{"id":15500,"date":"2017-06-26T15:31:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T22:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=15500"},"modified":"2017-06-26T16:51:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T23:51:04","slug":"review-species-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/06\/review-species-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Species BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Species<\/em><\/strong> is simply not a very good movie, not even sure it\u2019s in the so bad it\u2019s good category either, but I did find a modest amount of entertainment value, albeit trashy, for it being a B-horror flick and honestly it\u2019s aged better than I thought.<\/p>\n

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Species
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\n(1995)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Science Fiction
\nShout Factory | R \u2013 108 min. \u2013 $34.93 | July 11, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/26\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Roger Donaldson
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Dennis Feldman (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, Michelle Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Interviews, Alternate Ending, Galleries, Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>34.4 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>When a beautiful human-alien hybrid (MICHELLE WILLIAMS\/NATASHA HENSTRIDGE) escapes from a secret medical facility, scientist Xavier Fitch (BEN KINSGLEY) dispatches a crew of experts \u2014 mercenary Preston Lennox (MICHAEL MADSEN), anthropologist Dr. Stephen Arden (ALFRED MOLINA), molecular biologist Dr. Laura Baker (MARG HELGENBERGER) and empath Dan Smithson (FOREST WHITAKER) \u2014 to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly, Fitch and his team are hurled into a desperate battle in which the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Species<\/em><\/strong> is an oddball of a movie that certainly isn\u2019t very good and yet there is something undeniably entertaining science fiction\/horror and it doesn\u2019t hurt when you have Natasha Henstridge who surely was a crush on many a teenage boy, hell, a crush on many a man for that matter.<\/p>\n

The film also boasts a respectable cast from Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, future Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, future Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, 1990s bad-ass Michael Madsen, thespian Alfred Molina and pre-CSI<\/em> Marg Helgenberger. Their performances aren\u2019t anything special with Kingsley doing what he could in the mad scientist role; Whitaker plays his normal soft-spoken, intuitive character seen in just about every movie of his; the cases are similar for Molina and Madsen.<\/p>\n

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I hadn\u2019t seen Species<\/em><\/strong> in many years and being probably my third or fourth viewing, there is modest entertainment value in its B-movie horror status, and taking the movie as such goes a long way especially with thinly written characters.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This \u201cCollector\u2019s Edition\u201d comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong>. The inner cover is reversible revealing the film\u2019s original poster artwork.<\/p>\n

Disc 1:
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