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- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Two documentary cameramen are embedded in an army unit in the most hostile place on earth, an outpost surrounded by the last remaining fighters (Heavies) of an invading alien force. The world may have forgotten about the Outposts, but the Heavies are planning a second invasion of Earth and the soldiers are the only ones who can stop it. ...
Directed By: Jabbar Raisani
Written By: Blake Clifton
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
Alien Outpost
26
4.9
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Summary Two documentary cameramen are embedded in an army unit in the most hostile place on earth, an outpost surrounded by the last remaining fighters (Heavies) of an invading alien force. The world may have forgotten about the Outposts, but the Heavies are planning a second invasion of Earth and the soldiers are the only ones who can stop it. ...
Directed By: Jabbar Raisani
Written By: Blake Clifton
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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25% Mixed
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75% Negative
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6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
26
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
75% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
This first feature by Jabbar Raisani is played out with considerable conviction on the part of its director and the tough-guy cast (led by Rick Ravanello), but the alien element is less convincing because of corny costumes and static-y special effects.
Once the Heavies arrive back on the scene, Raisani uses their presence—and the way the military dispatches them—to dodge complexity in favor of shooting stuff for freedom’s last stand. It’s Starship Troopers without the irony. But it looks nice.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
4.9
33% Positive
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6 Ratings
39% Mixed
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28% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
4.9
33% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
39% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
28% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
If you liked Battle Los Angeles you certainly are going to like this one. Some other reviews critic the special effects. I've seen the movie in 1080p and I didn't even notice bad special effects and/or costumes. Concerning the characters, I thought they were well performed and there were a couple nice personality evolutions. Fast paced action/battle sequences were nice to see too, you feel almost like you are one of the soldiers themselves. Highly entertaining movie
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I have above average tolerance for shaky cam which comes in handy watching found footage movies, but I've just met my match in Alien Outpost. It's quite a shame since it has good prospect that could've been much more. By telling a story of alien invasion from the soldier's perspective and having more than ordinary skirmish, it starts decently until about halfway where it fails to keep the pace flowing or the camera steady.
This is the story of Outpost 37, the most dangerous outpost a soldier could be stationed in. An alien race called Heavies launched an invasion many years before, soon afterwards nations gathered and fended them off. Outposts are made to defend against their last remaining troops. The script is surprisingly very detailed, there are many aspects that other similar movies neglect to mention. Its use of military personalities, though somewhat overused, is fitting to set the tone.
The movie falls apart when it needs to excel. One of the main things about alien invasion movie is you at some point need the alien to appear. You might go for unassuming but effective design like District 9 or full blown larger than life entity. Sadly for this movie the alien is subpar, it’s done with inferior CG of last decade. The design looks terrible, as though it's a reject from Mass Effect games or unused extra of Falling Skies. It has neither the technology nor make-up to convincingly deliver extraterrestrial threat.
Camera work is unfortunately just as bad. It takes a real finesse to capture warfare with precision, and it'd be much harder to create action scenes by first person view alone. The film is incredibly disastrous when action hits. It flings out of focus, screens literally lag and generally hard to follow what is actually happening. Mayhem of war should be conveyed better, not into mayhem in your screen.
Alien Outpost has the correct idea of highlighting the human aspect, but it simply doesn't have the technical production to create the intended effect.
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The film splits its time evenly between half-heartedly pretending it's an allegory for our current war on terror and pretending that it's not.
Alien Outpost doesn't even manage to do justice to its thematic conceits, failing to weave in its current day parallels in sufficiently thoughtful fashion.
The writing is so poor and the visual embellishments so few that some of the violence, like the frequent attacks on the base by local villagers, make little sense.
The promise of the multi-screen future-history info-dump that kicks off Alien Outpost isn't enough to mask this military sci-fi indie's repetitive familiarity.
A sci-fi actioner with the production values of your average porno, Alien Outpost spews clichés like a machine gun set on maximum triteness.
Overall Alien Outpost is a fairly cliched base-under-siege movie, it's no "The Siege of Firebase Gloria" but it's a respectable enough effort that succeeds in keeping up suspense and I enjoyed the pace of the action. Characters are your typical soldier archetypes but they're played sincerely enough and the interactions felt genuine and reasonably well written. The budgetary limitations do show through in the effects but not so bad as to detract from the overall story. Yes, the baddies look like their models were lifted straight out of a Halo game but that's not the point. It's a war movie based on a sci-fantasy world and it's an enjoyable enough watch on Netflix.
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Alien Outpost looks fantastic, but the horrible costumes, screenplay and direction, make for a spoiled opportunity. One that could have been the next Starship Troopers.
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Production Company
Bigscope Films,
Altitude Film Entertainment,
Out of Africa Entertainment,
Ravens Nest Entertainment
Release Date Jan 30, 2015
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline 2021, the year of the invasion. The world's cities lie in ruin. Mankinkind fights back on a global scale. 2031, the 37th Infantry fight on, hunting the last of the invaders. The war isn't over; the second invasion is about to begin.
