"Extraterrestrial" takes the well-worn concepts of space-creature marauders and doomed party-hearty cabin weekenders and opts to fling the litany of horror and sci-fi cliches at you in the manner of monkeys well armed with dung.
Extraterrestrial
They do not come in peace.
2014 · 1h 41m · NOT RATED
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Colin Minihan
Overview
Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when a flickering object crashes deep in the woods. As they investigate, the friends stumble across an alien spacecraft, and its inhabitants have not arrived in peace.
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Top critics, in their words
"Extraterrestrial" feels like a wish-fulfillment project; perhaps less self-indulgence was in order.
If aliens travel thousands of light-years to terrorize you, the least you can do is put them in an exciting movie.
It's in the final act that the pic becomes more ambitious and interesting, though not quite enough to lift the whole from decent-time-filler status to something more inspired.
A movie of pure, undigested cliches, set to a generic pattern of jump scares and fake-outs.
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