So much potential! A multi-star cast including Cybill Shepherd, Jan-Michael Vincent, Raymond Burr, Neville Brand, Martin Landau & Vincent Schiavelli! A dyn-o-mite premise: alien visitation, cattle mutilation all mixed in with car-chases, gun-play, a love story, mean folk, weird goings on and special-effects to boot.
From these great expectations, things go rapidly down-hill.
The lighting is mostly abysmally dark and very unprofessional. The script might be a good first effort for a jock middle-schooler taking a dreaded English-course requirement. The special effects sucked. Whoever edited the film seems to have repeatedly cut to new footage whenever he got bored. Those responsible should be ashamed of themselves - and probably were, since "The Return" was aka "Alien's Return" & "Earthright".
Which leaves the question as to why such a seasoned cast would embarrass themselves with such a flawed production. The only reason I can think of is - blackmail.
Now THAT would make an interesting film...
~ Rankin!
From these great expectations, things go rapidly down-hill.
The lighting is mostly abysmally dark and very unprofessional. The script might be a good first effort for a jock middle-schooler taking a dreaded English-course requirement. The special effects sucked. Whoever edited the film seems to have repeatedly cut to new footage whenever he got bored. Those responsible should be ashamed of themselves - and probably were, since "The Return" was aka "Alien's Return" & "Earthright".
Which leaves the question as to why such a seasoned cast would embarrass themselves with such a flawed production. The only reason I can think of is - blackmail.
Now THAT would make an interesting film...
~ Rankin!