外星 @*\恶客
简介
!;_Out of the fift\.ies &%#39B' ;Sc%_ie#nce-Fict`#ion m=;$ onster-@ m! ) ovies, this$% eas $ $il @y ra(:_n:ks ;_as the best ; . It\ , 9s most notable a#s the film ;,tha ^t A_)! LIEN `[ =is a`%n unaccr! edite-d remake !+o)f,), thus giving *it a ce/]rtai[ n% his^t;?orical significance+. The intriguing plot -.is about the @] rescue -$@of th.e only marooned surv ivor : (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated e ;xpe$^d iti!\on t%o Mars. T\,he au: /thoriti`es, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume -t:hat@ he mu (@r ^@dered` his f e) llo w*: c#r:#ew_ m^@embers, :_s(o )] that /!he'd [have more prov_^isions to survive hence he is b-) [e- ing bro^ught back [# to /.]E:* arth to face court-martia*l for @murder. (There is!=% $?also a somewhat interesting plot reversal , her()e: Most movies of this na:ture.`;@ usuall)#y begin#, with the [s *\hip leaving Ea)-! rth\, \enr\]oute to it!*s oth.@)e rworld dest inat,,ion,#$ while, i( ?n th /is/$^_ case%%, th@.$e "story" is believe-d f)=inished, a[/(nd begins. as th;# e characte )rs tak\+e-of)f from the other .: pla.(net,#-) return@%=ing-?^ .to Earth). . As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a ?lurking, ominou+!s shado;(w is seen /in the =lower com[:partm` .ent. (A frig@htening, atmospheric$_ moment]), , accom#p \lished thro.u gh\ sheer economy ! an.,#d; simpli_%ci^=\ty). $/Carruthers insis!ts of his? inno%(c;_ence to! [ his fellow cap((to -rs, .;claiming that h is ?\or i*ginal cre/?w mat.`es were slaughtered by a hostile, uns,een pre-/%senc^e on t*^he desol_ ute re@@d planet, but% t,`(_hr( ee*-#[guesses, as to $their reac -ti o# n to[ his unusual plea. * Natura ? ll y, he c/ /an't prove i@t@ $!, and 50's sp ]ace authorities [ .*were not ]very alien cons#=cience@ at the time. (As.# a side-$thoug$;ht, &quo`: tunseen men ace" may remind)/ you o@%- `f t#[-hat :,@highly &q uoto=riginal" BLA @IR W.ITCH). As everyone +sacks out,%] a$(? h# @aple@;+ss( su-.!pporting [-charactor whose na#.me is at the bot#;*=tom of the_) cast_=#ing . l# -]_ist (gues s what will ha#ppen +[) to him?) hea rs so!:me:=[?thing in t#!he%, low];\er c*ompartm.e !nt. D)/?espite your )futi) .@le &quo \_td+.on't +go down t\%here, you j?@e]_rk!![ " plea$[s, #+ he does just that, and is: !+ a/ppr @@ opriate!ly`[, $ killed ()[mor$e like th*orough l;y oblit?er!_ated) , by the shadowy figure+ \ ).w-@ith in:)*(satiable blood lu;/s,t on its mind. In t%=; he %$vi\; ctim's ca se, dere;liction of duty _a (nd $ )sheer coward l,:iness / !wou,@`:ld have be:))en% t;/$ he+ wis-?e d? +ecision. The scene i*s ac= /tually well-di%+r -/ected (for a c \hang/=e=!)) and develops much su`)$ spense, as ))_$the!^? entire f il^ m ?:_surprisingly/) d *\oe s. * The crew finally catches on/\ t%hat t hey ]\ have an unw*a@nted$+* ship*+ cra _s `h+- er on board, and tr% y every possi [%+ble means a? /t =their disposal to eliminate . ;it,+* but t`$? he ^= unknown crea%ture seems !$ to cop,p--ing an ant%i-death! attitud;e. Proving t # %o be an even more ?clever,= w^@#orthy adversary, &#, $3@[9 ? IT!& *_#39 ]a*$^;lso hides@ out in the venti`lati% on shafts of the s*?hip ( / n/;ow that sh= .ould r_)ing a b;*ell ).: C!;ahn's fo]$r: cef%ul direction g* ene rates consi [ derab+le ten:`$sion as the malevolent s:tow;.)aw ?=ay w or =ks its way up from o _!`n)e -:leve=:(l of the confined ship .