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6.0/10 • 1.6K

1995-07-071h 48m

Science FictionHorrorAction

For three million years, the human race has been at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Nothing lasts forever.

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

Directors
Roger Donaldson
Editors
Conrad Buff IV

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Natasha Henstridge

    Natasha Henstridge

    Sil

  2. Ben Kingsley

    Ben Kingsley

    Xavier Fitch

  3. Michael Madsen

    Michael Madsen

    Preston Lennox

  4. Marg Helgenberger

    Marg Helgenberger

    Dr. Laura Baker

  5. Alfred Molina

    Alfred Molina

    Dr. Stephen Arden

  6. Forest Whitaker

    Forest Whitaker

    Dan Smithson, Empath

  7. Michelle Williams

    Michelle Williams

    Young Sil

  8. Jordan Lund

    Jordan Lund

    Aide

  9. Herta Ware

    Herta Ware

    Mrs. Morris

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Kamurai

Oct 18, 2020

7/10

Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This was a hit movie at the time, and other than the Xenos design, I'd say it is still a pretty good movie. The "anti-Jaws" approach of showing the monster off is really cool as the premise is largely how detailed and dangerous the xenos is, but the approach removes a lot of the suspense in the hunting and subterfuge, almost humanizing her as "hunted by the evil government entity". While it would be a much different, and arguably better, movie to do something more like "The Thing", that she only has one human mask sorts of outs her, making it more like a spy movie, and I think they did really well with that in mind. It just lacks the level of nuance and hidden information that spy and thriller movies tend to have. It's much closer to "Aliens" than "Alien".

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$35,000,000.00
Revenue
$113,400,000.00
Keywords
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