- Actors: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker
- Directors: Roger Donaldson
- Writers: Dennis Feldman
- Producers: David Streit, Dennis Feldman, Frank Mancuso Jr., Mark Egerton
- Language English, Portuguese
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- VHS Release Date: 30 Sep 1996
- Run Time: 108 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CT2Q
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 44,562 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 23 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 ?
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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".
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.
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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
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"
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
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
One not to see
The film starts out with a good intention, to answer the question: what if? What if we mixed human and alien DNA? Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2002
Sub-Alien
The producers of this film probably used the formula "Scary alien + Sexy blonde babe = Success", but it doesn't work out quite like that in 'Species'. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2000 by Ben Elliss
Two and a half minutes of entertainment.
This promised to be a great film, excellent cast, and with the talents of the master himself, HR. Giger (designer of Alien) creating the female creature, half human half alien DNA... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2000
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