Earth has under attack from increasingly-hostile alien creatures in this lurid Chinese sci-fi actioner, with a search for the mother 'worm' and an ultimate showdown that will decide the fate of humanity. Akin to a top-end mockbuster from The Asylum, where ambition surpasses execution, talent and budget, there are plenty of fast-scuttling creatures (which look better as the film goes on), viral telepathy/mind control and the usual unashamed nods to Alien, The Matrix and Robocop, accompanied by a bombastic music score and all jammed together in a repetitively episodic and somewhat basic if muddled story. Biao Diao's intense turn as a human/alien hybrid stands out from a generally unremarkable cast, and there are occasional moments of good visual ideas and reasonable action amongst the weaker elements. There is a fairly long mid-credits behind-the-scenes sequence.
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