'Species 3' is a low budget continuation of the 'Species' series, and is not that bad for its category. The story of inter-galactic breeding continues here, some DNA mumble-jumble is being added, and science-fiction fans find here some of their preferred stuff although this is not really best in breed. The real appeal of the series is in the inter-species lover-predator games which provide the pretext for a handsome quantity of nudity on screen, and from this point of view series 3 equals its predecessors. What is lost is the surprise effect of the first film, and the money to make better effects. The director is experienced in TV series and he does what he knows best here. However, what works on the small screen is not enough on the big screen. You cannot leave on big screen, even in a series characters development for the many other tens or hundreds of episodes. Acting is also TV quality. The plot has some logics, embarrassing moments are avoided, but overall it looks like this movie is just a last tentative to squeeze some money from the dying 'Species' brand. 4 out of 10 on my personal scale.
64 Reviews
Sextraterrestrial tosh.
BA_Harrison26 August 2007
Despite being mortally wounded, Evethe human/alien hybrid from Species IIgives birth to a daughter, Sara, who is abducted by Dr. Abbot (Robert Knepper), a scientist whose ultimate aim is to win the Nobel prize. The girl quickly reaches adulthood (the grown up Sara is played by blonde hottie Sunny Mabrey, who wastes no opportunity to show off her stunning bod) and soon she is seeking a mate.
Abbot, along with promising student Dean (Robin Dunne), conducts various experiments on the young woman, but with other 'half-breeds' seeking Sara out in order to have sex with her, things eventually go awry.
Although Species III has essentially the same ingredients as its predecessorsa nonsensical storyline, hot nekkid chicks, and lots of gorethis time around the result is less satisfying; this is because they forgot one important factor: to make the film fun! The latest instalment of the series takes itself far too seriously, and suffers badly as a result.
Natasha Henstridge makes a brief appearance at the beginning of this episode, but then its up to a cast of relative unknowns to make this poorly scripted and badly directed mess of a film work; and, guess what.... they fail. I don't blame them, however; with a plot as muddled and poorly conceived as this one, failure was inevitable. Even a cast of Oscar winners couldn't save this one from being a total stinker.
I mean, have you ever heard of a college that is able to fund the building of a revolutionary nuclear fission plant? Me neither, but that doesn't stop the writers of this cack from throwing this dubious element into the mix. And what are the chances of your average college student understanding the complexities of combining alien and human DNA? Pretty slim, I would've thought, but to the students at this college, such things are child's play.
As if to compensate for the film's rather far fetched and tedious storyline, director Brad Turner sees fit to pack in lots of explicit gore (which is always welcome) and another beauty with nice ta-tasa second foxy alien, played by brunette scorcher Amelia Cooke (who does the decent thing and gets her kit off within minutes).
But even with the blood, guts and bodacious babes, Species III is something of a damp squib.
Abbot, along with promising student Dean (Robin Dunne), conducts various experiments on the young woman, but with other 'half-breeds' seeking Sara out in order to have sex with her, things eventually go awry.
Although Species III has essentially the same ingredients as its predecessorsa nonsensical storyline, hot nekkid chicks, and lots of gorethis time around the result is less satisfying; this is because they forgot one important factor: to make the film fun! The latest instalment of the series takes itself far too seriously, and suffers badly as a result.
Natasha Henstridge makes a brief appearance at the beginning of this episode, but then its up to a cast of relative unknowns to make this poorly scripted and badly directed mess of a film work; and, guess what.... they fail. I don't blame them, however; with a plot as muddled and poorly conceived as this one, failure was inevitable. Even a cast of Oscar winners couldn't save this one from being a total stinker.
I mean, have you ever heard of a college that is able to fund the building of a revolutionary nuclear fission plant? Me neither, but that doesn't stop the writers of this cack from throwing this dubious element into the mix. And what are the chances of your average college student understanding the complexities of combining alien and human DNA? Pretty slim, I would've thought, but to the students at this college, such things are child's play.
As if to compensate for the film's rather far fetched and tedious storyline, director Brad Turner sees fit to pack in lots of explicit gore (which is always welcome) and another beauty with nice ta-tasa second foxy alien, played by brunette scorcher Amelia Cooke (who does the decent thing and gets her kit off within minutes).
But even with the blood, guts and bodacious babes, Species III is something of a damp squib.
Entertaining B-movie.
shanfloyd11 June 2006
All typical sci-fi B-movie elements make enough appearances in this third installment of 'Species'. It's got lots of creepy alien gore, gorgeous chicks who kick male ass, abundant nudity and the twitch of alien-human sexual tension. I risk to say that the story is actually better than the crap of Species II... interesting enough to keep the viewer in his seat till the end.
Otherwise as usual, acting is horrible, script likewise. They used some old footage of Natasha Henstridge as well. But the role of Sara could go to a more physically attractive actress than Sunny Mabrey... though it is my personal opinion.
Otherwise as usual, acting is horrible, script likewise. They used some old footage of Natasha Henstridge as well. But the role of Sara could go to a more physically attractive actress than Sunny Mabrey... though it is my personal opinion.
I thought it was good
errolwi12 December 2004
Yes I agree this movie was not genius, however from a person who does not tear movies apart to often I have to say it was a good movie. It does not have the flair of the original movie but in my opinion is a lot better than the second. I don't think the movie was intended to be a blockbuster, but more a film for people who enjoyed the first 2 movies. I didn't even see a trailer for this movie anywhere, didn't know it existed until I saw it in the video store for rental. I think it was made for more of like a cult following. Yes there are a lot of unanswered questions but who cares. The movie was fun, with a lot of action and a lot of gratuitous nudity for those that like it. I just wish Nastasha Henstridge had more of a role.
Decent Grade B popcorn movie
yossarian1009 February 2005
Reminiscent of 50's sci-fi in that whomever wrote the script obviously drinks a lot, the acting doesn't always fit the scene being viewed, and there's a tendency to go right to T&A to keep you from noticing, which is fine by me but I noticed anyway. The movie has a pretty good visual look to it and the direction is adequate. However, the ending is nothing more than giving up for lack of anything better to do. As in, "I don't know what to do here so somebody better start walking off into the sunset." If what you wanted was to sit down and watch something that almost qualifies as science fiction and doesn't suck too badly, then you won't be disappointed.
Like getting two different movies, only none of them is any good.
Boba_Fett113827 January 2009
This movie can be divided in different parts. It's first halve Dr. Abbot's 'brilliant' research, while its second halve is more about Dean and its action and science-fiction elements. Not that either halve of the movie impresses much though. Besides, the fact that the two halves of the movie differ so much from each other and don't quite connect well enough, don't make the movie any better.
It's the second sequel in the Species-series and even though they have learned from their mistakes from the previous Species sequel, it still isn't a better movie. The alien is a female again and the movie features less of Natasha Henstridge, who added very little to the previous sequel. On the other hand it's lacking the characters and certainly the fine actors of the previous 2 Species movies.
The acting is really one of the biggest problems of this movie. It's simply below par and besides most actors seem to be miscast in their roles. Sunny Mabrey is a boring alien, who certainly isn't being seductive enough, even though that's basically the only point of her entire character.
Its story is also quite poor. It's a quite ridicules one that makes less and less sense, the more you start to think about it. I mean why would a doctor/school teacher put himself in so much danger by abducting an alien from the military, just so he can do his own private research on her, in order to be able to breed a new super-race that's immune of all deceases. He also drags in one of his students. Sounds like a real wacko but his character is yet a serious one. And we are supposed to care for this character? All other characters are not much better or more interesting really.
