look.DVD has an good anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an fine-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.
You can't expect more in a direct-to-video grade Z movie than a terrible script and some bad acting.
Still, it's Bruce Campbell, and he is good for a few laughs.He and Renée O'Connor (Gabrielle from "Xena: Warrior Princess") return from space after 40 years and find aliens have taken over and enslaved the humans.
Lots of aliens lost their heads thinking they can beat the humans when they are fired up.Another fun time with Bruce..
The plot had potential but the supporting cast was REALLY bad and Bruce's typical humor was absent for most of the movie.The effects were OK but they spent so much on the CG aliens that they had to use fake beards for the slaves!
The Evil Dead (1981) was made with much less money and was much more entertaining.Come on Bruce...I know the director/writer is your friend but friends should not let friends make bad movies!!!!.
This movie has been a long time coming, and I am glad to report that it did not disappoint.4 astronauts return from a 40 year mission to planet earth, only to find that it has been taken over by alien termites who have enslaved the entire human population.
It is up to Doctor Ivan (Campbell) and Lt. Kate (O'Connor) to either free earth from this scum, or die trying.The movie was a classic Bruce Campbell masterpiece, with witty one-liners, nice special effects and a rather beautiful scenery.
Xena-alum O'Connor is brilliantly placed as his counterpart and gives her best performance in years.All in all, if you enjoy Bruce's humor, and alien-butt whoopings, this is definitely the movie to watch..
They are so bad that one could think they are purposefully making them funny, but since the movie as a whole is so witless I think it is actually possible that they did not intend the aliens to get laughs.
Bruce Campbell and Renée O'Connor (Xena: Warrior Princess) play astronauts who return from a space mission to find that giant termites have invaded earth and enslaved humanity.
Also, the fake beards and wigs were far too distracting from the terrible story and dialogue.In my opinion, if you want your Bruce Campbell fix then just watch his oldie but goodies like, obviously, the Evil Dead series, the flawless Bubba Hotep, and even his small roles in The Hudsucker Proxy and the Spider Man movies.
Other than Bruce Campbell and some decent aliens, this movie has little going for it.
I know I shouldn't really expect better from Bruce Campbell, but I really like him and keep hoping someone will give him a break.
His humor and charm don't come through as much as they should; the part might as well have been played by any other Sci-Fi Channel stalwart, like Antonio Sabato Jr.Basically, I'd only recommend this to die hard Bruce Campbell fans who feel the need to see every one of his movies, even ones that (like Alien Apocalypse) aren't very entertaining..
I was hoping that Bruce Campbell could duplicate the campy fun of Army of Darkness in this low budget alien flick.
Nothing compelling at all.I like Bruce Campbell but he just wasn't good enough to carry this film.
This movie was even below Bruce Campbell's standards, which are pretty low.
hopefully the next time Bruce Campbell and Renee o conner team up in a movie, it will be something worth watching.
The acting ain't so good either...its like the local community theatre troop decided to make a movie and cast their family, drinking buddies, and oh yeah, Bruce Campbell.
I watched Alien Apocalypse with low expectations, and while not a good movie at all it was better than I thought it would be.
However, there is some well-conceived gore, some good shots which make the killing of the aliens much more satisfying, some nice scenery and the amiable acting of Renee O'Connor and Bruce Campbell, who always tries hard no matter how bad the script or overall movie is.
Renee alone has tons of credits to her name, and Bruce's Army of Darkness is 1,000 times better, campy and all.It was obvious that the money, very little, SciFi even gave it, was spent on those lame aliens costumes and the CGI.
Every time I watch a SciFi movie, which most are very poor, but this one is poorerererer extra "er", I think "they cancelled Farscape for this?" a show beyond compare, with writing and acting and damn good CGI and sets, Geeze!
This is a great Bruce Campbell B movie and everyone who is a fan of either should watch it immediately.
Poorly written, even more poorly shot and acted, it's again proof of why SciFi Channel should just stop making "original" movies.The plot is standard issue science fiction - astronaut crew out in space for 40 years returns to Earth to find it enslaved by alien insects.
Baby Boomers like Josh Becker, Bruce Campbell, and I grew up watching campy sci-fi films on Saturday afternoons.
While Alien Apocalypse is another one of the many Sci-Fi Channel "films" that are only good for background noise, it's also one enormous rip-off of Planet of the Apes with some serious problems -- mainly the acting.The writing isn't too bad with this movie.
Actually, come to think of it, when Bruce stands out head and shoulders as the best actor in a movie (without overacting, either) then you know something is not right!
You know hen you start watching these kind of movies made for TV, that the humans will win in the end, and the aliens will loose.
Alien Apocalypse was not really a good movie.
There is a good special effect in the movie, and that is when an alien bites off the head of one of the slaves.
This is one of two Sci-Fi Channel movies filmed in Bulgaria in 2004 starring Bruce Campbell.