外星*恶客

剧情简介

Out of the fi/(]fties '*
`B )' Science-Fiction (%<%monster :)m,_#o[&vie_,s, this +] easily ranks as the ! bes t. I[ t&
/;'s most notable as the fi@>lm that ALIEN )is an unaccredited r emak?:"e of, thu?]&s #]$giving_ it@  a cert%ain+$ :historical significanc\^=e.　　The intriguing=` `;p*`'lot is ab;!out the rescue[") o;_f the ^+only marooned- surv,_ivor (`Col. C`arruthers) ,of % a]'@n ill-.

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(@ted ^expedition to] Mars.& )The a-utho@rities, pi!_g-headed a"_+s usual, 
:=fa#:$lsely ass \ume that `#he #mu_rdere('d his fellow /[cr;ew members# @!, so that he(%&'d hav_]e more p<%
rovisi '"on").s :!to surv ive; hence he.' is bein",)g br:ought bac%k to Earth to`? [[@_face $(court-martia-l for mu>-'r][,der.<@ (There i).s al[)(/so a somew^`hat i\nt;$e@re^+*st ;i ng plot :rever[sal here( Most movies   of thi s /nature usuall_/%-y*@ be(+$gin with t> >'@he *]ship leavin#]-+g  ]:Ea!+;rth, enro*/ute to $)its otherwo]rld destination, whil_<=e, @./,in this /'case, the )")#stor>"y is b` elie#<&ved fin/?ishe[d, and.] b/^_ egins as the^ characters [
tak:e-off fro:-m -the othe[
^r#/% p$lanet:=, returning t#? o E!*a:+/rt+h). As
:[the res,)cue ship i"$s lea< vi))ng Mars, a lurking, omin"/$ou; s%$ shadow is]_" seen in the lowe]'r c,_ ].ompa
@>r"'tment. (A fright!(-e:>`"nin]; g, at -mospheric mo'!ment, acc'omplished t'`;hrough sheer econom,>y and ".si[];:mplicity).　　@(Carr%uthers i
nsists of his inno?cence to his fellow captors, claiming tha*-t his+(
_ original crew mates w,&er<+e slaught#)'&ere;>d by a hostile, *unseen pr(_esence on th>e desolu ?te r%?#ed,\ p\la! net, but thre \$e-gu;(esses as to' their reacti,o*`^n to his ?\
_un*>usual plea. Naturall)y, , h !e *can< ['t)\ prove it,^< ; an ,d (50',]s space authoriti^es wer?e(; =not(, very a] l\ ien conscie]$nce at &'`/*the time. (
As a side-t\)hough_\t,)[ unseen menace may r#]emind yo]$u[ of :>that highly original BLAIR WI_:TCH).　　As every! [:one sacks out=: , a hapless suppo^rting charactor who <se": na<;=me is^ ;a^: "t t-=_`he [b=ot;tom of the cast*'ing list (guess w:h-&a>t wil:,l.@() happen to him) hears something i<n t )[he[/; lower compartment+*._+ De)>spit_ e your#**) futil?+@e d]`on<
't go down there, you?" j,\erk! pl+ e(as,  &h;e >does ju,s$t that, >? $*@^and is appropriately kil=;l<ed (more like thoro+$ugh l: y obli/(&terated) by th,&:e sha#_dowy figure =, wit[h in@<"satiab>le blood lust on\ its m i*);nd. `!In the, vi ctim's ca^^)se, derel%=i/\]ction of duty and ]<@sheer cowardliness wou-<*ld have be"en, the & ^w<ise d(ecis> ,@ion. The scene is actual@ly well-directed^` (fo&.r a +<chang! =e) and d!)e.?velops]) much su)spense%@,,,/\ as t`.he entire f@][\ilm ` surpr!.i
singly d+$`$oes.　>]　The cre
/%w$$+ finally #.]catches on ! &=that they ha< ve an%* unwan t ed [ ship cras<]her o
<'n board, and try ever);'y p=ossib*le means at_\ their d[<isposal to eliminate it, but th_e unknown cr)@<eature se+_';ems to copp&<in(?g an an`%!ti-death attitu!de`!. Pr;&:oving to be an even`\" more *./;c\!lever,$. worthy a&#!dversar^!=y, 'IT!$/' al.so hid"!e]'s out in th
[(`e vent !ilation . $shafts of t==-he ship`<([ (now that sh*+ould) ring&? ^[?a bel']l). Cahn+ 's ;forc-eful d/irec#+ -t'ion  ge<+ nerates :<conside ra ble tension a`s ?th(*e male
,];volen[:"@t !,>stowaw'ay works%` ?^^its w^ay u^ p fro #%m one %level of th
