Elewis1195 Yes, the bugs are fun. Nice artificial life and Orlando Bloom is entertaining, but the film overall doesn't work. There's zero suspense and no surprises. The aliens just keep getting bigger and smarter and the solution, when it's finally worked out, it's really lame. Movies need a little bit of tension or plot twists or surprises. This one just tries to make it on special effects with essentially no story and it fails.I realize, some people will like this for it's visuals and overt silliness. I wanted more. 2 stars.

bowmanblue Did you ever see or hear something and then found that, for ever after, it's impossible to UNhear it? I'll explain… I watched 'Evolution' in the cinema and enjoyed it. Then, some time after, I read a review that stated 'It's simply 'Ghostbusters' with aliens.' Now, every time I watch it, all I can see are the parallels between the two films. However, that's no bad thing, as, no matter how apt that summary may be, the film is still good fun. For some reason.David Duchovny took a break from playing 'Fox Mulder' in the ever-popular 'X-Files' in order to film this other 'alien invasion' movie. However, just because he left his FBI badge with Scully, didn't mean that Mulder isn't here in spirit. I know he's attracted more than his fair share of criticism directed at his acting ability (or lack thereof) and I don't want to add to such negativity (as I am a fan, after all!). However, he really just seems to be playing a non-FBI Mulder, only with slightly tinted blond highlights in his hair. In 'Evolution' he plays a scientist who works in a university in the desert, only to discover than a meteorite crashes nearby, containing microscopic alien life forms. Unfortunately, they don't stay that way for long and soon they're threatening to have the locals on toast. So, 'not Mulder' teams up with a couple of other scientists, plus a fireman-in-training to combat this alien menace.'Not Mulder's' fellow scientist is played by black actor Orlando Jones. I only mention his race because he spends much of the movie spouting jokes based on black/white differences. Then there's the government scientist played by Julianne Moore. She's also 'Not Mulder's' love interest and spends most of her time falling over or bumping into things. Comedy gold, eh? Finally, you have 'Stiffler' from the 'American Pie' franchise as the amateur fireman. I won't even bother using the actor's name as he's effectively Stiffler who can drive a fire engine. And, just like 'Ghostbusters' our quartet don't just have aliens to worry about, but an inept military/Government agency who are also apparently hell-bent on impeding their efforts.Now, you may think I'm sounding rather negative regarding a film that I claim to enjoy. I guess I am. There is nothing here that's particularly clever or original. And yet I still enjoy it. I've actually thought long and hard about why I still continue to watch 'Evolution' and I've concluded that the simple answer is that it never tries too hard. If it tried to be deep and meaningful, it would be an abject failure. In the same way that if it tried to be an action movie it would fail. The same goes if it went for a straight comedy. As it is, it's enough of all those genres just to pass itself off as light entertainment. It'll never really win any awards or be remembered as anything other than a sort of Ghostbusters-with-aliens clone, but if you like David Duchovny, or silly light-hearted sci-fi in general, put this on – it's the kind of movie you don't have to think too deeply about and can dip in and out of and still get a nice warm feeling of enjoyment out of.

Scarecrow-88 Goofy sci-fi spoof set in an Arizona community college desert town has two scientists (David Duchovny and Orlando Bloom) discovering a variety of alien lifeforms evolving into scary monsters at an alarming rate, deciding it would be best to kill them before the extinction of the human race. How to do that? Head and Shoulders shampoo, of course! Duchovny gets to riff his X-Files image and is comfortably relaxed as a ladies' man with a rather unfortunate history regarding his work at the Pentagon…which a former associate, General Woodman (Ted Levine; Silence of the Lambs, Monk), likes to remind him of. Bloom coaches girl basketball, must endure a rectal removal of an alien "fly", and seems to be having fun as Duchovny's wise-cracking sidekick…certainly hard to forget is how Bloom is literally sucked into the anus of a giant alien monster! Seann William Scott, obviously cast due to his Stiffler character from the American Pie movies of the time, is a fireman wannabe who assists the scientists in trying to stop the aliens from evolving into a menace that would destroy all of mankind. Julianne Moore is another military scientist that eventually sides with Duchovny and Bloom after initially being on the side of Levine. Dan Aykroyd is the Arizona governor and Sarah Silverman is a former lover of Duchovny's. As you might expect, Moore and Duchovny (Moore being a redhead has a special irony to it, considering Gillian Anderson was opposite Duchovny on the X-Files) eventually hit it off. The obvious ending Ghost Busters homage is hard not to notice. Some cool special effects giving life to the aliens add substantially to the spoof; this might make a fun companion piece to Mars Attacks. The comedy aims to please and perhaps tries just a bit too hard, but I guess it succeeds more than fails. I thought William Scott was rather inconsequential to the film, lightening up his usual shtick and offering a rather dimbulb bimbo who is all gung-ho to help the scientists. A type of winged dinosaur flying through a mall could be the special effects highlight, but there is an underground cavern that becomes its own alien world which gives it a run for its money. Moore was about to move on from this kind of movie to focus on far more dramatic work. Bloom's asking for his leg to be removed before the fly inside his body reaches his testicles should get a good laugh. There's plenty of winking in Duchovny's performance which signifies that he (nor us should) doesn't take this seriously at all.

Armand a nice comedy, mixture of classic gags and scientific crumbs, smart, seductive, chaotic , hilarious. a crazy story and a good cast. and it is enough for a show who contains all comfortable ingredients. its success source - the imagination in right clothes. and the memories about X Files creates for David Duchovny a real advantage. Julianne Moore seems be the perfect choice for the cold scientist in search of adventure of her life. but the best remains Orlando Jones as the ambiguous, childish, crazy Harry Block. a film who reminds many invasions or contacts. but who preserves its charm not exactly for originality but for the manner to translate old fears in nice forms.