Earth Alien aka: Endangered Species is a very cheap direct-to-video flick starring B-movie veteran Eric Roberts (the dude has been in so many cheap B-movie flicks he's up there with Danny Trejo as a king of B-movies). Eric Roberts, who can be great in certain stuff like The Specialist, The Dark Knight, Best of the Best, stars here as a typical B-movie cop that does things his way & has a mouth on him, very basic B-movie cop but he does it so well. Roberts is actually fun in his basic role, it's not a great acting part & it doesn't need to be, he couldn't just "rang it in" but i think he had some fun or atleast he came across that way.
Roberts is on the case of a local serial killer but ends up coming accross another deadly killer, a human hunter from outta space. In the city (not sure what city?) It's winter but the streets are heating up when an alien hunter starts killing physically fit people for trophies (there's a hint of Predator, Terminator, Species, Dark Angel & the directors own low-budget sci-fi gem from 1990 The Peacemaker, starring Robert Davi & Robert Forster) you see the alien hunter slaughters his way through gyms for his perfect specimen targets & so were treated to some gorgeous gratuitous nudity from gorgeous big boobed ladies!!! One blond at the beginning that is killed in a gym shower is stunning with huge boobs & a perfect body. That blond is so hot that throughout the beginning of the film all the cops keep mentioning her, how a perfect 10 she was & basically how hot she is & that banter was very funny & felt natural because she really was something special.
Eric Roberts is the main cop investigating the gym murders with another cop colleague that he buts heads with, Another b flick great John Rhys-Davis, in a funny role here as a heavy-set cop with an attitude & fun banter.
There's another character after the alien hunter too, another alien that's been tracking him from their home planet & he's played by the Awesome Arnold Vosloo (Hard Target, The Mummy) as Warden, he has cool alien gadgets & weapons & he's pretty cool actually for a role that he barely speaks but gets to do action & lots of chase sequences.
There's actually a pretty cool backstory of the alien invaders, some are hunters that have hunted & killed many species over centuries & they were cool jackets that are bulletproof because it's made from extremely tough Dinosaur skin. These alien hunters killed Dinosaurs!!!
See how cool is that little detail. I couldn't help but really enjoy Alien Earth, especially when Eric Roberts "what the hell is going on" cop teams up with Arnold Vosloos calm & calculated space cop!!! Good low-budget entertainment in a very cheap 'n' cheerful way (like a very, very cheap Alien Nation at times)
The cast is very good & there's a natural banter charm with them all, even Eric Roberts police Captain (Tony Lo Bianco) is fun as he has his office is like a jungle lol so full of plants to de-stress himself, Therefore fun little touches like this scattered throughout this fun little sci-fi thriller. There is stuff to enjoy if you like B-movies or any of its stars.
Yes Earth Alien is cheap & tacky, yes it's abit basic at times, yes there's big tits to spice things up when it drags a little & yes no one has to really "Act" hard at all but to me it's an enjoyably fun cops vs aliens flick. If you like B-movies then you should enjoy this one.
Also the CGI effects are obviously cheaply done but hey Its a cheap flick that went straight to the shelves of your Blockbuster video stores & i like that about it.
A Decent musical score by Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13th, House) is a bonus for this flick.
Also Eric Roberts blond wife in this is sexy as hell, big tits!!!
There's an erotic thriller feel to this & then it flips into a cops hunting aliens flick, good late-night entertainment if you as me!!!
Directed by KEVIN S. TENNEY (a B-movie favorite of cult cinema, he made the 80's Night of the Demons, Witchboard, Witchtrap, The Cellar) but the one I'm a big fan of is his PEACEMAKER, another cops vs aliens sci-fi action thriller.
