Celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Asylum Studios, Alien Apocalypse tells the story of a sample of alien life from a space mission to Proxima B that unleashes a swarm of aggressive, flesh-eating 'organic nanobots' at Area 51 that threatens the whole of humanity, all on a micro-budget. An overexcited music score thrashes away relentlessly, and brief appearances by Asylum stalwarts - Michael Pare looking frequently puzzled and the extraordinary screen presence of Paul Logan - lift the otherwise unremarkable cast. The very low-tech shenanigans often appear to be filmed in corridors, cupboards and offices at the start but become a bit more ambitious in the final act, the often daft dialogue is frequently eye-roll-inducing, but to its credit there is some effective low-end CGI work on the actual space-nanobots. For what is a very limited sci-fi potboiler, the finale tries hard to deliver some fun moments as the evolving swarm sets its sights on Los Angeles, but overall Alien Apocalypse does not rise above its cheap-and-cheerful category.
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