Occupation

Not a good film.

Poor camera work and editing, too many light flares, too many swing shots and enough trolley work to make you travel sick.

Script is dry, delivery ranges between p*ss poor to not too bad and story extremely predictable, occasionally it does come together with the odd pithy comment, well delivered and well timed so not all is bad.

Special effects are on par with a home movie, action sequences too 'acted' although the humanoid aliens outfits look good.

On the plus side, all the actors are giving it 100%, even at the cheesiest of moments. And there is a lot of cheese.

What I did like was the locale, scenery is great, and whomever the extras are (I assume local folks?) come across as having a really good time.

While not the best of movies, it's a slow but solid start to the producer, writer and director. I'd be interested in seeing their next science fiction film.

Can't understand all the bad reviews. Although it's a bit corny and illogical at times, I enjoyed every minute of it. It is just a movie after all, and movies are meant to entertain, which it did. I think some people expect too much in a movie.

I really enjoy watching this movie. It's just an easy, fun watch. It's not realistic (obviously) and it's not the most profound story you'll ever witness but who ever said it was going to be?

It's an action, scifi set in Australia (for once) and has a great local cast which is one of the main things I love about it. It really is a first of it's kind and if people think bashing it with bad reviews is in any way helpful then I don't know what to think.

I actually liked it a lot more the second time I watched it so if you weren't fussed the first time, it is worth another watch.

Don't take it too seriously and don't sweat the small discrepancies. As I said, it's a fun movie to watch if you just let it be.

And the practical effects are great too!

Atrocious score - seriously unbearable and you could not help but notice it. Had that been better, the film would have shown much better.

Terrible screenplay - did anyone re-read this? The concept was interesting but there was just too much unnecessary fluff, plot issues, and pointless scenes.

Bad editing - was it even edited? Had it been/done correctly, they could have cut the many dragged out scenes for the ridiculous 120 min length and made this a bearable 80-90 min film.

The only redeeming qualities were the fairly decent SFX for a 4M low budget film, the cinematography was good, and the acting not bad for C-B-list actors, although they could have been directed better and would have performed better on a better screenplay. Some of the casting was just wrong - e.g. the 5' skinny blonde female army general(?) that couldn't act smh?

I really wanted to like this film but I just couldn't bear the above negative points. I actually had to fast forward past the useless scenes.

What's even worse is the once again 10/10 fake reviews these producers feel can sway the viewers. It's clear they are all fake when you click on the user and see it's their only review. Sad film making. A generous 3/10 from me. Don't waste your time with this one. Can't believe they are in production for a part 2.

Occupation tells a story that is cut together across almost a years worth of action and tells the tale from the first invasion to the first major success of the war.

I enjoyed it, and a big thumbs up to the Australian film industry. The acting and direction is great.

The script covers many months of activity and reveals the personality of characters at quite a pace. The backstories are raced through so you only get a small background about them which needs to carry the characters personlaity behaviour that drives their actions through the movie and you don't quite get to feel immersed into the conflicts of characters as much as could have been the case.

I think this story line alone could have been turned into a successful TV series of at least 4 or more seasons. This would allow each character's backstory to grow and allow the audience to be captured by the potential depth of light and dark sides of each character. There is plenty of story line in between everything you see in the movie. As a TV series, I would have certainly watched it.

Good movie, that could be a great TV series.