The movie as a whole is not just that interesting to watch, since it's very little special, that adds nothing new to the genre or the Species movie-series. There even is a part four. Really makes you wonder why though.
The movie is not bad looking and it doesn't feature some good effects and stuff like that but it's nothing that we haven't already seen before in any of the other previous Species movies. It makes the movie in that regard also not very special to watch.
Just skip it.
4/10
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It's the second sequel in the Species-series and even though they have learned from their mistakes from the previous Species sequel, it still isn't a better movie. The alien is a female again and the movie features less of Natasha Henstridge, who added very little to the previous sequel. On the other hand it's lacking the characters and certainly the fine actors of the previous 2 Species movies.
The acting is really one of the biggest problems of this movie. It's simply below par and besides most actors seem to be miscast in their roles. Sunny Mabrey is a boring alien, who certainly isn't being seductive enough, even though that's basically the only point of her entire character.
Its story is also quite poor. It's a quite ridicules one that makes less and less sense, the more you start to think about it. I mean why would a doctor/school teacher put himself in so much danger by abducting an alien from the military, just so he can do his own private research on her, in order to be able to breed a new super-race that's immune of all deceases. He also drags in one of his students. Sounds like a real wacko but his character is yet a serious one. And we are supposed to care for this character? All other characters are not much better or more interesting really.
The movie as a whole is not just that interesting to watch, since it's very little special, that adds nothing new to the genre or the Species movie-series. There even is a part four. Really makes you wonder why though.
The movie is not bad looking and it doesn't feature some good effects and stuff like that but it's nothing that we haven't already seen before in any of the other previous Species movies. It makes the movie in that regard also not very special to watch.
Just skip it.
4/10
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Regular follow-up with usual ingredients as thrills , chills , gore , guts and fantastic special effects
ma-cortes7 September 2020
This picture results to be the third outing to ¨Species¨ trilogy that began with a friendly galactic message packing a recipe on how to combine extraterrestrial DNA with human is sent to genetic scientifics on Earth. As scientists undergoing the weird experiment resulting in a sexy half alien, half human , she is called Sil . But Sil is a killing machine who escapes from the investigation laboratory while an expert team to find her . Having created the thing , they have only themselves to blame . As the alien Sil (Natasha Hensridge) disguised as a human is pursued desperately by the colleague scientists , while the monster has to hunt down especially nubile male prey to procreate her alien race . As she seduces young people into mating to produce a baby to expand her descendants on Earth . As her species decays succumbing to infections and illnesses , an alien seductress (Sunny Mabrey) immunologically stronger becomes the only hope for them to live on . Later on , she is growing up, reaching adulthood and becoming a beauty young girl called Sara . Then Dr. Abbot (Rob Knepper) kidnaps Sara , and invites the good student Dean (Robin Dunne) to be his helper . Genetic perfection is no longer a dream . It's a nightmare . Beauty is only skin deep . This December, the mating game turns deadly .If you build it , they will come . For three million years, the human race has been at the top of the evolutionary ladder . Nothing lasts forever . Men cannot resist her. Mankind may not survive her. Two decades ago scientists sent a message to space...This... is the reply. Our time is up.
So-so Sci-fi movie with noisy action , stomach-churning thrills , chills, tension , intrigue , violence , state-of-art FX , strong sexual scenes , nudism and lots of gore and guts . It is a nice but ordinary thriller with no much sense , but it results to be pretty entertaining and amusing , following in the distinct wake of the Science Fiction movies of the Fifties . The usual secondary actor Rob Knepper gives a passable acting as the ambitious scientific who expects to develop a perfect DNA using alien's eggs and that's why he wants to win the Nobel Prize and other prizes , while Robin Dunne is acceptable as the young student who becomes involved in the experiment and share his research , along with the extremely gorgeous Sunny Mabrey in his film debut . Trio starring are well accompanied by passable support cast with some familar faces , such as : Amelia Cooke who gives some spicy bare scenes , Michael Warren , Bethune , Joel Stoffer , Cristopher Neame and brief appearance by Natasha Henstridge . Decent special effects but inferior than previous entry made by great technicians as Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund and based on the famous creature created by artist-designer H.R. Giger , all of them making fantastic and strange monsters .
It contains a mysterious and thrilling musical score by Elia Cmiral, a good musician expert on terror and dark atmosphere . As well as colorful but functional cinematography by Christian Sebaldt . This direct to video film was regularly directed by Brad Turner .This filmmaker is a fine craftsman usually working for Television , directing episodes from known TV series, such as : MacGyver, Next , Homeland , 24 , Hawai 5.0 , Take two , Shannara , Bull , Conviction , Marvel Shield Agents , Wayward Pines , Second chances , Falling Skies , Dare Devil , Legend, The last ship , Stalker , Invisibles , Psych , Bitten , Nikita , among others.
The trilogy is formed by Species I followed by two inferior sequels : the first entry , ¨Species¨ 1995 , by Roger Donaldson with Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker , Alfred Molina, Michelle Williams , Ben Kinsley ,Marg Helgenberger , concerning a group of scientific carry out an unenviable and relentless task of catching Sil . ¨Species 2¨ with Justin Lazard, George Dzunza, Marg Helgenberg , James Cromwell, in which scientists create a clone from the monster of the original film. And this ¨Species III¨, 2001 by Brad Turner with Robin Dunne, Robert Knepper and the gorgeous Sunny Mabrey.
So-so Sci-fi movie with noisy action , stomach-churning thrills , chills, tension , intrigue , violence , state-of-art FX , strong sexual scenes , nudism and lots of gore and guts . It is a nice but ordinary thriller with no much sense , but it results to be pretty entertaining and amusing , following in the distinct wake of the Science Fiction movies of the Fifties . The usual secondary actor Rob Knepper gives a passable acting as the ambitious scientific who expects to develop a perfect DNA using alien's eggs and that's why he wants to win the Nobel Prize and other prizes , while Robin Dunne is acceptable as the young student who becomes involved in the experiment and share his research , along with the extremely gorgeous Sunny Mabrey in his film debut . Trio starring are well accompanied by passable support cast with some familar faces , such as : Amelia Cooke who gives some spicy bare scenes , Michael Warren , Bethune , Joel Stoffer , Cristopher Neame and brief appearance by Natasha Henstridge . Decent special effects but inferior than previous entry made by great technicians as Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund and based on the famous creature created by artist-designer H.R. Giger , all of them making fantastic and strange monsters .
It contains a mysterious and thrilling musical score by Elia Cmiral, a good musician expert on terror and dark atmosphere . As well as colorful but functional cinematography by Christian Sebaldt . This direct to video film was regularly directed by Brad Turner .This filmmaker is a fine craftsman usually working for Television , directing episodes from known TV series, such as : MacGyver, Next , Homeland , 24 , Hawai 5.0 , Take two , Shannara , Bull , Conviction , Marvel Shield Agents , Wayward Pines , Second chances , Falling Skies , Dare Devil , Legend, The last ship , Stalker , Invisibles , Psych , Bitten , Nikita , among others.
The trilogy is formed by Species I followed by two inferior sequels : the first entry , ¨Species¨ 1995 , by Roger Donaldson with Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker , Alfred Molina, Michelle Williams , Ben Kinsley ,Marg Helgenberger , concerning a group of scientific carry out an unenviable and relentless task of catching Sil . ¨Species 2¨ with Justin Lazard, George Dzunza, Marg Helgenberg , James Cromwell, in which scientists create a clone from the monster of the original film. And this ¨Species III¨, 2001 by Brad Turner with Robin Dunne, Robert Knepper and the gorgeous Sunny Mabrey.