=/to the ;next(+ , eventual ^;ly )%:;lea ving the r%emaini._@?n! g*// characte rs trapped ! at t#(*he top. T/he movie+ 9s-.( suspense is [` blunt and right--\ to the point:_?+ &quo^#tI;=T!&%+\#3:;9 has to] k*/ill ]them @ or s) tarve, h*`e +)nce )th e(;y have to kill- &q =uotIT!" # or `! die. Nothing_] lik:!e those &qu];ot//no two ways]. (?about ,_it" choic#es. Rent it, %) or check for it on cable if=@^ you wish to know the ou`tco(% me. For)^ a low?-/-budget#\\ quickie , $IT! # is quite im\-p?;-ress@ive and memo% rable. The dreaded s e^ nse of? claustrophobic tens/io]- @n, r *endering t ;he charac;#t_ e $:+rs# ,&# % 39 ; helpless e..?ntrapment, is hig*hly effec*ti ve. Th;is is ]a p`\r$%odu$ction i :n whi:(#ch the limited budget a(+nd\ small set= s [[ actually work %\/ i,^n fa? vor of= the plot%9s(% scary am.bience. T-.[he bla] ck ) white (#=photography (Ye $s, i`*]t!&##!3]@9^+s( * one of those!) help ;s to enhance its % dark, creepy m* :*ood, a n^d the sense of apprehension is; quite( high=#@. ((Mod+*ern day color f :r,: :(e.aks $never seem to take t/ hat ) *;into consid`) er[\!ation). Th/e plot / is al` + s\o somewh-at cynical+ly ir)++on !!)ic: If the crea `tu!re h@+`adn't stowed?% + away on ) t $.he ship, Ca*-\rruthe [rs woul(d ha \ve _@mos=(#t likely#%$ be!]! ?en\\ found guilty of the charges $a ][ga\!in st hi m. The intell i#$gent sc^ ript (se;+/e what I ` mean about /&q@!uot-)rareity&quo]%t) was penned by noted Science--(Fiction author Jerom=:e Bixb %y (remember Tw_/ilig*ht Zone&:/#39s "It_;9:`/s a : Goo,+d Life& q:uot)? ,]T)he @\ picture's\#^ tau^+t editing eliminates:_`. a)ny extr^^ane \ ou ; s dros@s. (ALIEN,= tended to drag ;in its first hour / with# :its sophomor @%@ic /dialogue/, and w [[hy did i?!)t h @*ave to [-in_clude )[that s (tupid and ultima te_$ )ly c[ounter-p / roduc tive sub-plot of _ Ash being a r obot, and fu/, rther drag)@g:?;$i-ng the __ story d`#ow^ n to an(.other $bi[*g ba $:d consp),=ira . ]cy c$`!lich$^`-e? UNNECESSARY!! ;\!) Direc;tor Cahn,=\ astut@#ely kee/.ps the !(rubbe-r-suit `=e!d monst=er off-screen @ ,and : in:![ th]:e,-? shadows thr \ough-o\!+-ut mo!)st of=: the p_% \roce )ed]?ings, keeping your p+`=ar#an?o% i?d `` imag ination ]/on constant alert. Unfortuna:]te\l y, perh$/ a]ps at the studi+o's@/## commerc[ial \^`i nsist*)^ance, it is a l i(ttle over- [=?re%vealed at the climax*], but I haven- `'t claimed this to be the perfect @ =masterpiece. [T-he perfo\$%.rm `ances,![$ thou g $ h nothi/ng award-winning, are nevertheless cool^ enou(!:*gh so t [hat one be .comes since# rely conc$erned a`$`?s to;; thei;r fa@ $_te? s. Not(? m:;any-@ movies in recent times ev er come clo[ se to achie?*.ving that. They ca=! n be over-produ`\c$\ed .! from h#)@ere to eternity, and usually only succ eed in be\ing gloriously annoying. This film&# \39s .%$st!\ory is not really^ t =:`otally?-% origi:;nal (what is?),= for it is based on A.E([ . Va, n Vog)t%&#= _39s^]# "VOYAGE- !OF !THE:$*: ;!S%? PACE _] BEAGL;E." Al*l ALIE@; N! !?((fa] nat,= ic) [s should track down#/ an old used copy to se e where the %;++initia* l influence \;@cam` +e from. As long a_:s you're not cr]aving! another CGI% $ wind- ding_ \, you] . may find = it wor^+^thwhil (_e:.. Just don't exp)ect the wo)_? ?men t o be Rip]ley precu+_rsors. This wa_s \still the#_ so+ ck-knitti;n], (g fi^ -fties, sad to sa^+y.