Almost human? More like, Almost a cohesive plot.
Full Disclaimer: This was one film, where I can safely say, they deserved it. Literally everyone that was killed deserved that fate.
- Two hunters: I mean seriously, they are out there in the woods with a couple guns and nothing else. They don’t even have orange gear on to help stop people from shooting them. Not to mention they didn’t have any camo. Being turned into a alien monster was a definite improvement.
- Gas guy: I mean seriously, I hate it when people stare at me while they fuel their car. That plays on people social anxieties. Someone needed to put him down.
- Gas Clerk: Generally rude person. Its not hard to tell someone where they are. Its a honest genuine question hes obviously lost. He was a prick, and NEEDED to die.
- Resident Lumberjack: He was chainsawing lumber right next to his face without goggles. If the aliens didn’t kill him, he probably would have somehow killed himself. At least this way he gets to be reborn.
- Lumberjack’s wife: She didn’t lock the patio door when she was escaping. Don’t say “She did, but he kicked it down”, cuz later in the movie he uses an axe to bypass the lock. Alien Rebirth needed to happen.
- Clyde: This guy has a nice car, lives in a nice house, and offers to pay the total cost to fix up his fiance’s car. For the love of god, why is he wearing a long sleeve shirt indoors. Hes at home. And is a bit chilly. But, cant afford to raise the temperature on the thermostat just a little bit. Has to grab a long sleeve shirt. Being an alien monster, probably an improvement.
- Mark: Seth told him not to go outside, tried so much in his power to stop him from going outside. He goes outside. Then he has the audacity to blame Seth, for not stopping him. Also, lets be honest, his character arc was much more interesting as a alien hybrid.
- Random Citizen: He wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Everyone knows seat bets save lives.
- Jen: Think about all the open shifts that the rest of the waitstaff will get to have. Her death is helping lives.
- Seth: Hes such an unlikable person. He loses his temper so quickly. He doesn’t know how to communicate like a normal human being. Hes late for work, for literally no reason. Not to mention he knows Mark is axe murderer and kidnapped Jen, and goes by himself to the house, without any weapons. He chooses head bashing with a rock rather than driving over her, again. Firing squad was justified.
Plot: Aliens decide to fix humanity, one person at a time.
Review: It was like they had the baseline plot of aliens dropping off humans to kill humans, then had a pitch meetings on how to built plot around it, where they tried to do everything. Leaving the movie with a lot of semi built stories that could have been promising, if focused.
“Hey, lets have the alien lights be on the news” ,”Let’s have a friend be kidnapped at the beginning of the film to spook Seth”
This could have been used to communicate the aliens kidnapping people all over the globe, but it never gets mentioned. They could have delved into people disappearing around the country. There could have been an outbreak of these hybrids appearing everywhere, hell murders found on the news. But, instead we get a sole baby faced lumberjack (He has the beard, and wears plaid). He also leaves one of the people alive for no explained reason. Maybe he has something against tattoos? Or old men? If the latter, I’m right beside him. Also, the aliens have lights all over the place for… no reason? The movie could have delved so much more into this.
“Lets have the aliens solely target Seth”
Why? Why did the aliens give Seth telepathic messages, crazy dreams, bloody noses? Why did they call him when Mark procured Jen? It seemed like they wanted to have some sixth sense level of reveal, but they just left us wanting more. I wouldn’t have as much of a problem with this, but the movie would lost nothing if that was just taken out. I mean other than maybe 15 minutes. It seemed forced and they just wanted to try out prosthetic blood, and dispensing it inside a nose.
“Let’s have Seth be gunned down by cops!”
Well, okay first of all, not believable. Seth is white. Cops don’t shoot white people. Also, who called the cops? And don’t say they were just casually patrolling in the middle of some forest. Also, The movie would have been much better if they ended it with Seth being arrested for the murders. It had the perfect buildup for it. He could have been posed as some crazy guy that had weird visions, and obsessions with aliens, who finally snapped. Killing off the main character in horror movies only works when its adding to the story. It allows for a swift blow to the audience. Having him be shot in the back, doesn’t reward/honor the story that built up to that moment. Having him be shot in the back doesn’t add to the story. All it does is give the audience a middle finger for sticking this far along in the film. They could have had Jen kill Seth, and that would have been more fitting. (Except then those shifts at the diner wouldn’t have opened).
“Lets have Mark implant an egg into Jen through her Vagina!”
Why? What?
Quick Shout-outs
- RIP Rob – He was never seen again
- ShAkEy CaM
- All the fetish porn
- There’s the perfect amount of ax versus human body scenes.
- Best Doctor ever, “Yeah, nothing interesting here”
- Good guy coworker trying to get his buddy to get out of his shell.
- Good guy boss, wanting his employee to rest until hes feeling better
- Aliens like them a good light show
Favorite Thing: This movie portrayed violence really well. Keeping in mind, there wasn’t a lot of money available to them. I thoroughly enjoyed when the hunters found him, he was just a clean executioner. Like, he didn’t waste time, he just kept killing, there wasn’t a hesitation. It really painted how inhuman he was. Also, I’m not a serial killer I swear. I just enjoy story telling through actions.
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