] e co #nfined sh%?]"ip to the next, eventually leav?\='ing the remainin^#g (-'character`s tr^^apped at the top. The movie's s/u`spens )&e is [blunt _'<%and right to the )+point IT!' ,'ha-s t>o ki/$;ll"<!< them 'or s,%[tar)v@`(&e, hence -&they have to *\kill)() I^T'$ ! or die. Nothi/ng like those no two*&:$ ways about`? it choi$ces. Ren :t it, or chec(>k for it on cable if you <wish to know th[e\-; ou#"]tcom,$e.　　F`[or a low-budget? quickie,*-_ =IT! is q.uite impre<ssive an/:d memorab&#+le. The dreaded $ sen#se :^_o!f claustro$phobic tension, re('ndering the *charact``+ers' helpless [entrapment, is hig,hly #effective. This is a produc': tio<:n in wh-ich the "<l- 'imi=ted =budget and  <^sm all sets actu#) all!@y work in :;favor <[of th# ]e plot's scary ambien>
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. The' blac@k _'$ white/ photograp#hy (<+;!Ye;s, %]it's one of those!) =-helps ]+to] en
/:ha@ nce [;its %^dark, creepy "!(mood, "*and the sense of
 app?rehen
:\s i`@on is qu(-ite high. (=;Modern![ day #c?ol_o.<r - frea^-/ks never see`;m\-+ $to ta)][ke,[= that.' into co;\nsiderati,^on). The plot is)% al
_(so so!*mewhat) />cynic%ally iro/-]%nic If t- \he cr*.eature h)#&-adn('t st^&owed away on the shi#p,'. Carrut\hers[ wo/<uld /(have mos\t likel@&(y -b)#een`> foun:-d,! gui_#_lty o-f >!%t he charges against ??<him.　　T<
he i$"'ntellige+]$nt script (,(see what @I mean about &;rareity @\) was  penned by noted Science-F;i^>c=!tion author Jer %!ome Bix)/#by.# (rem/ember( (!=Twilig_(ht :Z/o(_`ne'\/s It'^!s a Good Li*"fe) The p:[,icture's taut editing e* limi.nates any e`$-xtraneous dro?.ss. (ALIEN tended to;'\+ dra'[g in its> first hou<]r wi'th it..s sop*, h;omor#?ic dialogue,$! a$nd wh$]'y #,@_did it hav(-e t,o include!@ tha^)>t stup'id-+/@= a
@nd u)',l"*t^im*,ately co;unter-produ/?ct`'*%ive %#@>s=ub-plot of Ash"  being a <robot, and further/' dragg/) ing the stor`]y down to anoth$^er big bad :$`co.nspi $!\ra
&%cy cliche UNNE\C(^ESSARY!!!)　　Direc!
tor Cahn astu'tely keeps the rubber-suite!
d m_ ( onst(_er off-screen and '\in the % shado*\ws,! th_`;rough-out ? @most of %th`e proc;'eedings, k=%eeping your paran@)>oid imag`in>_atio\`#n on co$"]nstan((.t ale.`rt. %? U`nfo"rtunately, [perhaps at th:]?e stud !io'%s commercial insistance$, it is*%" _<&a l<ittle over-)+ !r _e^v.?`ea+$-led \+at t$he
>clim$ax, but I haven'= t claimed this to b-\[e the)%& perfect )].;masterpiece,_. Th/-e perfo"%rmances, th+ \ough noth$(i?,ng a(ward-winning, ar/=@e ,-n+(e<vertheless c'oo
\l enough so that one b
eco-<mes si<
#ncerely .concerned as to their fates. Not ]many mov)!!ies *(`in r,?e,)&c;_\/ent !ti\__me%s 'ever co<"me clo&`%`se t(o achieving th/ ]at. They can be .#\/ove!r- \produced from here to;,' eternity],, and u sually only <succeed in being gloriously annoyi \+!n]g.　 #　T=his% film's ? story is not" really totally or\)i`ginal (what#+ is),  for it is bas\ed on A.E. V
a .n Vogt's VO])YAGE OF TH_"E& SPACE BE^+)*AGLE. All AL%*?IEN-: fanat&ics s@hould#\ )\track down an old used= c: @opy to s_! #e_#?e where the ini&ti*` al influence came f [rom.　　As long as you're not c@_raving anot :+ h]"er:: CGI w!">ind-din';g, you may find :_it worthwhi?@le.?' Just don' >t!^/ expect the women to be [Ripl$`ey precursors. This wa`>+s still the sock-knitt.ing fifties, s`>ad to say.