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The Worst Film Ever

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Blistering performances.

.. but it wasn't. It was awful. Sucky CGI ruined it. Seriously, you can't make a movie nowadays with that kind of CGI. Go for puppets instead, it will look better.

Very minor spoilers.I started out watching this somewhat reluctantly, but found myself really liking it once the clichéd opening scene was over with. Although the obvious character tropes are present, it was the characters that got me engaged. I felt somewhat sad early on because I liked all of them - except the guy you are not meant to like - and I knew most of them probably wouldn't make it.The Alien creature is very well done, but they show it off too early and ruin the suspense somewhat. It looks like a highly magnetized H.R. Giger Alien centaur that ran through a junk yard. The cyborg design doesn't really fit the "vampiric" nature of the alien and its ability to sneak up on people, although I suppose it presents a good reason for it to be bullet-proof.The acting and script is mostly good. They avoid having the characters do anything obviously stupid, although there is some character in-fighting that pops up at moments where you would expect the group to be too bothered about survival to have a go at each other. Most set pieces were well done, and tense, except for the ending which was highly unoriginal. Despite the great alien, the other effects are very bad, with poorly done CGI explosions and one scene where the alien picks someone up by the neck that is laugh-out-loud fake looking.The two young leads, John Redlinger and Clare Niederpruem have great chemistry and are very effective in their roles. Hopefully we see more of them in "better" movies.Overall, a really good film of this type. I would certainly watch it again.

It moves quickly; has good writing in the form of a tight plot and some believable characters; and features interesting Utah landscapes and respectable special effects - pound for dollar (and it's free on SyFy), it's a worthy effort.The weakness is the inability of the director to control the mood in a perfectly competent manner. This inability is often seen in movies of this genre, and while THIRST doesn't make as many mistakes as other, lesser entries, the mistakes are certainly there.Here we have a group of people being terrorized and slaughtered by an alien creature, and yet they still have the wherewithal to make bad jokes at random moments and to seem oblivious to the epoch-making mystery of it all.To see what a grade A production can do with this kind of material, watch the 2011 version of THE THING. After her first horrific encounter with the creature, the young paleontologist gazes up at the stars and says, "I'll never look at them in the same way again..."An even better example of tight control is the Tom Cruise masterpiece EDGE OF TOMORROW. The humor is always there, but it's always apropos.

This movie is one that certainly shines when viewed for what it is: an entertaining action flick. It's shot in such a way that it feels almost like a graphic novel. Quick, dynamic camera moves, heart- pumping action sequences, big explosions, and a nearly invincible baddie combine to provide an entertaining viewing experience.As with most films in this genre, you won't find much in the way of character development. In some ways, that's part of the fun. I found myself laughing out loud at the gratuitous shotgun-pumping, the Rube-Golberg-esque final sequence, and John Redlinger's character, which takes on the full breadth of the action-hero caricature. Though I didn't feel very invested in any of the individual characters, I found their cohesive whole entertaining. Many of the technical elements are exemplary, especially when one is aware that this movie was put together by only a handful of people in under four weeks of shooting time. There are a couple of interesting long single-shot sequences and some strikingly composed scenes. True, there are a couple of CG moments that are very rough - low budget does have its drawbacks - but the monster itself looks pretty awesome.The music is phenomenal.This is definitely a film to be appreciated for what it is: a straight-up action-thriller flick you'd watch with your mates. It's also a movie that shouldn't be taken too seriously. It's not ground- breaking cinema, but it is certainly good fun, entertaining, and worth a watch.