Movie Review: Apocalypse Earth

Apocalypse Earth
Starring: Adrian Paul, Richard Grieco, Bali Rodriquez, Gray Hawks, Erik Werther
Director: Thunder Levin
The Asylum, USA, 2013

After a lost war with aliens, the remaining humans send spaceships to colonize other planets. Two of the spaceships crash land to wrong planet where invisible aliens (Chameleons) are hunting the survivors. On the planet are living also pale aliens who are also escaping the Chameleons. Lieutenant Frank Baum (Adrian Paul) tries leads the survivors to safety. Other soldier of the group is Captain Sam Crowe (Richard Grieco), there are also other survivors with orange jumpsuits. There is also a helpful Transhuman Interactive Machine or TIM (Gray Hawks) that reminds of Data but can also fight.

Humans evacuating the Earth

Lt. Frank Baum tries to keep the group alive

Lea with natural camouflage

They meet pretty camouflage skinned alien girl Lea (Bali Rodriguez) who can speak English and help them to survive. In addition the Chameleons the group has to fight giant bugs and lizard. 

Big can of Raid would be useful

TIM waves to giant lizard

The influences of the film seem to be Star Trek, After Earth, Wizard of Oz, Avatar, Predators, Planet of the Apes and The Time Machine. For a Asylum film the film is quite good. The story is coherent and acting is better than usual. The CGI effects are of variable quality, suffering from small budget. Especially the spaceships and lizard look nice. It is also nice that the film was shot in a real jungle instead of some studio backdrops. Despite the scifi clichés, this is the best Asylum movie yet.

Long Way to Tipperary

Space shuttle saves the day

Rating: Good (if you remember that the budget was really low)