This film apparently cost $15,000 to make. The money was raised via crowd funding. I hope that neither financial contributors, nor viewers, are disappointed. It's supposed be a cheap laugh and I guess it hits that mark though I found some aspects hard work.
Aliens attack Earth, well Australia, Brisbane specifically, drawn to the Land Down Under by the 'special powers' possessed by Andi played by Rita Artmann, a young Australian woman. She is supported by family and friends in repelling the invasion.
Special effects, key in invasion movies, are quite solid given the budget. The aliens are either green skinned or rubber masked actors. The acting is, overall, quite good. Rita Artmann is strong in the lead, over the top, but strong. Dennis Gibson, as Dad, by contrast, is uniformly dead pan.
Slapstick and irony dominate so if you struggle with these you are going to struggle for the entire 112 minutes. Every scene is crammed with these forms of humour. After a while I don't find silly walks and in fact general silliness, funny. Not unless John Cleese is involved, of course.
The Australiana is thick on the ground. Heavy metal versions of Waltzing Matilda, humorous references to locations probably best known to Australians and personal names that are almost cliched in Australia. It seems the production company, founded by husband and wife, Joe Bauer, who plays John in the movie, and Rita Artmann had no aspirations for an overseas release.
Their company Artspear, appears to specialise in this type of movie Killage, another of their productions, is a horror comedy in some ways not dissimilar to Australiens.
Look, I might be too old for this sort of experience, but it is fast paced, unrelenting really, funny in an unsophisticated way and is probably best appreciated with friends after a couple of drinks.
