Species (Special Edition)
by Roger Donaldson
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Actor: Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker, Michael Madsen, Natasha HenstridgeDirector: Roger Donaldson
Brand: HENSTRIDGE,NATASHA
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editor: Conrad Buff IV
Producer: David Streit
Producer: Dennis Feldman
Writer: Dennis Feldman
Producer: Frank Mancuso Jr.
Producer: Mark Egerton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
Published: 2004-10-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Species (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Super-Sexy And Smarter Than It's Given Credit For
Summary: 5 Stars
The idea of an alien invasion being carried out by a lone creature looking to mate so as to give birth to a whole new race of its kind has, I believe, been done in a few movies before "Species" but probably not with such effective horror, intelligence, high-caliber performances, realistic special effects and scorching sexiness. Easily one of the best horror/science fiction crosses, with Natasha Henstridge playing the alien Sil in her humanlike form and some colossal effects handling the far more frightening but also impressive alien form. One possible angle on the whole movie that I'm not sure if anybody else got or if I'm just seeing things in a weird way again is - and this isn't a spoiler because the idea isn't explored here or in Species 2, and as far as I know it doesn't come up in the 3rd one (although I haven't yet seen it) - if I remember correctly, the movie in its beginning was quite clear that the transmission where they got the code for the alien DNA to create Sil was an INCOMPLETE transmission, and they had to fill in the gaps on their own. The 'incomplete' bit seems to me to suggest an intriguing possibility that something went wrong in the creation, even that maybe the original senders of the code never meant for the lifeform to be vicious? This would tie right in with how Sil seems to enter a state of some confusion when not in 'Mate-And-Destroy' mode.
Fine cast of performers and characters, scores very high on action, horror, and science fiction meters, with some questions left unanswered for further exploration or thought. And as for the 'sex appeal' element, hinging on Henstridge's turn as Sil? Natasha is beautiful And pretty, stunning, hot and breathtaking (and that's just BEFORE she takes her clothes off, let alone after!!)
A definate keeper.
Summary of Species (Special Edition)
When a beautiful human-alien hybrid (Natasha Henstridge) escapes from observation, scientist XavierFitch (Ben Kingsley) dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly, Fitch and his team are hurled into a desperate battle in which the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance!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 blond babe with the body of a Playboy centerfold. This makes it easy for Sil to lure gullible guys who are only too willing to indulge her voracious mating urge, realizing 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 Swiss artist H.R. Giger) and spicing them up with some tantalizing 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
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