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Heatstroke Reviews:
good campy fun
2008-06-01 - Okay, I admit that I turned over to view an Ivonna Cadaver re-run during the commercials, and nearly turned off Sci-Fi for good about five minutes after Danica McKellar's character had apparently left the alien-infested island. Fortunately, they brought her back just in time, so I watched the whole thing and quite enjoyed it. That's not to say the other actors weren't also good. They just use mostly young talent on that channel, gearing their products for a specific audience - have you ever noticed that Sci-Fi leading men are usually not, ummm, overly macho or rugged?

Regardless, I've perhaps seen half a dozen Sci-Fi Channel movies, and must say they've all been pretty well done, given the limited budgets. "Heatstroke" is now first on my list of those I've seen, and is TOP NOTCH compared to most ANY movie intended to premiere on a cable channel, in my opinion. In fact, for comparison purposes, I watched the 3rd installment of Jurassic Park for the first time earlier in the same evening, and felt the acting and creatures in "Heatstroke" were about as realistic. Sure, the blockbuster had more elaborate effects with their monsters and mechanisms, but they probably spent a boat-load of cash doing it, and there wasn't one moment when I imagined the dinosaurs were anything other than special effects. Even if that may be partly due to my having seen the previous films in that series, or seeing this one at home instead of on a movie screen, the fact is, it somehow didn't really grab my attention more than this frugally-made alternative.

A highlight for me was Danica's kissing scene, which was kind of comical. Somehow, so was the whole bit with the guy possessed by an alien larva - the spaced out look and strange clucking, the evil actions combined with hope for redemption, was all sort of "Big Bird meets Darth Vader" for me. Another enjoyable clip involved a smug scientist lady, attempting to befriend a wickedly amused alien. That was a moment of "piercing" dialogue, providing the viewer a strangely "draining" scene that was at the same time "uplifting". ha! Be warned that the film is a bit gory in places. Yet, overall it's good campy fun - the stuff cult classics are made of. I won't go so far as to say Roger Corman would definitely be proud of it (though he might). However, who knows, maybe we'll eventually see Ivonna host this movie with her trademark schtick commentary. Therefore, my review is four stars or two thumbs (claws?) up...a good film to see for anyone who likes sci-fi that leans toward tongue-in-cheek horror.


Taking It down
2008-06-01 - Think Sci-Fi Originals. Than think worse. Thats this film.

story tkes place on a pacific island where government soldiers are searching for proof of aliens. what they find are living ET and they they dont come in piece. The premis si that these aliens are causing global warming to kill all the life on earth except insects which use as food.

The entire film is a horrid depiction of the most far-fetched sci-fi idea ever. The acting lead is D.B. Sweeney whome i had never heard of until this films release. He and all the other talent show less than real acting and the effects of the film, oh god the effects!
The aliens look like a creature from a 1990's video game. They look that bad. Films like Cerberus put this film to shame and that is as shameful as it gets.