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Sadly Over-hyped

Good concept, poorly executed.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

AE: APOCALYPSE EARTH is another dud from The Asylum, released and titled to cash in on the Will Smith flick AFTER EARTH. Other than the alien planet setting, this has nothing to do with the Hollywood flick. Instead it turns out to be a dull and derivative version of PREDATOR, as a bunch of characters find themselves heading through a hostile alien jungle pursued by a murderous extraterrestrial. With a no-name cast and appalling special effects, this is a barrel-scraping escapade, and even the introduction of some green-skinned AVATAR people doesn't help much.

Aliens are invading the earth, and winning the war. Several 'arks' are leaving earth to ensure the survival of human beings elsewhere. Two of them, the 'Isaac Newton' and the 'Albert Einstein', crash on a jungle planet. It looks like paradise only at the first glance, but actually it's full of hostile aliens. The survivors have to fight together against invisible enemies, the so-called Chameleons, supported only reluctantly by a local humanoid race.Adrian Paul as Frank Baum plays the military leader of the team, who was on the 'Albert Einstein' only by accident. Richard Grieco as Captain Crowe doesn't have a good role: he is carried around injured half of the time. Bali Rodriguez as green skinned alien woman Lea is a winner. Gray Hawks as TIM, an android in the tradition of Star Trek's Data, handles the difficult part very well, not too robotic.This is actually a nice B movie, a survival challenge against various aliens, and although most of them are humans painted in funny colors, they also added a few CGI creatures from giant spiders to giant lizards, creative for the low budget.

I will get right to the point. IMDb states that the estimated budget for this film was $350,000. If that is correct, someone stuffed most of that cash in their pocket because it sure wasn't spent on real production costs.This film has the look, feel, and sound of a film school project. The photography, cinematography, sound, sound effects, visual effects, and acting are so below par that it is hard to take this film seriously. I could point out specifics but that would take much too long since there is very little about this film that actually works.Basically, start at the beginning, the script; terrible. The actors; amateurs. The photography; shaky and uninspired. The direction; film school project that got a D.

I found the graphics to be very poor failing to look any where near real. Sound effects were poor too. The editing was bad using the same area multiple times for two different locations. A prop started out as just very basic then in flight ended up being a much higher level prop.I really had high hopes for this movie hunting it down on Red Box and rushing home to watch it.The acting was poor and hard to watch.This is my first time reviewing a movie. I am doing so because I now know how important it is. Reviewing movies can save someone time, driving, and money.If you love Space Sci-Fi this movie might not cut it for you.