Species (1995)

Wikipedia:

Species is a 1995 American science fiction horror film directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dennis Feldman. It stars Natasha Henstridge (in her film debut role), Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger. The film’s plot concerns a motley crew of scientists and government agents who try to track down Sil (Henstridge), a seductive extraterrestrial-human hybrid, before she successfully mates with a human male.

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This movies starts out really quickly, there is some backstory, but it happens in like 5 minutes and all of a sudden there is a girl running around causing havoc. And within the next few movie minutes there’s now a woman causing havoc.

A strategic team is put together to track her down before she reproduces: a government agent, an empath, an anthropologist, and a biologist. The scientists attempt an experiment which shows the true nature of what they’re tracking, while the empath and agent work through her next moves.

Sci-fi movies are meant to be a little strange, and out there, and I think my issue with this movie is that it’s all about breeding and finding a mate. Which is not my cup of tea for a plot. A plot point maybe, but not the entirety of the storyline.

My Rating: ★ ★