Uriah43
I bought this movie in a package that came with three other films ("The Last Sentinel", "Supernova" and "The Black Hole") which were all produced between 2005 and 2007. Of these four films this one is clearly the best. Essentially, alien creatures from another galaxy have come to Earth and have managed to occupy the bodies of certain prominent officials within a large city. Their goal is to repopulate their species and to do that the "Queen" has laid thousands of eggs which are due to be hatched. However, in order for the eggs to survive the incubation period they need a certain type of "mulch" which is best made underground with human remains as the main fertilizer. It's at this time that an archaeologist named "Lloyd Walker" (Gil Bellows) is informed that a site he has been working on has been permanently closed due to "safety issues". Not content with this turn of events Walker seeks the assistance of a woman named "Liz Quinlan" (Daryl Hannah) who works on the city council. Meanwhile a reporter by the name of "Jake Roth" (John Cassini) is working on a story but can't quite put all of the pieces of the puzzle together and his investigation brings him to Lloyd. Once they compare notes both of them realize that something sinister is going on and the answers might be found in room "86" at city hall. Now rather than reveal any more of this film I will just say that this is a two-part, made-for-television movie which does rather well despite the limitations of that particular venue. I particularly liked the CGI along with the addition of Suleka Mathew (as "Marianne") and the aforementioned Daryl Hannah. In short, this movie turned out to be better than I thought it would be and I rate it as slightly above average.
gvzfs
So astronauts all get mediocre jobs when or rather if they get back from a lunar mission ? I would have thought they would be touring like rock stars and getting head from high school groupies. But not this lot, oh but no, they are hell bend on taking down all we hold true. Unrelated to the cockroaches of earth they share a kindred need for dark and isolated places for their dormant taken-straight-out-of body snatchers burial of cocooned agents. When they fart it explodes, maybe we do share a few things with these newcomers, and perhaps the megalomaniac attempt to eat up the ruling classes of our society through city hall will sooner or later bear fruit.
lordzedd-3
The final days of planet earth, there's a movie that you hope don't live up to the title. Now where to begin, the Mantis effects are kind of cool, the story is pretty cool and acting was well done. But I got to admit, I wasn't too impressed with our cowardly hero, we might as well had Shaggy from SCOOBY-DOO trying to save the world. Now Daryl Hannah is one sexily evil queen. She can be sexy one minute and rip your face off the next. I got to admit, the special effects are impressive. Now the other little thing at almost three hours, the movie does get a little long. But it is worth the ride, so if you got three hours with nothing to do, you can do worse then THE FINAL DAYS OF PLANET EARTH, I give it 8 STARS.
ylekiot9
The plot makes no sense. The characters are random at best. The things people say and do have no grounding in reality. Darryl Hannah and others blink (a lot). No, contrary to some reviewers you will not necessarily like this if you like 50's sci fi movies or whatever. It just is a terrible movie. Here are some things that entertained me about the movie: Walker lighting a match next to the eggs with no explosion and then being able to throw a match down from 20 feet into the same area (match stays lit!) and kaboom a giant flame shoots up. Bystanders are heard screaming because of the explosion and then no-one pays any attention and goes on about their business-ridiculous!Sealing the ground with concrete after a man has sunk down in it and disappeared, sparking a rescue operation-ridiculous!Sitting in a waiting room waiting to see someone and getting suspicious because of all the mysterious things: 1)everyone has a note that says "give first consideration to this candidate" 2)the receptionist doesn't blink-ridiculous!Sticking a stun gun in someones face because they offer you a tip after you inspect their house for pests-ridiculous!Giving someone your phone number and "home address" in case they want to contact you-ridiculous!Walker going to city hall and asking the city engineer why he can't get permission to "continue his dig" after it's been sealed with concrete (and a man is in there dead and lost) and the city engineer says he'll try to get him permission-and to give him a couple of days-ridiculous!Honestly I couldn't continue to watch something that made no sense-especially in the beginning, where the plot was non-existent and it was just a bunch of random scenes thrown together. This is not the worst movie I have ever seen, as it is somewhat elevated by the fact that it is a science fiction movie and I love science fiction, but the fact is that it is just not watchable. Read a book instead.
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