Surrogates – 2009
Surrogates is another in a long line of confused sci-fi films, it’s I-Robot meets Total Recall meets Minority Report, and the story is one of the most absurd I’ve come across in a while. Humans live their life through surrogates, robot likenesses of themselves (well in some cases) that are controlled through the mind. There [...]
Star Trek – 2009
I was never a ‘Trekkie’ and Star Trek on the whole never really appealed to me, maybe it was the fact that all I remember of the series was slightly out of shape actors running around plastic sets with far too tight shirts on. Then we moved into the 80s and 90s and 00s but [...]
Alien: Resurrection – 1997
Alien Resurrection was an absolute disaster, and I really wonder how they even managed to convince Sigourney Weaver to come back for a fourth installment. The story should have been left dead and buried with Ripley escaping the company and killing the Alien growing inside her by plunging into the fires of the iron works. [...]
Aliens – 1986
Aliens of its time, with acclaimed director James Cameron behind the camera it was sure to be a triumph on every level. Having seen her crew of the Nostromo wiped out by the Alien, Ripley (Weaver) is discovered by chance floating in deep space. Awake, she learns that the planet from which she landed previously [...]
Alien – 1979
Alien is without a doubt one of the finest sci-fi horrors of the last century, this ground breaking original sent shock waves through audiences. Simple, dark, terrifying it pushed new boundaries in film making and most of all special effects. The story (for those that have been living on another planet and have never seen [...]
