Tag Archives: alien invasion

The Chronicles of Riddick

IMDB Rating: 6.20
23248 votes

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Riddick, now a hunted man, finds himself in the middle of two opposing forces in a major crusade. 'Colm Feore' (qv) plays Lord Marshal, a warrior priest who is the leader of a sect that is waging the tenth and perhaps final crusade 500 years in the future. 'Judi Dench' (qv) is Aereon, an ambassador from the Elemental race. She is an ethereal being who helps Riddick unearth his origins.
Actors
RiddickVin Diesel
Lord MarshalColm Feore
Dame VaakoThandie Newton
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (5)

Dreamcatcher

IMDB Rating: 5.20
17158 votes

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Four friends sruggling with life meet in the Maine woods for their annual hunting trip. When a stranger stumbles in to their camp disoriented mumbling things about lights in the sky the four friends put in a struggle with a psychotic army colonel and a being that has taken control of one of their minds.
Actors
Col. Abraham CurtisMorgan Freeman
Dr. Henry DevlinThomas Jane
Joe 'Beaver' ClarendenJason Lee
Also posted in 2003, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (8)

Men in Black II

IMDB Rating: 5.50
34869 votes

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It has been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Kay has since returned to the comforts of civilian life while Jay continues to work for the Men in Black, the highly funded yet unofficial government agency that regulates all things alien on earth. While investigating a seemingly routine crime, Jay uncovers a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena, an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a sexy lingerie model. It's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay—who not only has no memory of his time spent with the agency, but is also the only person alive who has the expertise to save the galaxy—to reunite with the MIB before Earth is destroyed completely.
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Kevin Brown, Agent KayTommy Lee Jones
Agent JayWill Smith
ZedRip Torn
Also posted in 2002, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Comments (17)

Signs

IMDB Rating: 6.90
62791 votes

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Mel Gibson plays a former priest who lost his faith after his wife was killed in a freak car accident. Six months later, he discovers a gigantic crop circle in his yard, similar events happen all over the world. Graham's children think it's aliens, his brother thinks it's pranksters, and Graham doesn't know what to think. The crop circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles. However, as more and more strange events occur, he regains his faith and realizes something big is coming, and it's probably not going to be friendly.
Actors
Rev. Graham HessMel Gibson
Merrill HessJoaquin Phoenix
Morgan HessRory Culkin
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (33)

Evolution

IMDB Rating: 5.70
21556 votes

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Glen Canyon, Arizona, the present day. Wayne, practising at night in the desert for his upcoming fireman's exam, witnesses the impact of a meteorite. The next day, biology teacher Dr. Ira Kane and geology teacher Harry Block from Glen Canyon Community College manage to get to the meteorite, which is stuck in the ground at the bottom of a cave. By taking a sample, they discover a slimy blue fluid coming out of the meteorite. A little later, Ira Kane finds out that myriads of single-celled life-forms dwell in the fluid, evolve at an incredible rate, even while he's watching. What first seems like a sure ticket to Sweden for the Nobel Prize soon develops into a nightmare: By evolving and adapting at that unbelievably fast rate, the Aliens start spreading out, and the Military comes in. Now it all comes down to what Darwin so rightfully stated: Survival of the fittest. And no good idea in sight...
Actors
Dr. Ira KaneDavid Duchovny
Dr. Allison Reed, CDCJulianne Moore
Prof. Harry Phineas BlockOrlando Jones
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Comments (11)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23369 votes

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In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. Aki Ross, a brilliant young scientist, races to find the invaders' secrets, not only to save the planet, but herself as well after her body is infected by alien particles. She teams up with the prestigious Deep Eyes military squadron, led by her old friend Grey Edwards. But as Aki, her mentor Dr. Sid, and Grey work toward a peaceful end, the scheming General Hein devises a plot to eradicate the aliens in one swift, destructive blow...even if it destroys the Earth right along with them.
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Dr. Aki RossMing-Na
Capt. Gray EdwardsAlec Baldwin
Sgt. Ryan WhitakerVing Rhames
Also posted in 2001, Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (26)

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000

IMDB Rating: 2.30
22928 votes

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In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlo's, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl (Travolta), the Psychlo's are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state, believing the invaders to be demons and technology to be evil. After humanity has all but given up any hope of freeing themselves from alien oppression, a young man named Tyler (Pepper) decides to leave his desolate home high in the Rocky Mountains to discover the truth, whereupon he is captured and enslaved. It is then that he decides to fight back, leading his fellow man in one final struggle for freedom.
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TerlJohn Travolta
Jonnie Goodboy TylerBarry Pepper
KerForest Whitaker
Also posted in 2000, Action, Sci-Fi | Comments (15)

The Faculty

IMDB Rating: 6.10
19942 votes

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A horror tale set in a High School where the students suspect the teaching staff of being aliens, who are intent on making the students their victims.
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Delilah ProfittJordana Brewster
Stokely 'Stokes' MitchellClea DuVall
Marybeth Louise HutchinsonLaura Harris
Also posted in 1998, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Starship Troopers

IMDB Rating: 6.70
36816 votes

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Set on the future earth, Johnny rico is a young student dating a girl named Carmen. When Carmen decides to join the military in order to become a class citizen (citizenship is only achieved through serving your country), Johnny follows and joins as well. He soon realizes that he joined for the wrong reasons but just as he is about to quit, an asteroid that originated from the orbit of planet "klendathu" hits Buenos Aires (his home town) and kills his family. Johnny and his fellow troopers set out to destroy the planet's inhabitants: a type of deadly and very large scaled space bugs. Through a seemingly ordinary action flick, director paul verhoeven creates a subtle anti-war theme, that shows us a fascist and military world far more frightening than WW2's Germany, Italy or Russia, the kind of world that is actually functioning.
Actors
Johnny RicoCasper Van Dien
Dizzy FloresDina Meyer
Carmen IbanezDenise Richards
Also posted in 1997, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Independence Day

IMDB Rating: 6.20
86392 votes

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On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day...
Actors
President Thomas J. WhitmoreBill Pullman
First Lady Marilyn WhitmoreMary McDonnell
David LevinsonJeff Goldblum
Also posted in 1996, Action, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)
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