How low can a movie go when it comes to budget? Is there an established consensus or clasffication of how poor a production can be? If not, let’s propose one; starting with tight budget, low budget, strapped for cash, art student, financially illiterate, permanently on welfare, living out of a shack, hunted by hitmen, with finally the ultimate of all: Alien Intruder.
Four unfortunate men are facing the remainder of their lives in a pitiful and violent incarceration when a military officer suddenly offers an opportunity for freedom. All is well until a mysterious woman appears, weaving amongst the men and wield them against each other to cause mayhem and murder.
The beginning of the journey is composed of laser-fights and beatdowns. This attempt to excite and engage the viewer is actually rather dull and uninvolving, mostly due to the incompetence of the camera. Packed full of overused tropes and clichés, the story soon becomes incredibly tiresome and samey; the foul-mouthed script and filth-minded seducer can’t replace the lack of imagination.
Probably its most interesting point is the holographic world created as a reward for the doomed convicts. Each makes their own choice, and each chooses a different style which appreciates their personality. With a little more development this could have been more interesting as there’s some fun to be had in watching the characters reveal themselves through their fantasies.
What is so hateful about this film is how everything is so sleazy and cheap. It’s not just the hilarious paper mâché spaceships, the painfully dated 60’s designs, the sad empty sets – many seeming as makeshift as possible and lacking sufficient props – the ripped off lines and lack of improvision, the brainless characters, the incredibly annoying MIDI music with repeated stock sound effects;
It’s the lack of thrills, originality, inspiration, or content. Any interest the makers had in their creation is virtually nil. What are famous veterens Tracy Scoggins and Billy Dee doing, known for their legendary talent, used to spectacular backdrops, why are they even hanging out in these dusty old dungeons in a terminally boring sci-fi? Guess you got to find some kind of work to pay for that crack habit.
2/10
Possession Media 