Thursday, 4 October 2012

ALIEN; Carlisle's Final Word.

"I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies."
Ash.
 
 
Script Logic; 2/2
Pace; 1/2
Acting; 2/2
Aesthetic; 2/2
Originality & Intention; 2/2
Score; 9/10



Final Word; Ignore the fact that the look of the film is starting to show signs of dating, and consider the restrictions of the shoe-string budget and effects, and the film is nothing short of remarkable. Compare it to the cardboard scenery and rubber-masks of its peers (Star Trek, Doctor Who and Star Wars, A New Hope) and you have a truly believable world and an absolutely terrifying monster. Solid acting, and a sharp (if slow-burning) script that takes the standard ‘slasher’/ ‘3 Little Indians’ idea and transplants it into space. Genre defining and iconic.

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