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There's a kind of perverse marketing genius at work in this cheesy sci-fi hit from 1995 in which scientists create a half-human, half-alien woman named Sil (Natasha Henstridge) who's capable of morphing from a slimy, tentacled creature into a blonde babe with the body of a Playboy centrefold. This makes it easy for Sil to lure gullible guys who are only too willing to indulge her voracious mating urge, realising too late that sex with Sil is anything but safe. As the body count rises, a handpicked team of specialists tracks the alien's killing spree, but their diverse expertise is barely a match for the ever-morphing Sil. Borrowing elements of the Alien movies (including bizarre alien designs by Swedish artist HR Giger) and spicing them up with some tantalising nudity, Species is a wet dream for creature-feature fans--kind of like watching a sci-fi vampire fantasy while browsing through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
OK...I'm not going to spend too much time reviewing the actual film itself - I'm sure you all know what this is about and any real fan would have probably bought the bog standard version already. No, what you probably want to know is what this "Special Edition" contains and if it is worth swapping your other version for. Well in a word....NO.
Don't get me wrong, if you really want this film then THIS is the version to buy, make no mistake, but if you already own the basic release of this film then my advice would be to stick with what you've got.
This "all singing all dancing" version does contian two audio commentaries (One from actors Natasha Henstridge and Michael Madsen with director Roger Donaldson and another from director Roger Donaldson, producer Frank Mancuso Jr., Special Effects executive Richard Edlund and creator of the Sil creature Steve Johnson ) and an alternative ending. There are the usual featurettes that we come to expect on these Special editions; 'The Making of', Interviews, Designing Sil etc etc and it is all presnted in glorious Anamorphic 2.35:1 Widescreen
and Dolby Digital (5.1).
The film itself hasn't aged badly at all and still remains oddly compulsive viewing, (but then a Page 3 girl who morphs into a killing machine is always gonna grab your attention right lads?)
All in all, there IS fun to be had here, but is this a genuine attempt to give the viewer more value for money or just a cynical effort to milk the franchise and whet our appetites for Species 3 ?
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Improvement in content from the original through added material. Good performances from cast who went on to better things in film and T.V. Must for fans of thegenre.
Format:DVD
Species is an underrated popcorn horror which is entertaining from start to finish. As long as you're not looking for some complex, multi-layered plotline and script then just turn your brain off and enjoy the ride. Natasha Henstridge is memorable as a kind of androidy mutant thing. The supporting cast of investigators are laughably unconvincing, especially the english guy, yet the whole thing pulls together and is strangely watchable. I really liked this when it came out and watching it again I remain impressed. The special effects don't look dated at all. However, avoid the sequels at all cost.
By Ryl
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Although this is and old film, my family and I never get tired of watching it over again, its great
By Tim Kidner
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
I'm almost ashamed to say that the exquisitely perfect body of a fairly often nude Natasha Henstridge is my main reason for enjoying 'Species'. Aside of that, the film now seems slightly laughable, the SFX elementary and Alfred Molina, plain awful.
Forest Whittaker isn't much better and Michael Madsen just stupid. Ben Kingsley adds some credence as the ruthless scientist who has "developed" the little girl who then goes on to grow up into a sex hungry alien who only wants to reproduce her own 'Species' with the help of human sperm.
It's a film that I can quarter watch, whilst doing something else. I don't take it seriously and there is little suspense and is certainly not in the league of 'Alien' and the like. I don't really like any of the sequels and wouldn't watch them again.
Yes, three stars is probably a little generous, but we all have illogical reasoning when it comes to things we really like.
Forest Whittaker isn't much better and Michael Madsen just stupid. Ben Kingsley adds some credence as the ruthless scientist who has "developed" the little girl who then goes on to grow up into a sex hungry alien who only wants to reproduce her own 'Species' with the help of human sperm.
It's a film that I can quarter watch, whilst doing something else. I don't take it seriously and there is little suspense and is certainly not in the league of 'Alien' and the like. I don't really like any of the sequels and wouldn't watch them again.
Yes, three stars is probably a little generous, but we all have illogical reasoning when it comes to things we really like.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By AnOldGoat
Format:DVD
The idea behind the plot is good, but as most of the concept is borrowed from Alien, and Giger obviously didn't work too hard on an original idea, it makes it to the end of the train journey before you spot the cliches, and the blatent copying. Which covers the first twenty minutes.
Woefully miscast, with Marg Helgenberger essentially doing what she now does in CSI, Alfred Molina seriously out of place, and Forest Whitaker being ignored most of the time, when you can see he's right.
Since the entire plot consists of the foursome trying to track the alien, getting picked off one by one and eventually burning it, not forgetting the unnoticed baby with the reptilian tongue, its a small wonder that this one was allowed to escape the storyboard, where someone should have spotted it - "uh, guys, this looks awfully like Alien in earth - should we start over on it?".
I only give it two stars for the incredibly funny sex scene with Molina - "this doesn't usually happen to me".
Woefully miscast, with Marg Helgenberger essentially doing what she now does in CSI, Alfred Molina seriously out of place, and Forest Whitaker being ignored most of the time, when you can see he's right.
Since the entire plot consists of the foursome trying to track the alien, getting picked off one by one and eventually burning it, not forgetting the unnoticed baby with the reptilian tongue, its a small wonder that this one was allowed to escape the storyboard, where someone should have spotted it - "uh, guys, this looks awfully like Alien in earth - should we start over on it?".
I only give it two stars for the incredibly funny sex scene with Molina - "this doesn't usually happen to me".
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
The film starts out with a good intention, to answer the question: what if? What if we mixed human and alien DNA? However, it falls short of actually answering anything especially: why? Why did they even bother, and why did I bother to watch it in the first place? Disappointing would be the understatement of the year. The story jumps from one place to another, you find the main character, Sil, trying to find a mate so she can have offspring, but in the process killing her potential mates because they have a defect or because the agents are after her. You then have her pregnant and finding a hovel in the sewers where she gives birth to an alien child, which matures in a matter of minutes and is after blood. It would have been ok if it hadn't been so unnecessarily gory, full of unnecessarily nudity and sex, but apart from these put offs you have the pantstastic alien look, which is just terrible. If this honest review hasn't put you off watching the film, don't blame me when the credits go up and you wonder why you even bothered.
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Species Special Edition
Great film and the first of a series, purchased the others and had a Species night in with the family and thoroughly enjoyed every minute.
Published 11 months ago by GRIFFO69
1.0 out of 5 stars
Really Not For Me!
I've previously seen one of the Species sequels, (I can't remember which one) and I hope that this one is better, (because I didn't like the sequel). Read more
Published 12 months ago by Richie77777
1.0 out of 5 stars
What the hell...?
When i got this i imagined it would be in league with Alien or even better...i was so wrong. In fact, it's not if in league with the tweenies. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2004 by Shkandrij
4.0 out of 5 stars
Species the review
i watched this film on local tv last saturday night and i thought it was a cracker, there were some scaryu bits for me, but i love it. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2004 by "nutter007"
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not even good when watched drunk
Awful film.
This is supposed to be exploring what would happen if Alien and Human DNA was mixed. Yeah...
The cast is at best, talentless. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2004 by Mr. Robert A. Spacey
2.0 out of 5 stars
oh dear...
Really dreadful formulaic nonsense, with barely a shred of originality. Poor acting, screenplay, dialogue... made for tv feel... steer clear of this if you didn't already know.
Published on 1 Dec 2003
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