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Species: The Awakening (2007)
I Agree with MAh on this review
Species 4: The Awakening Movie Review by: Meh We all know that SciFi films are not exactly the top of the bar when it comes to movies, or horror movies for that matter. I am here however to stun you all. As bad as Species 3 was, Species 4 is actually kinda fun. Thats right Species 4: The Awakening actually has some merits. Great special FX, good acting and even the expected low grade shooting styles have been stepped up. This is an MGM SciFi movie not a LionsGate SciFi movie. You can interpret that however you like. The premise of the movie is a young woman discovers she's actually the genetic crossbreed between human and alien. She discovers her loving uncle is in fact the man who made her, and they set off on a cross country trek to Mexico to find out why she is sick. Species is one of those franchises that has gone down the toilet very steeply as of recently and I am happy to say that although #4 is nowhere near as good as the first film was it is night and day better then Species 3. Its action packed, the FX are nicely done and their is a good enough body count to keep you horror hungry horror fans happy. Species 4 has a cast of B actors who do a great job at carrying the story and the level of CHEESE in the plot and characters was kept to a bare minimum making for overall a well put together made for TV sci-fi horror film. I think that folks who like SciFi Network films will love this movie and people who hate them will actually say 'Hey this ain't half bad'.
Grendel (2007)
This was a fun, good movie. I liked it.
I watched this movie on Sci Fi Channel and I really enjoyed it. It was a fun movie. The animated monsters were a bit fake sometimes, but also really good sometimes. But all in all, the story was well told and the acting was good. I especially like Ben Cross and the guy who acted Unferth. But Beowulf was also good. I think that for a TV movie it also had a nice style and looked really good. Not like some other things on that channel. Different than other stuff. Admitedly, I don't really know the original Beowulf tale, and I'm sure he didn't have a crossbow that fires explosive heads. But it was a retelling, so why not. It's in good fun and well done. I hope to see more like it from the Sci Fi Channel!
MissBulg