Not Quite as Good as the Preceeding Two Movies
Uriah432 February 2016
This movie takes up where "Species II" left off with the dead body of "Eve" (Natasha Henstridge) being taken in an ambulance after she was killed fighting the astronaut named "Patrick Ross" (Justin Lazard). Also in the ambulance is one of the offspring of Patrick Ross who managed to sneak in right before it drove off. What nobody realizes is that during their brief mating Eve became pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl which is a more genetically pure alien creature than any of the other aliens ever created. This includes Eve, Patrick and several of the other "half-breeds" conceived from Patrick and various human females. Not only that, but one of the ambulance drivers is not what he seems either. Instead he happens to be a college professor by the name of "Dr. Abbot" (Robert Knepper) who specializes in genetics and desperately wants the opportunity to breed even more alien creatures. Since he cannot do everything by himself he recruits a young, college graduate student named "Dean" (Robert Dunne) to help him. Unfortunately, what neither Dr. Abbot nor Dean realize is that the half-breeds aren't adapting very well to their new earthly environment and need the assistance of Dr. Abbot or the opportunity to mate with Eve's offspring now known simply as "Sara" (Sunny Mabrey). At any rate, rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that, besides lacking the obvious novelty of the first two films, it also didn't quite have the same action or intensity and as a result wasn't quite as good. However, it still wasn't too bad in my opinion and having two beautiful actresses like Amelia Cook (as the female creature named "Amelia") along with the aforementioned Sunny Mabrey certainly didn't hurt this movie in any way. Again though, this movie simply wasn't as good as the first two and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
And Species hits direct to video quality
Anonymous_Maxine18 December 2004
Many would argue that with part II the Species films had already reached a sufficiently abysmal quality level as to deserve to go straight to video. There was, however, too much money spent on the first sequel and too much interest in the series still left over from the 1st film for this to be an option, but with part III there are no theatrical shenanigans in sight. Species III is a direct to video mess from start to finish. It was hard enough to believe in Species II that they made a clone of Sil, but I suppose it can be believed since the scientists wanted to study her for weaknesses that could be used in case another outbreak of aliens occurred.
So in the original film, Sil was created, escaped promptly and went looking for a mate. She was a vicious enemy throughout, and her pursuers were desperate to capture and kill her, knowing at least vaguely what she was capable of. In part II they make a clone and keep her in a huge glass cage, which is more like a living room surrounded by thick glass, and complete with everything from a treadmill to a television set. Dr. Baker, the lead scientist, even routinely went inside the cage with her and the two had civilized conversations. In part III there is a male scientist that seems to think that the new Eve, this time named Sara, is his daughter. He even tells her stories as he tucks her into a bed in his house.
Part III starts where part II left off, with the fatally wounded Eve being transferred by military ambulance to be disposed of. I like that two low level guys are sent off alone with Eve's body, with not a single other vehicle along to make sure that the transport gets safely to its destination. Needless to say, all hell breaks loose in the form of two babies born from Eve's dead-then-alive-then-dead-again body, after which the movie has no idea where it's supposed to go. At least I assume they were both born in the ambulance, One of them was just kind of there. There is so little effort put into maintaining any linearity to the aliens in this film, since they grow and change so fast, that pretty soon you'll find yourself just accepting that there are a lot of aliens running around trying to mate, as well as lots of half breeds complicating matters further.
Our hero may be the dumbest thing about the entire movie, and not by any fault of Robin Dunne, the actor who played him. It seems that Dean is working on a fission reactor, giving a tour of his team's progress at the beginning of the movie, only to rush out and arrive late to class, at which point he is scolded by his idiot professor as if he were in 3rd grade. His professor soon starts fantasizing about viruses, soon becoming furious that someone would be so inconsiderate to plan the destruction of the only remaining smallpox virus still in existence, which is kept contained for studying purposes. Not only does he almost get emotional about a virus, but when Dean points out some of the imperfections of viruses, his professor becomes furious with him once again, and then a student pushes past him outside of class, angrily calling him a "specist." I had no idea that viruses had interest groups.
It was nice that Natasha Henstridge made a notable guest appearance at the beginning of the film, although she only served to remind the viewer that no one else but her can play the alien in a Species film. The combined alien and human DNA has once again cooked up some more staggering hotties. Not only does this genetic combination consistently cook up hot blondes, but now breast implants have been added to the blonde and a brunette is thrown in for good measure. Yes, Sunny Mabrey is nice enough to bare her plastic breasts for much of her screen time. The brunette alien, who appears in the film out of nowhere, has a quick and wildly unsexy sex scene with a gas station attendant before speeding off in her $140,000 Ferrari, leaving a skewered carcass and the rest of the gas station employees just as clueless as us in the audience.
Amelia Cooke, who plays the brunette alien, does offer a shining moment of interest well into the fourth half hour of this film and after an hour and a half of slogging through a lot of pus-filled, gooey sci-fi crap. This movie is so bad and so unforgivably long, however, that even her relatively shining performance has a hard time rising above the slop in which it is mired.
So in the original film, Sil was created, escaped promptly and went looking for a mate. She was a vicious enemy throughout, and her pursuers were desperate to capture and kill her, knowing at least vaguely what she was capable of. In part II they make a clone and keep her in a huge glass cage, which is more like a living room surrounded by thick glass, and complete with everything from a treadmill to a television set. Dr. Baker, the lead scientist, even routinely went inside the cage with her and the two had civilized conversations. In part III there is a male scientist that seems to think that the new Eve, this time named Sara, is his daughter. He even tells her stories as he tucks her into a bed in his house.
Part III starts where part II left off, with the fatally wounded Eve being transferred by military ambulance to be disposed of. I like that two low level guys are sent off alone with Eve's body, with not a single other vehicle along to make sure that the transport gets safely to its destination. Needless to say, all hell breaks loose in the form of two babies born from Eve's dead-then-alive-then-dead-again body, after which the movie has no idea where it's supposed to go. At least I assume they were both born in the ambulance, One of them was just kind of there. There is so little effort put into maintaining any linearity to the aliens in this film, since they grow and change so fast, that pretty soon you'll find yourself just accepting that there are a lot of aliens running around trying to mate, as well as lots of half breeds complicating matters further.
Our hero may be the dumbest thing about the entire movie, and not by any fault of Robin Dunne, the actor who played him. It seems that Dean is working on a fission reactor, giving a tour of his team's progress at the beginning of the movie, only to rush out and arrive late to class, at which point he is scolded by his idiot professor as if he were in 3rd grade. His professor soon starts fantasizing about viruses, soon becoming furious that someone would be so inconsiderate to plan the destruction of the only remaining smallpox virus still in existence, which is kept contained for studying purposes. Not only does he almost get emotional about a virus, but when Dean points out some of the imperfections of viruses, his professor becomes furious with him once again, and then a student pushes past him outside of class, angrily calling him a "specist." I had no idea that viruses had interest groups.
It was nice that Natasha Henstridge made a notable guest appearance at the beginning of the film, although she only served to remind the viewer that no one else but her can play the alien in a Species film. The combined alien and human DNA has once again cooked up some more staggering hotties. Not only does this genetic combination consistently cook up hot blondes, but now breast implants have been added to the blonde and a brunette is thrown in for good measure. Yes, Sunny Mabrey is nice enough to bare her plastic breasts for much of her screen time. The brunette alien, who appears in the film out of nowhere, has a quick and wildly unsexy sex scene with a gas station attendant before speeding off in her $140,000 Ferrari, leaving a skewered carcass and the rest of the gas station employees just as clueless as us in the audience.
