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Species

For three million years, the human race has been at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Nothing lasts forever.

6.0 / 10

108 minutes

1995-07-07

English

US

Actors :

Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Michelle Williams, Jordan Lund, Herta Ware, William Utay, Don Fischer, Scott McKenna, Virginia Morris, Jayne Luke, David K. Schroeder

Description

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

Reviews

Kamurai

Kamurai

6/23/2021, 3:58:46 PM

Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This was a hit movie at the time, and other than the Xenos design, I'd say it is still a pretty good movie. The "anti-Jaws" approach of showing the monster off is really cool as the premise is largely how detailed and dangerous the xenos is, but the approach removes a lot of the suspense in the hunting and subterfuge, almost humanizing her as "...

Wuchak

Wuchak

6/23/2021, 3:58:54 PM

_**Wiping out the "galactic weed**_" Released in 1995, "Species" chronicles events after SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) receives a transmission from outer space detailing alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. This gives birth to Sil, a girl (Michele Williams) who escapes and rapidly grows into a statuesque blonde (Natasha Henstridge)....

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

5/21/2023, 9:27:58 AM

Clearly, these scientists had not heeded Jeff Goldblum in "Jurassic Park" (1993) when he warned about stopping to think that just because we can do something, it doesn't mean that we should. If they had, then perhaps we could have avoided the mayhem and brutality caused when they create "Sil" (Natasha Henstridge). She is the product of alien and human DNA and can morph between a beautiful woman an...