So I said I'd watch anything with Bruce Campbell, right? Well, that apparently includes this 2002 Sci-Fi Channel flick. The things lurking in the depths of my DV-R would terrify mere mortals ...
Imagine, if you will, "Night of the Living Dead" with aliens. Trapped in a small airport terminal by a blizzard, we have the usual collection of misfits -- the perky, yet capable female pilot, the bumbling security guard, the bickering yuppies on vacation, the cute kids, the asshole businessman, the military dude, the escaped murderer, and the stereotypical minority. (And this one really is -- he says "This is whack, yo!") Some of them are aliens. Hilarity ensues.
You get ... pretty much what you expect from a Sci-Fi flick. It's a B-movie that does just what it's supposed to. This isn't art. The budget is about six bucks, and Bruce is the only person whose name you'll recognize. He plays his escaped bad man with a three-day beard and a scowl for most of the movie -- the role just didn't give him room to show more than flashes of the Bruce Campbell charm.
Would I recommend this movie? Well, if you're bored and your only other option is a History Channel special on "The Shoes of World War II," sure. But don't run out and try to find it.
I leave you with "Terminal Invasion" philosophy:
The men's room is much like a house of God. In times of need, all men are welcome.
1 comment:
You know, take that plot, stick it on a jumbo jet, put that jet in the air then change the aliens to oh I donno, some kinda reptile and you'll have movie gold.
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