Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

I was given the DVD by someone who movie taste I don't trust at all, especially once I saw the title "ALIEN RAIDER" lol! The saying you can't always judge a book by the cover is apropos in this case for sure. Now onto the review.I found the film to be totally refreshing, engaging, campy and quirky. I love films that aren't afraid to tell a story as they see it. This film isn't trying to be cute, none of the characters are particularly good looking, over the top scene stealing Actors. They seem like everyday people on a mission, thrust into a situation that they really all agree on regardless of their individual approach. A motley crew for sure, but their single objective bonds them and makes them endearing right away.Alien Raider was Sci-Fi, Science, a little Monster flick rolled into one. It was Terror more than Horror. I could totally appreciate the fact that they used very little if any CGI (awful stuff) even in big budget films, it looks off to me. No one seems to use it properly, not saying I know, for I know so little about the process but I would prefer the old Jules Vern stuff lol! The action, story, timing well paced at no point did I lose interest, actually the opposite I stayed with it to the end. Which wasn't great but by the time it arrived I felt so connected to the art of story telling, Actors and Filmmakers, it had to end some how, it didn't bother me how it ended. I had been paid off.Filmmakers, it's about telling a story, for if you can tell a story. Then you will know what to write (technical). Again this film tells a story and so writers can write based on a story told, Actors can lock into their role in the story which explains the solid performances. It is the base for everything else because Filmmakers really take serious what they do like all Professionals. We all want to be proud of what we do. How many films do you watch now and it seems like it is all about money and image? So that the only story really being told is I'm gorgeous, you're not, I'm rich, you're not. This film isn't about that. It simply tells a story as they all see it and it that alone it is very good.

I can understand why some people liked this movie. It's a familiar story, with familiar characters, all of whom speak in stock phrases that we've heard a million times before in countless B movies. Everything in this movie is ripped off from a 1980s scifi movie. In fact, one could even call it a pastiche of John Carpenter movies. If you're a big Carpenter fan, then you might have some fun recognizing which of his movies are being ripped off, from scene to scene.Overall, it's not a bad movie, though I'd have difficulty recommending it to anyone looking for originality or creativity. Instead, try Splinter (2008) or Pontypool (2009).

A title like 'Alien Raiders' conjures up images in my mind of a cheesy Charles Band production from the mid-80s—you know... the kind with rubber aliens, badly matted spaceships, and laser weapons; it might come as a bit of a surprise then, to discover that the film is not a gloriously daft B-movie set in the far-flung future, but rather a hard-edged sci-fi thriller that starts off promisingly enough, but which ultimately proves to be nothing more than a shameless rip-off of John Carpenter's classic 'The Thing', minus the impressive gloopy effects.Set in the small-town of Buck Lake, AZ, the film opens with a group of gun-toting scientists storming a grocery store, where they emotionlessly shoot a few people before taking the rest of staff and customers hostage. This part of the film is handled very well by director Ben Rock: it's brutal and exciting, and keeps the viewer intrigued by having them kept as much in the dark as the terrified hostages. However, once the reason behind the sudden violence is revealed—the scientists are trying to contain a nasty organism that uses humans as its host—the blatant cribs from Carpenter's film become glaringly obvious, and the film immediately loses much of its appeal.One scene in particular copies 'The Thing' far too closely for comfort: in order to find out who is host to the creature, the scientists conduct a test that involves cutting off a finger of each hostage. When they finally hack off the digit of a carrier, the creature reacts in a nasty manner, attacking those in the room. It was at this point, I lost all respect for the film and its makers, especially seeing as they didn't even have the decency to throw in any nifty prosthetics or gore, instead opting to have the camera shake around as though its operator was suffering from an epileptic seizure (a trick they use several times to save on proper effects).By the time this film had finished, I actually wished it had been a cheesy Charles Band movie from the mid 80s: at least I wouldn't have felt quite so let down.I rate Alien Raiders 7/10 for the first half and 2/10 for the second half; that averages out as 4.5/10 for the whole thing (which I'll generously round up for IMDb).

Very good movie for your first..... Keep whoever you had on the project for future projects. Almost all good actors picked, good camera work, etc.You did so well that it didn't look like a low budget "B" movie. I hate "B" movies and can pick them out easy and this was like a decent mid level movie. If I wasn't told I wouldn't have known it was low budget and your first movie. It looked entirely professional.Surprisingly good. I was set to poo-poo this supposed travesty, but, its actually good. (yes, i said poo-poo) lol :PFine work....