Strong and Moving!

Disturbing yet enthralling

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

When i thought of watching it, i read the IMDb basic story line first. It was OK. The beginning few minutes of the movie was alright. But, what followed is totally lame. The script makes you ask so many questions on why the hell are they doing stupid things. Just for going on they act stupidly. It gets so boring after wards. I never fast forward any movie. God! I did it in this movie. And the ending, as expected. Such a waste of time.There are many low-budget movies which are taken so well. This is definitely not one of those. I don't know what to say, don't watch it.Final verdict : Ignore this. People who say that this movie is great, i don't know what to say about it. Watch it or Miss it? Definitely go for the latter option.

I feel that I should first point out that I enjoy watching a lot of low budget direct to DVD movies, so I thought that "Alien Raiders" would have a lot to enjoy. However, I have to admit that I was preparing to write this negative review a long time before the movie reached its end. The movie is extremely confusing - it's not made clear where the gun-wielding hostage takers came from, what they know and how they know what they know. These characters, as well as most of the protagonists, are extremely grating and annoying, making it hard to care what happens to them. If you are looking for gore and monster action, there's not much of that stuff here. Further adding to the problems is that the cinematography makes the movie look cheaper and cruder than it actually is. About the only praise I can give this movie is that they managed to shoot in an actual supermarket, which helps, but only a little.

Alien Raiders actually didn't seem too bad on paper. I was just apprehensive after seeing a number of disappointments with concepts a little similar. I didn't find Alien Raiders bad at all. It is quite atmospherically filmed and lit, with the editing sharp and not too hackneyed. The story for the first half is entertaining and suspenseful, the script is suitably snappy and the acting is solid. Although the effects were inconsistent, sometimes good, at other times lacking finesse, and the characters clichéd, I was willing to forgive those just about, if the second half hadn't let things down. Whereas the first half was atmospheric and entertaining, the second half was where the film became more derivative and silly with the pacing grinding to a halt in places. And then there was the ending, which was incredibly over-familiar and dumb, no real thrills sadly. So overall, had great potential, but I just wish the second half lived up to the promise it started off with. 6/10 Bethany Cox

I bought this DVD prior to watching given the fact that it is difficult to find and all of the Blockbuster locations are closing. I read many reviews prior to buying the film.This was a very good movie considering the budget the director had to work with. I was impressed with the action sequences and creature effects. The title does not really described this movie and neither does the front cover of the DVD. Most of the characters are played by relatively unknown actors ( aside from the African American cop from Six Feet Under series) but they all do a decent job.Definitely worth checking out or buying on Amazon.