Amelia Cooke, who plays the brunette alien, does offer a shining moment of interest well into the fourth half hour of this film and after an hour and a half of slogging through a lot of pus-filled, gooey sci-fi crap. This movie is so bad and so unforgivably long, however, that even her relatively shining performance has a hard time rising above the slop in which it is mired.
The Purest Species
claudio_carvalho4 January 2007
While being transported in a military ambulance and supposed dead, Eve (Natasha Henstridge) delivers an offspring and is killed by a half-breed. The baby girl is abducted by Dr. Abbot (Robert Knepper), and a couple of days later she grows up, reaching adulthood and becoming a gorgeous young woman called Sara (Sunny Mabrey). Dr. Abbot expects to develop a perfect DNA using Sara's eggs and win the Nobel Prize, and invites the student Dean (Robin Dunne) to be his assistant and share his research and future awards. But while Sara unsuccessfully chases a perfect mate for her to generate a perfect being, the flawed half-breeds leaded by Amelia (Amelia Cooke) try to reproduce with her to survive their species.
"Species III" has a flawed story, but it is very gore and attractive, mostly because of the beauty of Sunny Mabrey. This unknown actress has a good performance in the role of an intelligent alien without feelings, and her sculptural body, one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, suffices to make this movie worthwhile. Natasha Henstridge has a short participation in the initial sequence; Robert Knepper has a good performance in the role of an obsessed scientist and Robin Dunne refuses the irresistible invitation of Sara "to exchange services" and completes the reasonable cast of this entertaining movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Experiência III" ("The Experience III")
"Species III" has a flawed story, but it is very gore and attractive, mostly because of the beauty of Sunny Mabrey. This unknown actress has a good performance in the role of an intelligent alien without feelings, and her sculptural body, one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, suffices to make this movie worthwhile. Natasha Henstridge has a short participation in the initial sequence; Robert Knepper has a good performance in the role of an obsessed scientist and Robin Dunne refuses the irresistible invitation of Sara "to exchange services" and completes the reasonable cast of this entertaining movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Experiência III" ("The Experience III")
High Strangeness
georgebobolink29 November 2004
Having not seen either of the previous Species movies, I pretty much prepared to watch Species III as some sort of soft core action flick. I won't say I was disappointed, per se, but rather surprised just how low grade this entire movie feels.
Take the introduction, at the 'generating facility'. Our stalwart hero, Dean, having moved up from starring into Skulls II and Cruel Intentions II into Species III, is pretty much a genius, studying and developing about twenty different kinds of sciences. At the beginning, he's giving a tour of the fission reactor he's helping to work on, before, don't you know it, he's late for Super Duper Advanced Biology.
When he arrives, his harassed professor belittles him. The professor takes no time before he starts drooling over viruses, calling them 'the perfect creation' and getting that same glassy look I get when I think of Rachel Leigh Cook and pudding.
Dean raises his hand and quite correctly points out that viruses really aren't perfect since they can't reproduce on their own. Upset that someone is ripping him from his imaginary Viral Harem, the professor hisses about the last remaining smallpox soon to be destroyed and gone forever. He throws his coffee cup against the wall, and announces, "Who are we to decide what species deserves to live and what species deserves to die?!" And then runs off.
That, in fact, seems to be the theme of the whole movie. Who are you to decide whether the Species franchise lives or dies? They can keep making these things as long as they want. What evil people.
The rest of the movie, which mostly involves lots of silicone from what I recall, is pretty lazy, and keeps shooting out super science to a degree that even I couldn't follow.
I wouldn't bother with this unless you really want to see naked women. I mean, sure, there are people who really want to see naked women, but, seriously, there are better naked women to see. This is a movie where the main alien is named after Sara Lee pie, and not once, after she kills someone or walks around naked for a certain amount of time, does anyone chuckle "Nobody does it like Sara Lee!" I mean, am I the only who that was obvious to? I must be crazy.
Rating: 1/10
Take the introduction, at the 'generating facility'. Our stalwart hero, Dean, having moved up from starring into Skulls II and Cruel Intentions II into Species III, is pretty much a genius, studying and developing about twenty different kinds of sciences. At the beginning, he's giving a tour of the fission reactor he's helping to work on, before, don't you know it, he's late for Super Duper Advanced Biology.
When he arrives, his harassed professor belittles him. The professor takes no time before he starts drooling over viruses, calling them 'the perfect creation' and getting that same glassy look I get when I think of Rachel Leigh Cook and pudding.
Dean raises his hand and quite correctly points out that viruses really aren't perfect since they can't reproduce on their own. Upset that someone is ripping him from his imaginary Viral Harem, the professor hisses about the last remaining smallpox soon to be destroyed and gone forever. He throws his coffee cup against the wall, and announces, "Who are we to decide what species deserves to live and what species deserves to die?!" And then runs off.
That, in fact, seems to be the theme of the whole movie. Who are you to decide whether the Species franchise lives or dies? They can keep making these things as long as they want. What evil people.
The rest of the movie, which mostly involves lots of silicone from what I recall, is pretty lazy, and keeps shooting out super science to a degree that even I couldn't follow.
I wouldn't bother with this unless you really want to see naked women. I mean, sure, there are people who really want to see naked women, but, seriously, there are better naked women to see. This is a movie where the main alien is named after Sara Lee pie, and not once, after she kills someone or walks around naked for a certain amount of time, does anyone chuckle "Nobody does it like Sara Lee!" I mean, am I the only who that was obvious to? I must be crazy.
Rating: 1/10
Species III was pretty good.
MovieCriticMarvelfan19 December 2004
Don't let the other critics fool you, Species III is a pretty entertaining entry into the species series, true it was to direct to video, but with MGM backing up this installment with Brad Turner taking the helm, you knew it be pretty good. Natasha Henstridge briefly reprises her role as "Eve" to the Species series and gives birth to another alien Sara, who is the latest genetic alien.
This time around though we got an excellent sidestory about the halfbreeds, half human, half alien freaks who don't bother in either class and die out from disease.
Well a couple of more dangerous new half breeders come out to seek Sara in hopes of using her eggs to breed a new race.
The acting is pretty good, the movie has some impressive effects and the movie like the other two sequels is very scary and gory.
The Special Edition DVD comes with four great featurettes, which includes interviews with the cast and crew including the beautiful Natasha Henstridge, commentary and a look back into why the Species series has been so successful.
Looking at the list of complaints the only reason that some people seem to dislike is because is because Henstridge isn't in that much, newsflash people. Natasha's role was basically a cameo appearance.
Its also funny how people bash the Sara character yet in comparison there is no difference between Eve, Sil and Sara other than the age differences. All three characters seduce and kill their human hosts and unleash violence and chaos wherever they go.
Species III is a keeper watch the DVD.
This time around though we got an excellent sidestory about the halfbreeds, half human, half alien freaks who don't bother in either class and die out from disease.
Well a couple of more dangerous new half breeders come out to seek Sara in hopes of using her eggs to breed a new race.
The acting is pretty good, the movie has some impressive effects and the movie like the other two sequels is very scary and gory.
The Special Edition DVD comes with four great featurettes, which includes interviews with the cast and crew including the beautiful Natasha Henstridge, commentary and a look back into why the Species series has been so successful.
Looking at the list of complaints the only reason that some people seem to dislike is because is because Henstridge isn't in that much, newsflash people. Natasha's role was basically a cameo appearance.
Its also funny how people bash the Sara character yet in comparison there is no difference between Eve, Sil and Sara other than the age differences. All three characters seduce and kill their human hosts and unleash violence and chaos wherever they go.
Species III is a keeper watch the DVD.
