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Alien Origin

  • Video
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 28m
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2.0/10
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Alien Origin (2012)
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A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.

  • Director
    • Mark Atkins
  • Writer
    • Mark Atkins
  • Stars
    • Philip Coc
    • Eric Darins
    • Daniela Flynn
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    • Director
      • Mark Atkins
    • Writer
      • Mark Atkins
    • Stars
      • Philip Coc
      • Eric Darins
      • Daniela Flynn
    • 58User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Philip Coc
    • Philip Royce
    • (uncredited)
    Eric Darins
    • Handsome
    • (uncredited)
    Daniela Flynn
    Daniela Flynn
    • Dr. Susan Neiman
    • (uncredited)
    Mjr. John Frear
    • Dr. Timothy Holden
    • (uncredited)
    Dennis Johnson
    • Dennis Freisen
    • (uncredited)
    Trey McCurley
    Trey McCurley
    • Lt. Chris Thompson
    • (uncredited)
    Kent Noralez
    • Kent Clarkson
    • (uncredited)
    Saul Pech
    • Saul Vega
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Pedrero
    Peter Pedrero
    • Peter Santos
    • (uncredited)
    Andres Rash
    • Andres Revell
    • (uncredited)
    Rupert Tablada
    • Top Dog
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Usher
    • Major Alan Menton
    • (uncredited)
    Chelsea Vincent
    • Julia Evans
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      • Mark Atkins
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    1kdnor2011

    The worst Asylum Movie, and the worst Found Footage movie ever made

    I don't like the Asylum, I haven't seen a lot of their movies, but most of the movies I have seen I have absolutely hated. Transmorphers, the Day the Earth Stopped, Titanic 2, Monster, all bad. They made two movies, that weren't horrendous. One was Paranormal Entity which was actually not a bad movie, it was flawed, but descent. Gacy House wasn't really good, but at least it was watchable. So their only two somewhat descent movies were found footage movies, so maybe Alien: Orgin, which is also a found footage movie would be OK.

    It isn't, this is not only the worst Aylum movie ever made, but it's the worst Found Footage movie ever made. It's a rip off of Prometheous, and it has one scary part. One scary part, and the scene underwater wasn't too bad. That's it.

    Most of this movie is just walking, which wouldn't be too bad, except that while walking, there is also no talking. Nothing happens in this movie, for like 50 minutes it's just walking with no diolougue. And then the rest of the time is just repetitive. I mean it, the last half hour of this movie follows the same pattern. Shoot, run, shoot, run, shoot, run. It get's very repetitive and very boring.

    Alien Orgin is the Asylum's worst movie, the worst found footage movie ever made, and one of the worst movie's I've ever seen.
    1TheLittleSongbird

    Alien Junk

    I watched Alien Origins with an open mind and low expectations, but I do agree with other commentators that the film was just awful. The poster was cool and the scenery but that's it. In fact, I'd go as far to say that Alien Origins beats Titanic II(Transmorphers was rubbish as well) as the absolute worst film that The Asylum has ever produced. Alien Origins looks cheap, with choppy camera work, some of the worst special effects I've seen for any movie and footage that is clumsily incorporated and adds little if anything to the atmosphere. The aliens look fake and have no menace whatsoever to them. Another big problem was the story. The tone itself is all over the place, you are never sure whether it is trying to be mystery or sci-fi, in both those elements it fails abysmally, never being suspenseful or thrilling enough. It is also lethargic in pace, and never recovers throughout, and there are even times where next to nothing happens. The music and sound effects are generic, with little creepiness, in fact when something does happen they make it all too obvious, which I dislike intensely regarding movies. The dialogue is stilted and aimless, while the characters are stereotypical and have no likability or development to them. The acting is terrible, the actors show no passion or sense of what's going on and all too often it feels as though they were not even directed. All in all, Alien Origins is junk. 1/10 Bethany Cox
    1netmange

    Great poster. That's about it...

    I watched this movie stupidly thinking it was one of the Alien vs Predator line of movies. God was I wrong. This is arguably one of the worst movies I've ever watched. It gives a 5 minute clumsy attempt at movie making by pimpled prepubescent geeks a real run for their $5 budget. The show was probably shot on a $100 budget and about $80 was put into designing a real kickass poster. Then the director though," Hmm. Another $10. What can I do with that?? Well, let me just grab a bunch of desperate superstar wannabes and offer them a shot at stardom if they each contribute another $100 to my budget! Brilliant!!" Well unfortunately it's quite likely the investment put in by the wannabe superstars won't be paying off anytime soon. The director should be thrown in the slammer for grievous waste of viewers' time and irreversible brain rot. This movie is not worse your time or money for rental. Avoid it like the plague even if someone pays you to watch it. (Unless you're in the mood for exchanging some brain cells for a couple of bucks)
    3ronniedarko-02311

    Accurate portrayal of soldiers running through woods

    If you enjoy watching soldiers endlessly run through the woods, this movie is for you! There are lots of scenes of soldiers running through the woods. Sometimes their running is frantic, sometimes very cautious. Sometimes they shoot their guns. But usually they are just running through the woods. You will feel like you are right there running with them. In the heat of the pursuit of forest running. Sometimes they see something and stop and check it out. But for the most part they stick to running through the woods. I have always wanted to join the army but will think twice about it now. I had no idea there would be so much running around. A great flick to watch if you enjoy soldiers running. A must see!
    1jreynoldsfilms

    Thankyou but it was not good

    I hate people on-line that give bad reviews and list their reasons and go on about how bad something is however I feel I need to express my feelings about the film. Basically do not bother watching this film it was so bad I had to watch it to the end just to make sure it was rubbish till the end. I understood what the director was trying to do, the build up of tension and the slow scenes that made the viewer wonder what was going to happen but that was the main problem for me was the fact nothing did happen. If the last 15 minuets of the film was done right it could of turned the film around and it possibly could be amazing if it did have a good ending but it didn't. This film did not deliver. Sorry but I felt that this film wasted my time.

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    • Trivia
      Was The Asylum's attempt to rip off Ridley Scott's quasi-Alien prequel Prometheus (2012), which also told the story of humanities origins on Earth and how humans were biologically 'engineered' by aliens.
    • Goofs
      "Two missing archaeologists are still unlocated" is just terribly-worded.
    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Shameless Movie Rip-Offs (2015)

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    • Release date
      • June 12, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Происхождение чужих
    • Filming locations
      • Belize
    • Production companies
      • The Asylum
      • The Institution
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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