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35. Species

Scarlet - 19
Genny - 23
Inviso - 23
Karo - 28
Charon - 31
Snake - 34
Johnbobb - 36
KBM - 37
JONA - 38

Scarlet - I mean, its basically softcore porn horror.
Rating: 42/100

Genny - Species is another neat concept let down by its awful conclusion. Also I can't stand Forrest Whitaker's character here. He comes across as goofy and out of place even though he's in actuality the character with the most wherewithal on the protagonists' side. The antagonist is scary enough, and I can't fault her for wanting to live out her life cycle but I cannot look past this film's flaws. 7.1/10

Inviso - On paper, and if Im being honest, in practice as well, Species is NOT a good movie. Its blatantly exploitative and plays up a weird man-eater stereotype of women as monsters and villains in sexual encounters. The majority of the plot is absolute nonsense, and was nonsense from the first minute they included Forrest Whittakers character is a GODDAMN PSYCHIC. For a film that has no qualms with flashing multiple characters breasts on a regular basis, they somehow manage to PG-ify all the death and carnage of the movie, which is the point of a fucking HORROR MOVIE. Oh, and the dated CGI from the ending is pretty fucking terrible. So why rank is this highly? Well, again, if Im being honestit entertained me a little bit. It wasnt QUITE so bad its good levels, but if youre gonna be a shitty movie, at least casting a hot lead actress to walk around naked can do wonders for me enjoyment of the film. It also helps that this list has a LOT of duds, so merely being able to keep my attention is worth a decent placement from me.

Karo - Humanity makes contract with an alien race which tells them to fuse human and alien DNA, and nobody ever stops to think that this might be a bad idea because the aliens support green energy and that means there is no way they could possibly be evil. When their ill-advised experiment escapes, Lex Luthor forms an awkward team of underdeveloped characters to help track her down, and maybe like two of them are actually any use. One of these people is psionic, which is not explained in any way and everyone just acts like this is as totally normal as someone being left handed. There was some great potential for the girl to be a tragic or complex character, and early on it seemed like things were going down that route. Well until she suddenly wasn't and was just some generic evil movie monster and she's gotta die cause she's evil and stuff. It's just a convoluted and uninspired mess that seems written by at least three different people who wanted wildly different stories, one of whom watched too much Aliens and had sexual fantasies about mating with the Xenomorph Queen.

Charon - When you're thrown so quickly into a film without much buildup to the world you're entering, it's hard to get your bearings or enjoy this story very much. The premise is kinda interesting, I guess, but honestly the way this one begins is a little jarring for me. It's like not even 10 minutes in and we've got these 4 random people that are gonna play buddy cop the movie, except they aren't cops. The cast is also... strange. I mean, with the mystic guy, he really sticks out. It's a little silly at times, and in those moments I was wondering if he was secretly protecting our anti-hero. At least, I think that's what she's supposed to be. As the film progressed I felt increasingly less sorry for her though, and I'm not certain that was an intended effect or not. There's some dated feeling to the effects as well obviously; it's not pretty at times at all.
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