Decently enjoyable but still with some problems
kannibalcorpsegrinder16 January 2012
After creating a bio-engineered woman from alien DNA gathered from previous generations, one of her creators sets out to protect her from another genetically-created mutation intent on using her to create a purer race of creatures.
A not-all-that-bad sci-fi entry that wisely decides to turn into a T&A fest to hide the fact that all it's real good parts are stuffed into the ending. Since the film spends a large amount of time dealing with the biology of the girl and what they can do to make it viable in further tests, with only the occasional interaction otherwise shoehorned into the film to keep us from getting bored, it does give off it's hand that there's not a whole lot going on here during these parts save for the nudity. When it introduces it's other main threat in the other alien, it gets a lot more interesting due to a lot more action elements being brought in, which makes for some good times to be had when it relies on it's stalking, chasing and brawling with the two creatures, oftentimes in full alien garb so it looks even more impressive. Otherwise, this one was just a decent-enough entry.
Rated UR/R: Continuous Full Nudity, Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, several Sex Scenes and an alien Rape Scene
A not-all-that-bad sci-fi entry that wisely decides to turn into a T&A fest to hide the fact that all it's real good parts are stuffed into the ending. Since the film spends a large amount of time dealing with the biology of the girl and what they can do to make it viable in further tests, with only the occasional interaction otherwise shoehorned into the film to keep us from getting bored, it does give off it's hand that there's not a whole lot going on here during these parts save for the nudity. When it introduces it's other main threat in the other alien, it gets a lot more interesting due to a lot more action elements being brought in, which makes for some good times to be had when it relies on it's stalking, chasing and brawling with the two creatures, oftentimes in full alien garb so it looks even more impressive. Otherwise, this one was just a decent-enough entry.
Rated UR/R: Continuous Full Nudity, Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, several Sex Scenes and an alien Rape Scene
Very Average and Confusing, but worth one watch nonetheless.
AGood6 January 2009
I have watched the first three one night in a row and it seems like this one the scriptwriters were seriously smoking something potent when they wrote the script to this.
You could argue it has somewhat logic to it all, and with the way the characters act, but the logic is like the sort of logic only the craziest bond villain would possibly have, or just Dr Evil logic.
For example the first moment of the movie has a college professor pretending to be an army officer just so he can steal the last surviving alien to take home to make a master pure alien race so he can win a Nobel prize? (I guess that said professor did not know that Nobel made the prize after inventing nitroglycerin, realising it was actually dangerous to mankind so created the Nobel prize specifically to reward scientists for making things that are good and a benefit for humankind) So how he thinks creating a pure race of alien that simply wants to destroy all human kind would win him this prize is way beyond me to understand?.
Now to get back above, why the army would also allow something so highly top secret and risky to be put in charge of and transported back to the base in the hands of someone who nobody didn't even know is beyond all rational logic to me too.
The only good thing about the movie in my opinion was the incredibly hot alien that comes out of nowhere in the final act just to be the final fight villain which obviously a film like this needed and clearly the filmmakers felt could not have been Sara as she was a very likable character so tacked on this other vicious Alien hot girl for solely that role.
Which by the way she came into the film by posting on the internet in the personals ads asking if anyone out there knows and can explain to her what alien DNA is, which our hero's roommate steals the info from his journal just so he can potentially get in on with the hot girl which surprisingly turns out to be a bad idea, you can tell I am not making this up as I doubt anyone could make this up bar the one writer of this movie.
Overall I felt it was an okay watch, the main alien girl was not a patch on Natasha Henstridge, but the incredibleness of the villain sort of made up for this. She should have been Sara though in my opinion as she was a better actor, had more edge to her and also was, in my opinion, much more attractive.
I will be watching 4 tomorrow.
You could argue it has somewhat logic to it all, and with the way the characters act, but the logic is like the sort of logic only the craziest bond villain would possibly have, or just Dr Evil logic.
For example the first moment of the movie has a college professor pretending to be an army officer just so he can steal the last surviving alien to take home to make a master pure alien race so he can win a Nobel prize? (I guess that said professor did not know that Nobel made the prize after inventing nitroglycerin, realising it was actually dangerous to mankind so created the Nobel prize specifically to reward scientists for making things that are good and a benefit for humankind) So how he thinks creating a pure race of alien that simply wants to destroy all human kind would win him this prize is way beyond me to understand?.
Now to get back above, why the army would also allow something so highly top secret and risky to be put in charge of and transported back to the base in the hands of someone who nobody didn't even know is beyond all rational logic to me too.
The only good thing about the movie in my opinion was the incredibly hot alien that comes out of nowhere in the final act just to be the final fight villain which obviously a film like this needed and clearly the filmmakers felt could not have been Sara as she was a very likable character so tacked on this other vicious Alien hot girl for solely that role.
Which by the way she came into the film by posting on the internet in the personals ads asking if anyone out there knows and can explain to her what alien DNA is, which our hero's roommate steals the info from his journal just so he can potentially get in on with the hot girl which surprisingly turns out to be a bad idea, you can tell I am not making this up as I doubt anyone could make this up bar the one writer of this movie.
Overall I felt it was an okay watch, the main alien girl was not a patch on Natasha Henstridge, but the incredibleness of the villain sort of made up for this. She should have been Sara though in my opinion as she was a better actor, had more edge to her and also was, in my opinion, much more attractive.
I will be watching 4 tomorrow.
I am blonde - Hear me roar
Dr. Gore20 December 2004
Warning: Spoilers
*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*
I can sum up what was wrong with "Species III" in three words: Not sleazy enough. Of course, your definition of sleazy and mine may differ slightly. Perhaps only I would think that a movie with a topless alien babe having sex with some bumpkin on a toilet as not being sleazy enough. Perhaps I have issues. At any rate, "Species III" needed more bang for the buck. Know what I mean?
So once again some hot alien blonde lands on Earth. Unfortunately for the viewer, the Species girl has evolved to a point where she can't have sex with every single guy she sees. Dang it! What madness is this?! Now the Species girl has standards. Only other aliens butter her space muffin. Normal guys are left in the dirt. Some professor wants to nurture her and let her Species live on. Other half-breed Species want to make it with her and spend the second half of the movie hunting her down.
Well, the good news is that our blonde alien spends a good chunk of the movie topless. I think we can all agree that this is a good thing. A brunette half breed Species shows up in the second half of the movie and is actually hotter than the blonde. Man, the Species really have evolved. They're moving towards brunettes now. I think they need to go all the way and make "Species 4" with a redhead. So for hot Species chicks, "Species III" delivers.
The problem is that "Species III" really doesn't do much with them. Other than the toilet scene, there really wasn't as much alien copulating as I would have liked. The first two "Species" movies were big budget, sleaze-o-rama spectacles. I was hoping this one was going to make up for its low budget with some more Species loving. No such luck. Still, "Species III" is worth a look. It's a pretty decent straight to video flick.
I can sum up what was wrong with "Species III" in three words: Not sleazy enough. Of course, your definition of sleazy and mine may differ slightly. Perhaps only I would think that a movie with a topless alien babe having sex with some bumpkin on a toilet as not being sleazy enough. Perhaps I have issues. At any rate, "Species III" needed more bang for the buck. Know what I mean?
So once again some hot alien blonde lands on Earth. Unfortunately for the viewer, the Species girl has evolved to a point where she can't have sex with every single guy she sees. Dang it! What madness is this?! Now the Species girl has standards. Only other aliens butter her space muffin. Normal guys are left in the dirt. Some professor wants to nurture her and let her Species live on. Other half-breed Species want to make it with her and spend the second half of the movie hunting her down.
