Michael_Elliott
The Falling (1985) * (out of 4) Three American teens (Dennis Christopher, Martin Hewitt, Lynn-Holly Johnson) are traveling through Spain in their RV when they cross paths with an evil alien or something meant to be an alien. Producer Carlos Aured began his career as a director doing a number of Paul Naschy films but he turned to a producer in 1984 with MONSTER DOG and this here turned out to be his second and last job. Apparently the bad production of this made him walk away from producing and it's easy to see why. This entire film is a pretty big, worthless mess that has very little going for it. In fact, the only reason this thing doesn't get a BOMB rating is that there are thankfully some really bad moments that are so bad that you can't help but laugh at them. A perfect example of this comes from the performance of Johnson who clearly wasn't meant for this role. She's a very cute girl but sadly her acting is just downright awful and especially during a sequence where she freaks out after one of the guys say something sexual towards her. I'm really not sure what was going on during this scene but it seems like Johnson was trying get show "anger" by doing some sort of karate moves with her hands. Both Christopher and Hewitt aren't much better as the two of them pretty much sleepwalk through their roles. The entire film is incredibly boring thanks in large part to a screenplay that simply doesn't have anything going. There's no excitement, no energy and there's certainly no tension during the horror scenes. The only thing this has going for it outside the unintentional laughs are some mild gore effects but once the creature shows up you'll be asking yourself WTF. THE FALLING is a bad movie from start to finish and one that most are going to want to skip.
themoviemakerjr
This movie was completely and utterly stupid. Three collage kids go on a road trip to Spain, and run into some pretty ugly stuff. Well, if you want to know what made me laugh until I exploded, then I'll tell you, Well one of the collage kids is being chased by the Jeepers Creepers truck!!! But thats not the stupid part, he's being chased in a dune-buggy! Then the camera zooms in on the girl and she says "Don't worry about him, hes Hollywood's best star driver!" And then the movie plays this retarded song that sound like it came out of Legends of the Hidden Temple when the kids are victorious. This movie defenanlty deserves a DVD, and maybe a rental, but don't, don't EVER purchase this.
NancyBoySF
Amazing that actors that had appeared in such huge films wound up in this garbage.I like bad SciFi. This was dull and boring SciFi. Very different, not interesting.Also, Martin is one of the most beautiful men to ever be put in film.Why a film maker would have someone with his physical appeal in a movie and not exploit it, even just a little bit, is so beyond me.Similar problem with Yellowbeard. Martin is a PIRATE! is tied to a chair. Is on a ship. But is never shown shirtless.Though some promotional photos did show him shirtless.It makes you wish David Decouteau was in charge of all of these movies.There is a director who knows how to make use of a pretty male.
cameraman_mike_2000
ALIEN PREDATOR (1987) **1/2 (out of 4*'s) Director: Deran Sarafian. Dennis Christopher, Lynn Holly Johnson, Martin Hewitt.Alien microbes taken from the moon are tampered with on a skylab which suddenly re-enters earth's atmosphere and crash lands in Duarte, Spain spreading an alien virus amongst humans and animals living in the nearby area. Three americans tour through the area just in time to catch all of the terror.I can understand why people would have a problem. You have to have a real edge for campy films in order to enjoy this. I liked it! I do however wanted to see more of the aliens and what they were like. They only appear twice at the end!!!Shot in Spain in 1984. Also known as THE FALLING, MUTANT 2 (U.K.), COSMOS MORTAL (Spain), ALIEN PREDATORS (U.S. Video Box Art Title)
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