* - This 90-minute low-budget quickie directed by and starring C. Thomas Howell is a blatant rip-off of the Keanu Reeves remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” minus the production value and star power. It features a pair of nude aliens landing in Los Angeles - along with a giant robot - with plans to annihilate the human race due to their violent and destructive nature. Luckily, despite having landed on Earth sans clothes (which, admittedly made for a fairly titillating opening bit) the female alien was able to apparently acquire copious amounts of lip gloss and eyeliner, because when one is destroying a civilization one certainly doesn’t want to look a mess. The poor quality of writing and production of this causes the viewer to continually ponder a series of questions that are raised, perhaps the most interesting being: why would the task force assigned to saving the planet from giant robots consist solely of a grumpy guy in a suit, two geeks in lab coats, a few military guys with rifles, and a 14 year old with cell phone? The studio that made this film is notorious for releasing direct-to-video garbage around the same time as similarly titled big-budget blockbusters, relying on confusion and trickery to make money. I have to question the efficacy of that business model. You’d think people would catch on at some point.
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