外星恶客

剧情简介

Ou t of +:"the fif]+ti.=es 'B' Scie<nc-e-Ficti%@^on= ^^mon"ster movie&<$s, this easi.ly / rank+s as th(/>`e bes-<t. It's most
 notable"$` as the fil )m)^'# that ALIEN is  ;)an u)nacc'!redit*"])ed remak^`e of, thu &,\s g) <ivin g it a c""ert;ai_n his:`torical significance.　　The intriguing plot is a;]bout the? rescue#<^" -:of th  e only+ maroon;.ed s'urv=,ivor (Col ./( Carrut?(hers) of an ill-fated expedition =`+to Mars^. Th#e authorities, pig-
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ea*`ded as '+u^sual, f-alsely a[:\:ssume that he mur)&dered >h;&^is fellow '':crew -!memb[)@ers,  $#so that he. 'd have more prov\?isi;>ons to su*rvive=<
,; he *n`:^ce he is being brought#? $:back t?o Earth' to face c#)our\%t-martial >,for murder. (There. is al].so  'a somewhat interest:i?
ng plot rev +ersal here Mos*\-t m^$ovi/$es\/ of t+his nature usually%&
b<?'egin" with> th&*;:e ship le& \#aving Earth,)%` enroute t \'o its= otherw-@ :&or=-ld "
(;d** est ination, while, `i-#]n?@@ this case?^,<# t&._he story i=s ++belie'ved fini@sh?ed, *a^;'nd *;begins a(-s the char&_^ac.ters tak\e-off from "%the :;other planet, returnin:g to Earth/). As the &_+rescue ship is leavin('g */"Mars, a*]:* lu'<rkin[!g, omi=)no@#+us shad?'ow .is s?een%" in <[ the lo!wer compar``\;t&m!&ent. (A f$;r`ig=hte
ning, a-',(tmosphe[ric^=( m]o-:m"ent, a/?ccomp[-(lished through sheer economy and sim&^!plicity).　　Ca*rru  thers i\/#ns/
ists of his#; innoce=+nce to his fellow captor
[ >s, cla\=(iming that ^his .#- origin<.al crew@%.& mates w ere slaughtered by a&'( hos<ti;le, unseen #=prese,(nce on the 
de.(so$\lute"[ red planet, but&>($ three-g^#uesse$s as to t&>
:.heir re\? actio</n t$+'o his.? u/\nu.
;:su*?al plea. /Natura=lly, + he can't prove it, and 50's spa[[ ce(& authorities were not!_ v/\e-ry alie
n c@'onscience at:; the time. (As a +side-thought,<` unseen m%['en=^[ace>- may remind you of that <h%]ig :hly orig< -i@%(nal BLAIR W@@$ITCH).　　As [@e$very_>one sac !.ks ou(
t, a h^`-a%\>pl!ess suppo &<rt*(ing -(charactor/( w,
'hose&[\$ name is at th$&`!e bot()tom o.f -(the casti/$ng )list (gues@s what #'-"will happen/,_= to h im) hear\.s s#omething  in the lower compa\>_rt>@?*ment. Despite?^[ your fu @tile don't go down #th[ere, y'ou jerk! pleas, he doe#s just that, and is appropr+*i>=ately kil?[]le/,d%., ) (m ^ore=[% like thoroughly?` $ ob]% litera
"ted%<) by the #[ .<)shadowy figur,[<!e>  w*ith in#
sa $\t_<iable blood l%<^_ust$.? on its mind.. In*
the  *>vic%@tim)+(''s c as(e, de reliction of])  duty and s[&heer coward liness would have b>een th;e wise decision. The
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actually well-directed #(for a change) an.d develops much suspense, as the entire f:\,ilm $</s&^!urprising>@ly does.　　#The c?r>:!ew fi@:n&ally c,=-atches on that they have an un
wa\n[ted sh)ip :crasher on board, a^ nd:( try every\, possible! means at= the<ir d%isposa^@l to]- @( elimina==te it\[, but the unknown creature seems to
[>]copping an ant=i?,-death att!"it.ude..]^ Pr#`o&vi`"_`ng to be an ev*en mo%<re clever!(+, worthy a-dversary,?! 'IT!'-_& also hides out in the[! ventilation shafts# o]_`f the s]\ hi,]p%? >!(now that s<[ho&&u-!ld ring a ?b:ell). Cahn's forcefu! .l d $irectio ;/ n generates conside*+]rable t)./#ension ^:as t'!he ?mal<#ev olent stowaway w>$+orks its w#/ay up *from one leve("l of <;the c^" onfi--*n-ed shi