Well, the good news is that our blonde alien spends a good chunk of the movie topless. I think we can all agree that this is a good thing. A brunette half breed Species shows up in the second half of the movie and is actually hotter than the blonde. Man, the Species really have evolved. They're moving towards brunettes now. I think they need to go all the way and make "Species 4" with a redhead. So for hot Species chicks, "Species III" delivers.
The problem is that "Species III" really doesn't do much with them. Other than the toilet scene, there really wasn't as much alien copulating as I would have liked. The first two "Species" movies were big budget, sleaze-o-rama spectacles. I was hoping this one was going to make up for its low budget with some more Species loving. No such luck. Still, "Species III" is worth a look. It's a pretty decent straight to video flick.
Bad movie
vincentga10 January 2005
I give 1/10 for this movie and it's just cause the body of Sunny Mabrey. She is really gorgeous (some guys are lucky in life).
Technical is OK too and acting is correct. But the story have no sense. Like in majority of movies, creator thing people are idiot or retarded.
It's pity spend all this movie to make a so bad story. Take the same "team" but with a good story and music and you can reach 7/10 or more.
I believe they are guys who have "power" and they can do anything without to be "punish". I'm sure you give the money of this movie to student who like movies and don't think people are idiot and they can do a lot better.
A big shame !
Technical is OK too and acting is correct. But the story have no sense. Like in majority of movies, creator thing people are idiot or retarded.
It's pity spend all this movie to make a so bad story. Take the same "team" but with a good story and music and you can reach 7/10 or more.
I believe they are guys who have "power" and they can do anything without to be "punish". I'm sure you give the money of this movie to student who like movies and don't think people are idiot and they can do a lot better.
A big shame !
Unimaginative
hellholehorror26 September 2018
This is long drawn out boring softcore porn. There is no budget that is apparent. There are some nice nudity to be seen but the production value is so low that it is barely worth watching. Unimaginative, dull and even more stupid than the second film. The only survivor from damnation in this trilogy is the amazing first one.
I didn't know they wrote them this bad anymore!
misko300012 October 2005
Warning: Spoilers
10 For the eye candy! 1 for the plot... Rounded down to 5.
This is almost as bad as an original Sci-Fi production. I wonder if the writers even bothered to watch the first two movies or were they just working off the comments and reviews here at IMDb. The half-breeds were a nice touch to the whole mythos but provided no plot advancement at all. Thank goodness its all over now...except for like the other 3 clones of Eve from the second movie that are being kept frozen for another sequel. Avoid like that drunk touchy-feely uncle at the family reunion and rent "The Sleepaway Camp" series, the acting is far superior and helps to keep Jennifer Springsteen from doing anymore movies.
The spoiler - the final scene is 1902!
This is almost as bad as an original Sci-Fi production. I wonder if the writers even bothered to watch the first two movies or were they just working off the comments and reviews here at IMDb. The half-breeds were a nice touch to the whole mythos but provided no plot advancement at all. Thank goodness its all over now...except for like the other 3 clones of Eve from the second movie that are being kept frozen for another sequel. Avoid like that drunk touchy-feely uncle at the family reunion and rent "The Sleepaway Camp" series, the acting is far superior and helps to keep Jennifer Springsteen from doing anymore movies.
The spoiler - the final scene is 1902!
Species III ?, This should be part 1, part 2 is missing.......
apfraats15 June 2005
Warning: Spoilers
OK, seemed nice to look at, but while viewing the movie, it was obvious to me, that the story was abruptly broken up and was going to end in a way like 'ok, guys, we are trough our initial budget and we have to finish this one quickly'. The first 45 minutes or so had some interesting baseline for a good story and movie. Let's say they really and actually DID create the perfect breed and made an open end for Species IV ??!! But, no, instead there suddenly is a man, falling down from sky and just saying 'Kill them all'. And that's what (almost !!??) happens in the last 10 minutes or so of the movie. So they could have make a far more better movie, and if they where following the baseline of the story and took a different path in it, the movie should last 2 hours or more..... and be MUCH MUCH better. The ending was s***ing....... That about the story. It's just like somebody who has begun writing a good book and was at chapter 5 from 12, but had only 1 night left to finish it. Ashame.... Then the special effects. Sorry for those who made them, but my DVD-recorder has a pause button and can play still's.....(Would they have realized that ????). A big goof at 95 minutes or so, where the security man get's cut in half vertically. If you replay the scene step by step in forward direction is TOO OBVIOUS to see that both half's of the man falling apart are overlapping each other. If you fit them together you probably get another alien type: One with 2 noses and 2 widely spread eyes..... It's a joke !!! Also the toilet scene earlier was a good moment for special effects, but what did we see ???, right, Nothing !!! The director skipped over the scene itself and we see only a hole in something that should be a men's head afterwords. Come on.... Recommend it it ?? If you are a species fan, it's a kind of must to see. Want quality like Alien or something ??? SKIP THIS ONE...
Only 5 of 10 which is maybe too much altogether...
The special effects where too less and too bad of quality. The story was abruptly broken up and ended.
One thing left, or if you wish two things left: Sara and here new boyfriend both with perfect alien but different DNA, both species....... THE END (or not? HINT: Think Jurassic Park, they meant to be not able to multiply too...)
Only 5 of 10 which is maybe too much altogether...
The special effects where too less and too bad of quality. The story was abruptly broken up and ended.
One thing left, or if you wish two things left: Sara and here new boyfriend both with perfect alien but different DNA, both species....... THE END (or not? HINT: Think Jurassic Park, they meant to be not able to multiply too...)
Species 3: A Sci Fi Pictures Original
The_Boston_Flash30 December 2005
I'm about half way through it, so let me guess:
1.
By the end of the movie there might be one member of the original cast who remains alive.
2.
Once again the mad scientist who wants to save the monster for science is killed by the monster.
3.
After the monster is killed the second or third time around, that is, just when you think it surely must be dead, there's going to be a little teaser at the end just in case there's the slightest interest in a Species 4. I expect an endless supply of half-breed monsters will keep coming to the conclusion.
4.
Lest I forget, very few are really taken by surprise. Most victims just seem to ask for it.
In an unusual twist, I notice that the mad scientist who wants to save the species for science has enlisted a co-conspirator, as opposed to the usual grotesque assistant, terrorized wage slave, or ignorant servant. He will be punished for wanting notoriety.
As disgusting as many of the dissection scenes are, the obvious use of plastic and red syrup inhibits nausea.
The most lasting memory I will have of this movie is the damage it does to the good name of Sarah Lee; and possibly the fact that the only reason I am bothering to watch it is I haven't seen it before and the other movie about a submarine and a decoder machine I like a lot better is playing twice in a row, so I won't have to miss the ending.
PS: I gave to admit that while writing this the mad scientist has already been killed by the monster and now it's all up to the co-conspirator or his young, good looking roommate.
1.
By the end of the movie there might be one member of the original cast who remains alive.
2.
Once again the mad scientist who wants to save the monster for science is killed by the monster.
3.
After the monster is killed the second or third time around, that is, just when you think it surely must be dead, there's going to be a little teaser at the end just in case there's the slightest interest in a Species 4. I expect an endless supply of half-breed monsters will keep coming to the conclusion.
4.
Lest I forget, very few are really taken by surprise. Most victims just seem to ask for it.
In an unusual twist, I notice that the mad scientist who wants to save the species for science has enlisted a co-conspirator, as opposed to the usual grotesque assistant, terrorized wage slave, or ignorant servant. He will be punished for wanting notoriety.
As disgusting as many of the dissection scenes are, the obvious use of plastic and red syrup inhibits nausea.
