Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Leofwine_draca Somehow, somewhere, somebody must have thought there was still money to be made out of the SPECIES franchise, which is why this second sequel to the first film appeared. All these films have been B-movies and SPECIES III is no different, but what is perhaps most surprising is that this one manages to be just as entertaining as the first film – even though it's clearly been made on a much lower budget and without any famous faces.After a stalled opening sequence, boasting a Natasha Henstridge cameo and some unconvincing FX work, we're introduced to our two leads, a college professor and his bright student. The professor is played by Robert Knepper, no stranger to B-movies, and he does a pretty good job playing the usual dedicated-to-the-point-of-being-obsessed scientist role. Better still is Robin Dunne as the college kid lead; Dunne is better than the material on offer here, and to be honest he was the main reason I kept on watching.With Henstridge out of the picture, Sunny Mabrey takes over the killer alien role, although she's less violent and more sensual than the Henstridge model. Mabray is no actress, but then Henstridge wasn't either, and at least she isn't shy in the nudity stakes, so there's some continuity there. Sadly, the worst thing is the script, which has long slow stretches of nothing much happening and then rushes the action at the climax. Sometimes the main characters just disappear for ages and we're saddled with side characters who don't really count for much. Christopher Neame, forever remembered as Johnny Alucard in Dracula A.D. 1972, pops up as a stuffy officious type who gets messily offed.There are a couple of good gore sequences, including my favourite moment which has a human/alien hybrid literally dissolving into tentacled mush, but the CGI-ridden climax is laughable rather than effective and somewhat reminiscent of TERMINATOR 3. This time around, the female alien is somebody in a suit, and they look just like that – a person in a suit. There's a funny scene in which a security guard is split in half, though, along with a retread of that 'tongue' death from the first film.

Theo Robertson There's not a lot of mileage in this type of franchise . To be brutally brunt the original SPECIES had a threadbare plot of a government hit team trying to find and eliminate an alien experiment threatening to destroy the human race . SPECIES 2 was very much more of the same done with even less imagination and slightly more special effects so what hope for the third film in the series that went straight to DVD ? To be fair to the producers they've resisted the obvious premise of more of the same where government spooks race against time in order to find and defeat the alien menace . Instead most of the story involves an academic from college and a pretty boy student discussing the rights and wrongs of species-ism and mentoring Sara the daughter of Eve There's two very distinct schools of thought as to how successful this is . One is that the franchise is trying to do something new with a franchise stretched out beyond its natural length and is some what thoughtful . The second school of thought is that it's too talkative with little in the way of incident . Both schools have an equally valid point . Unfortunately no matter what camp you fall in to you're painfully aware that Natasha Henstridge just turned up in the opening scene get get paid off from the series and its now Sunny Mabrey who carries the film by stripping off naked at every opportunity . I don't know if I'm getting pious in my old age but I do want more from a film than a hot blond space babe stripping naked

Michael_Elliott Species III (2004) ** (out of 4) This sequel picks up right after the previous film as Eve (Natasha Henstridge) is being packed away while her newborn daughter ends up escaping with the help of a soldier. Soon this daughter cocoons into the adult Sara (Sunny Mabrey) and heads out to mate. This third film in the series is more or less a remake of the original film. Henstridge's cameo lasts a matter of minutes and then things are turned over to Mabrey who strips down and goes out looking to get pregnant. If you hadn't seen the original movie then you might enjoy this one a tad bit more but if you are familiar with the original then you're going to know countless plot points here and they all pretty much follow the same pattern as the first film. With that said, I thought the film was a major step up from the previous movie as we at least have some nice performances and a somewhat interesting story. I think the best thing going for the movie is the performance as Mabrey who has no problem slipping into the role. Since she's playing Even's daughter, there were a couple times where it seemed like the actress was trying to copy Henstridge but these moments don't happen often. When the actress gets to just play the character she does a nice job and she's certainly got a great looking body for the sexuality of the role. Henstridge is just in about five-minutes of the movie so people really shouldn't come in expecting her to have some sort of major part. The supporting players include fine performances by Robert Knepper, Robin Dunne and Michael Warren as an agent. The special effects really aren't too bad once we get past some silly CGI stuff early on. The make-up effects look quite good with the highlight being one poor slob who gets countless holes punched through his skin with blood, slime and some sort of acid spewing out. One major problem with the film, as with the original, is that it runs way too long at 112-minutes. There are some subplots that could have been left on the editing room floor and I think the film would have benefited from a faster pace. Another problem is that the screenplay is basically just remaking the original and after a while you kinda want to know what's the point and especially since the original is so good and you could just watch it. With that said, fans of the series will at least get to wash the bad taste of part two out of their mouths.

Samiam3 The honour of getting a strait to video release is kind of degrading, but in the b-movie industry in doesn't automatically mean that a film is without merit. Take for example the three tremors sequels, fans love those. I'll give Species III a little credit for rejuvenating the concept pioneered in the first movie. This material feels much more fresh than Species II. It manages to continue the story, without getting increasingly shallow as a side effect. What made species so unique was that the film was designed as a bug hunt, but for a while it makes us sympathetic to the bug, rather than repulsed by it. Species III has a similar effect at times, which I must say I didn't expect. It ends on a nice note for a horror film, something which may actually get you interested in Species IV rather than annoyed with the idea. The first thing to like about Species three is, that there is no more Michael Madsen or Natasha Henstridge, both of whom were rather useless in the sequel. Last time we saw Eve (Henstridge) she was in an ambulance on her way to the morgue. That's pretty much where we begin here. Next thing you know she comes alive, if only for a moment to give birth. the military escort Dr. Abbot runs away with the baby, raises her in secret, names her Sara, and once she is old enough formulates a plan to mutate her DNA. He takes on one of his students as an apprentice, who Sara falls in love with. This sums up the basics of the first two acts. The final half hour takes a weird and unnecessary turn, as the film tries overly hard to surpass, its predecessor. Apparently one bomb-shell alien chick is not enough. Why do so many films have climax trouble? being convoluted works in books or TV, but doesn't enrich a movie experience.In the end though, Species III, delivers more than you might expect, even if it lacks a moment of intelligence.