<*p to the next, eventuall;[y leaving ;>*#the remain.*in<<)g '&c* #@haracters trapped at the top. The mo!:)# vi$[ e''s susp'ense is blunt a
(n]'d  right to the point I-%=_T!' @has to kil`=&l them or starve, henc*)?,e they`? have to= ki
<ll IT! or \]-die. Nothing l-?ike those n).o #'tw@+ o ways about$/:> it cho i-&)ces. Re+nt it, or check fo>r i;[t o;(n cab[le(!:" if you<= wis[[`h to know the 
"[outco!.me.<#　　 For $.a low-budget quicki+*&e, I]. T!,- ] is quite impressi,'>:ve and me;morable. The [;+dre-'aded sense of `:`claust/ropho `;bic te^&ns)ion, rendering$ the charact; =ers'  'helpless< entr apmen@'t, is hi
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+g!hl=<<y' effective.* This ;,<is a ` '`pr,oduction i=!n w!<hich the ! limi^ted @[=bu$dget and small se=>&&ts actu(ally wor,k  in /-=$fav@
/or/ of the plot's!; $ scary-=,= ambience. The black white[] photography :.(Yes, it!?&'s one o!_/f those!) helps to\ enhance its dar$<k(%/, cree($py mood, and ='&the^ s=(e_/n^!se of &*apprehension /`is quit^/=/e hi$,/gh. (Modern ;day color freaks ne ! ver seem ;@to take th:,-at <i "_nto consideration). The plot i@'s a`
;lso s, omewhat !,<cyn,(i/cally $&ironi c I -; )f the # cr'`eatur%e hadn't st/>owed a.\way on the-*" ship, Carruthers w,/+;&ould hav'@e mo:\?st like)((ly been found gui%(lty of the ch#-a#r"(%%ges agains)t him.　　The intelligent scri-pt ( !see what I+/ mean  about ra_r.eity) was p#`@_enned by noted>
(^ Scien_ce-Fiction au>_tho%r Jerome ;/,B=+i>.%x>$@by (remember Twili
".<ght Zone's% It's# _@a )Go?:#od (Life) The (=]pictu&,re's taut ed"^iting el^im?)inate/s@",. an#\[ y extr*
an/'@eous dr[,oss. (AL$^IEN tended to;  drag \?in its =/$first hou$__ r w,^%it?"h it@#=$s-^, s^$ophom$or,ic di_$.alogue, and why did it h"#a#ve t_
\o$'/ include ?that .stu"/pid and ul<.timately c`,ounter-pr#/oductive sub-plot of Ash>\ being a r%`"obot, and/, fur]%the%/r dra?gging the story dow=_?`=n !'to another b
.\ig bad c,*onspirac-#!,y cli che UNNE`
CESS[ ARY!!!)　　Di$rector Cahn astutely kee(=ps (the ru[  bber-suited m(:(onster off-scre@ en an/d i<<_n the ,$/shad]ow\.[s thr$'^ough-out&@ most of the"; pr:?oceedi_ngs, k>eeping yo<ur paranoi"d ima%ginat%$io$/n on ]constant alert<?. Unfo r tu /n% <ately, perhaps at the studio's comme$r+cia'/"l! ins i @ sta >&nce, it >+ is_ a little: # over-r++eve" a led at] the cli
(] max, /"but ),?I ha%_ven',_t clai; m#!e!(d this,.[ to be (<+$
the pe,r/<fect "_masterpiece. The pe#` rforma(\n% =ces, though not,hing award-;winning, ar
&e *!nevertheles&s cool enough so that one#(%  )b,)@eco*'me[s#'( si ncer;]e<ly con(cer@\]n(%e*?d a"s to) [ their :@_fa :tes.%] Not many movies in recent times ever com%e clos
e t')o achie^ving that.-$ T@#,he$
$%y can be ove)(@r-prod]>uced from here to et[:er-;n/\$ity, and usually o.<nly[:`; succ<\eed i'^=n bein^g>. glorio,::usly^_] annoying.　　Thi"' \]s film'_$s story is /_,,not r*.@e:ally t$_o'+(
tally origi+n?al". (wh'at is/ ), for `it is based on A.E. Va>n Vogt's VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BE\ AGLE. _ All .*ALIEN fanat-;!ics sh)(ould ([_track down; an '($o;l[d used copy to see / w#(*here the in: $itial ,+influence c am_,e fr') o-^ m.　　,As long as y:o](
<+u're not craving another $:\_:CGI *))win[^?@d-``/ding, you
? may' find it worthwhile(..\ Just do
n't expect the wom$![+en to `.'be Ripley precu[]'r"?sor;s. T:#his w
as st`ill the sock-knitting fif@=\ties, s/a
/d[*! to say.