Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Gerry Bamman

When a flying saucer reportedly lands in rural Iowa, The Old Man (Donald Sutherland) who runs a secret branch of the CIA must investigate. Accompanied by fellow CIA agents Sam and Jarvis, as well as D...( read more  read more... )r. Mary Sefton, a NASA specialist in alien biology, they find that the reports of aliens are true. Now, they must nab the aliens before these "friends" from outer space use their mind-control powers to take over the planet.

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R, 109 min.

Directed by: Stuart Orme

Release Date: October 21, 1994

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DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002

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  • May 24, 2007
    Conspiracy sci-fi in which the human race is being infiltrated by aliens who can control the bodies of their human victims. On their trail are two FBI agents, one male, one female. One is a believer, the other a sceptic. Any of this sound familiar...? Yes, it's a total rip off of...( read more) the X-Files, but it's adequately done, and Donald Sutherland is always worth watching.
  • January 11, 2007
    Standard-issue alien-invasion thriller.
  • May 15, 2009
    decent invasion movie...the fact that it's getting more and more dated as the years progress makes it more fun to watch.
  • December 19, 2008
    This was a decent Sci-fi action film. The story was well done has a good cast. Nothing great about the film but was entertaining enough for me.
  • November 7, 2008
    Actually since the book was writen in the 1950s Xfiles is more likely a rip off of it.

    Didn't see the movie and won't. The book was excellent, couldn't sleep the night I read it. Plays into a lot of subconscious fears of demonic possesion I think.
  • July 1, 2008
    cool. Donald Sutherland played an awesome part
  • March 15, 2008
    An ok movie at the time...
  • March 3, 2008
    Fairly standard sci-fi, not bringing too much to the table, but still a fun little time waster. Could have been better with tighter direction and some added visual flourish.
  • October 19, 2007
    a good movie, to bad it doesnt get the recognition it deserves
  • October 1, 2007
    and you wonder why some children dont like dolls

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January 30, 2006
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

About as nerve-wracking as a warm bath. full review

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