Species (1995)

Average rating

(60%)

Starring:	Ben Kingsley \| Michael Madsen \| Alfred Molina \| Forest Whitaker \| Marg Helgenberger \| Natasha Henstridge
Director:	Roger Donaldson
Studio:	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	164 mins
Collections:	100 Feisty Females
Genres:	Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Languages:	English
Dubbed:	German, Spanish
Hearing-impaired:	English, German
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Released:	February 01, 2000
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A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.

Rating of 3 stars out of 5

Natasha Henstridge plays the dangerous spawn of combined alien and human DNA in this sexy sci-fi shocker from director Roger Donaldson. Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen and Alfred Molina are among the inept government scientists speaking daft dialogue as they attempt to track down the genetic engineering experiment gone awry before she devours half the male population of LA. Nifty designs by surrealist HR Giger (who gave the extraterrestrial in Alien its incredible look) and some engaging tongue-in-cheek thrills go part way to disguising the fact that this is essentially clichéd B-movie stuff, albeit delivered with a pleasingly glossy sheen.

Rating of 1 stars out of 5
Halliwell's Film Guide

Enjoyable, fast-moving science-fiction thriller; it offers nothing new but presents a familiar tale with some style.

Highest rated reviews

3 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Better than the sequel - not difficult mind you!

James Pryde from Edinburgh, Scotland, 9th July, 2004

A classy cast including Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger & Natasha Henstridge help to make Species rise above it's essentially B-movie roots.

The film starts off very well, with some interesting ideas about contact with other planets and mankind's obsession with dabbling in genetic tampering. However, in the end this turns into one big bug hunt albeit a rather nicely done bug hunt.

The special effects are, for the time, very impressive and Natasha Hentridge looks incredible throughout.

Entertaining stuff, grab a six pack and a pizza, kick back and enjoy....

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