The most lasting memory I will have of this movie is the damage it does to the good name of Sarah Lee; and possibly the fact that the only reason I am bothering to watch it is I haven't seen it before and the other movie about a submarine and a decoder machine I like a lot better is playing twice in a row, so I won't have to miss the ending.
PS: I gave to admit that while writing this the mad scientist has already been killed by the monster and now it's all up to the co-conspirator or his young, good looking roommate.
Better than Average
elliott7821228 December 2013
What you have is a good sequel starts where part ll left off very good make up fx interesting story. The director tries to engage you make you care about the characters, here is where the actors fail. I can suspend belief for nearly any movie but Robin Dunne just isn't convincing the federal agent just recites his lines. Most of all some tighter editing to help pick up the pace of the film would have really helped. With all that said, still it earns a 6 out of 10 its not garbage or trash or Super cheesy, many good elements the director even displays some style and technique movies like this usually aren't very good but I would say watch it!
*Yawn*
rocky_lifter697 September 2007
Warning: Spoilers
What happens when you take most of the sex and a good portion of nudity out of a Species movie and throw in a low budget and boring script? You get Species 3, which is appallingly boring when compared to the other movies. Number one had a great atmosphere and cast, number two had good special effects (and little else worth noting) and number three has.... um, hold on, I'll think of something.
If you have read the plot synopsis for this movie, you have been badly misled. It claims that Sara is desperately seeking a mate while a military team closes in on her. Neither is true. The movie starts shortly after number 2, with Eve's body being transported somewhere so they can "use her dying DNA to make something else." Why they can't just make another one is beyond me but anyway. The truck driving her stops as an alien tongue bursts through the back wall of the truck and kills the passenger. The driver goes to investigate only to catch Eve waking up and giving birth in an unusual way. She doesn't even have time to see the baby before the little Patrick child in the back with her snaps her neck with his alien tongue. (Anyone else notice the cat that was in there at the end of 2 had vanished?) Anyway, the driver grabs the newborn creature and scurries away as troops arrive to see what happened to the truck. This driver somehow turns out to be a college professor (yes, I know, makes no sense) named Dr. Abbot. He starts to raise the young girl, whom he names Sara, while he teaches class at a local college. Shortly after, he is visited by a large, sickly looking person that turns out to be the halfbreed that was in the back of the truck. It is looking for Sara, as he and the rest of his kind are dying off due to weakened immune systems (Funny that these big bad aliens can't handle things like pollen). This halfbreed dies in his office, spilling it's guts all over. Abbot then enlists a brilliant student, Dean, to help him with his planned experiments involving the alien DNA. At the same time, Sara has gone into her cocoon and hatches out as a shapely adult. She is confronted by the university's dean while in her full glory, but rejects him as a mate (We later find out that her "superior DNA" doesn't match up with humans, so they will not produce offspring with her). He doesn't like this and she ends up killing him. Abbot and Dean return to find the empty cocoon and the dead dean and realize what happened. They get rid of the body and Abbot explains that he plans to use Sara's ovum (without her knowledge) and the DNA from the half breeds to create a perfect species (Why he wants to do this is never made clear). As Sara roams the college town, she senses another halfbreed that is seeking her out and almost mates with him before realizing that he is sick and dying. The next day, Abbot and Dean prepare to start experimenting on Sara when she is attacked by the halfbreed, who is desperate to mate before he dies. They manage to save Sara and kill him but not before he impales Abbot. After this, Dean returns to his dorm, where his roommate has an email from a very hot woman who is interested in cellular biology. The roommate responds to her request using information about the aliens he found in Dean's things. The woman turns out to be another halfbreed, Amelia. She arrives shortly after and seduces the roommate before taking him hostage. She and Sara then force him to make the new species so they will have mates. Dean and a government agent crash the party and the roommate escapes with the harvested alien ovum. They are chased down to a large nuclear facility that Dean worked at. Amelia and Sara chase Dean to the reactor as it warms up. He drops the eggs in there and Sara turn on Amelia, sacrificing herself to save Dean, who escapes. Three weeks later, Dean's roommate goes back to Abbot's house only to find Sara and a young boy. He races to the lab where Dean tells him that he was able to grab Sara at the last moment and had created the boy so she wouldn't be alone. Later, after the boy had matured, he and Sara leave, going into the woods to escape detection. Dean then assures his roommate that the guy is sterile and they will not have any little alien children. The final shot shows the number 1903 on a train bridge.
The entire movie is just so drab. There isn't a ton of the violence, the aliens look to cheesy and they toned the sex and nudity WAY down. Sunny Mabrey is cold and emotionless as Sara but that is OK for the part. The rest of the characters are stereotypical and boring to the point that none merit any mention.
Basically, see it if you're a die-hard for the series or really curious. Otherwise, pass on it.
If you have read the plot synopsis for this movie, you have been badly misled. It claims that Sara is desperately seeking a mate while a military team closes in on her. Neither is true. The movie starts shortly after number 2, with Eve's body being transported somewhere so they can "use her dying DNA to make something else." Why they can't just make another one is beyond me but anyway. The truck driving her stops as an alien tongue bursts through the back wall of the truck and kills the passenger. The driver goes to investigate only to catch Eve waking up and giving birth in an unusual way. She doesn't even have time to see the baby before the little Patrick child in the back with her snaps her neck with his alien tongue. (Anyone else notice the cat that was in there at the end of 2 had vanished?) Anyway, the driver grabs the newborn creature and scurries away as troops arrive to see what happened to the truck. This driver somehow turns out to be a college professor (yes, I know, makes no sense) named Dr. Abbot. He starts to raise the young girl, whom he names Sara, while he teaches class at a local college. Shortly after, he is visited by a large, sickly looking person that turns out to be the halfbreed that was in the back of the truck. It is looking for Sara, as he and the rest of his kind are dying off due to weakened immune systems (Funny that these big bad aliens can't handle things like pollen). This halfbreed dies in his office, spilling it's guts all over. Abbot then enlists a brilliant student, Dean, to help him with his planned experiments involving the alien DNA. At the same time, Sara has gone into her cocoon and hatches out as a shapely adult. She is confronted by the university's dean while in her full glory, but rejects him as a mate (We later find out that her "superior DNA" doesn't match up with humans, so they will not produce offspring with her). He doesn't like this and she ends up killing him. Abbot and Dean return to find the empty cocoon and the dead dean and realize what happened. They get rid of the body and Abbot explains that he plans to use Sara's ovum (without her knowledge) and the DNA from the half breeds to create a perfect species (Why he wants to do this is never made clear). As Sara roams the college town, she senses another halfbreed that is seeking her out and almost mates with him before realizing that he is sick and dying. The next day, Abbot and Dean prepare to start experimenting on Sara when she is attacked by the halfbreed, who is desperate to mate before he dies. They manage to save Sara and kill him but not before he impales Abbot. After this, Dean returns to his dorm, where his roommate has an email from a very hot woman who is interested in cellular biology. The roommate responds to her request using information about the aliens he found in Dean's things. The woman turns out to be another halfbreed, Amelia. She arrives shortly after and seduces the roommate before taking him hostage. She and Sara then force him to make the new species so they will have mates. Dean and a government agent crash the party and the roommate escapes with the harvested alien ovum. They are chased down to a large nuclear facility that Dean worked at. Amelia and Sara chase Dean to the reactor as it warms up. He drops the eggs in there and Sara turn on Amelia, sacrificing herself to save Dean, who escapes. Three weeks later, Dean's roommate goes back to Abbot's house only to find Sara and a young boy. He races to the lab where Dean tells him that he was able to grab Sara at the last moment and had created the boy so she wouldn't be alone. Later, after the boy had matured, he and Sara leave, going into the woods to escape detection. Dean then assures his roommate that the guy is sterile and they will not have any little alien children. The final shot shows the number 1903 on a train bridge.
