Yi xing ji sheng: Qi yuan

This Chinese 'bug hunt' sci-fi is set some time after aliens have taken over the Earth. Survivors live in secure domes but now it appears that even these aren't safe. The action follows one team of soldiers fighting to halt the alien progress. Matters are complicated by the fact that the girlfriend of one of the team is under the control of the aliens and he is infected in some way.

The plot to this is decent enough in a 'low budget sci-fi' way; it is there to provide an excuse for plenty of bug hunting action. Unfortunately the bugs are low budget CGI that probably wouldn't pass muster in a video game and certainly doesn't in a live action film. Back in the day films would only show glimpses of scary creatures till the end, I wish this had done the same as that could create real scares on a low budget. That way they could have afforded to put good effects for a short time as the creature design was pretty good but its CGI rendering wasn't. The acting was okay, certainly no worse than one would expect from such a film. Overall I'd obviously not say this was a must see but suspect it would be fun to watch with a few sci-fi loving mates and a few beers; at only around an hour and a quarter in length you won't waste much time at least.

These comments are based on watching the film in Mandarin with English subtitles.