The entire movie is just so drab. There isn't a ton of the violence, the aliens look to cheesy and they toned the sex and nudity WAY down. Sunny Mabrey is cold and emotionless as Sara but that is OK for the part. The rest of the characters are stereotypical and boring to the point that none merit any mention.
Basically, see it if you're a die-hard for the series or really curious. Otherwise, pass on it.
"We go through all that & in the end give her a god damn boyfriend." Entertaining horror Sci-Fi sequel.
poolandrews15 December 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Species III starts with a brief condensed recap of the previous two instalment's Species (1995) & Species II (1998) up to the point where part II ended with Eve's (Natash Henstridge) supposedly dead body lying in the back of an army ambulance together with one of her & Patrick's half breed offspring (Christopher R. Gillum). The driver in reality actually happens to be a college professor & genetic scientist named Dr. Abbot (Robert Knepper) who wants to steal Eve's body, however as he attempts to do so Eve sits up & gives birth to an alien girl while the half breed makes his escape. Abbot takes care of the alien girl who grows 6" a day, it's not long before she reaches adulthood & is named Sara (Sunny Mabrey) by Abbot who intends to use her superior DNA for the good of mankind... or something like that anyway. Abbot convinces one of his students named Dean (Robin Dunne) to help in his experiments, however it's not long before the half breed's show up as they are full of genetic flaws & extremely vulnerable to disease & virus's. The half breed's, lead by super sexy Amelia (Amelia Cooke), think the key to their survival is Sara's superior alien DNA & will do whatever it takes to get it...
Directed by Brad Turner I have to admit that I rather enjoyed Species III although I have to confess that I have no idea which version I saw as the IMDb's 'Alternate Versions' section states that 3 different ones exist, we don't have 'R' or 'Unrated' here in the UK but considering the amount of blood & nudity I am almost positive it was fully uncut. The script by Ben Ripley moves along at a nice pace & is never boring or dull. The story is a little muddled at times with a bit too much scientific nonsense at times bogging it down, but having said that no one is going to be watching a film such as Species III for it's story & character's are they? No they aren't & this is where Species III pleases as the filmmakers sensibly never forget their exploitation roots as they include copious amounts of female nudity, sex, babes, aliens, blood, slime, gore & tentacles. All I can say is it definitely worked for me! On a negative note I thought this was the weakest in the trilogy & the low budget meant everything seemed to take a step back & appear to be on a smaller scale, we don't get elaborate effect scenes like the opening outer space sequence from Species II, no car chases this time or huge state of the art government laboratory's instead we have to make do with a few microscopes & computer monitor's in someone's basement. I am not sure why the hot looking Amelia was introduced so late in the film either.
Director Turner does the best he can with what was probably a low budget, he keeps things moving & shoots some neat gore, someone has the contents of their head splattered over a windshield, a severed arm, a melting alien whose stomach pops open, a disgusting alien birth, someone has some aliens tentacles puncture their head, an autopsy using some home power-tools, someone gets a hole in their head plus a fantastic bit where someone is vertically cut in half & the two halves fall in opposite directions & Turner does everyone a big favour by drenching these scenes in blood & slime. Species III doesn't shy away from the nudity either with both Mabrey & Cooke seriously hot looking ladies.
Surprisingly Species III was a straight to video release which was shot on HD video & is technically very good. The cinematography is nice, the impressive special make-up effects are mostly of the rubber & latex variety with thankfully little in the way of CGI. The acting wasn't particularly great but then nothings perfect right?
I really liked Species III, a horror film that realises it's intended audience & doesn't shy away from giving them what they want (at least in it's uncut form anyway). If you liked the first two Species film then this is a must & I'd definitely recommend it to horror Sci-Fi fans in general as well.
Directed by Brad Turner I have to admit that I rather enjoyed Species III although I have to confess that I have no idea which version I saw as the IMDb's 'Alternate Versions' section states that 3 different ones exist, we don't have 'R' or 'Unrated' here in the UK but considering the amount of blood & nudity I am almost positive it was fully uncut. The script by Ben Ripley moves along at a nice pace & is never boring or dull. The story is a little muddled at times with a bit too much scientific nonsense at times bogging it down, but having said that no one is going to be watching a film such as Species III for it's story & character's are they? No they aren't & this is where Species III pleases as the filmmakers sensibly never forget their exploitation roots as they include copious amounts of female nudity, sex, babes, aliens, blood, slime, gore & tentacles. All I can say is it definitely worked for me! On a negative note I thought this was the weakest in the trilogy & the low budget meant everything seemed to take a step back & appear to be on a smaller scale, we don't get elaborate effect scenes like the opening outer space sequence from Species II, no car chases this time or huge state of the art government laboratory's instead we have to make do with a few microscopes & computer monitor's in someone's basement. I am not sure why the hot looking Amelia was introduced so late in the film either.
Director Turner does the best he can with what was probably a low budget, he keeps things moving & shoots some neat gore, someone has the contents of their head splattered over a windshield, a severed arm, a melting alien whose stomach pops open, a disgusting alien birth, someone has some aliens tentacles puncture their head, an autopsy using some home power-tools, someone gets a hole in their head plus a fantastic bit where someone is vertically cut in half & the two halves fall in opposite directions & Turner does everyone a big favour by drenching these scenes in blood & slime. Species III doesn't shy away from the nudity either with both Mabrey & Cooke seriously hot looking ladies.
Surprisingly Species III was a straight to video release which was shot on HD video & is technically very good. The cinematography is nice, the impressive special make-up effects are mostly of the rubber & latex variety with thankfully little in the way of CGI. The acting wasn't particularly great but then nothings perfect right?
I really liked Species III, a horror film that realises it's intended audience & doesn't shy away from giving them what they want (at least in it's uncut form anyway). If you liked the first two Species film then this is a must & I'd definitely recommend it to horror Sci-Fi fans in general as well.
Better than I expected, by a bit
Samiam31 May 2010
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.
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.
Insult my intelligence and lose me
ericjones7 December 2004
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This is so ridiculously low budget, it should never have been made. The script was just down right atrocious. As an example, they go running off from the military medical truck. There are helicopters yet they evade detection anyway. Um, ever heard of FLIR? Forward Looking Infra Red? If you've ever seen Cops then you know this is not exactly new technology. And of course those kinds of technologies filter down from the military first anyway. You going to try telling me the military could not detect these guys running around? So I lost it at the beginning and was mad from then on. I love horror, I love sci-fi and Species 1, but this is trash. They followed no common sense, and no concepts or precepts set by the first movie, if you arn't willing to follow continuity then why bother? Why not call it something else? Or better yet, save your pennies for a better script and movie. I have to ask (rhetorical of course) how much suspension of belief am I supposed to give with this type of trash?
This is so ridiculously low budget, it should never have been made. The script was just down right atrocious. As an example, they go running off from the military medical truck. There are helicopters yet they evade detection anyway. Um, ever heard of FLIR? Forward Looking Infra Red? If you've ever seen Cops then you know this is not exactly new technology. And of course those kinds of technologies filter down from the military first anyway. You going to try telling me the military could not detect these guys running around? So I lost it at the beginning and was mad from then on. I love horror, I love sci-fi and Species 1, but this is trash. They followed no common sense, and no concepts or precepts set by the first movie, if you arn't willing to follow continuity then why bother? Why not call it something else? Or better yet, save your pennies for a better script and movie. I have to ask (rhetorical of course) how much suspension of belief am I supposed to give with this type of trash?
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