Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Anoushka Slater
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Darin
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Haven Kaycee
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
deshan-78580
This review may contain a few spoilers, if you can't handle spoilers, then stop reading right there. Without further ado, let the review begin. Unknown Origin (or The Alien Within) is a 1995 Horror Sci-Fi direct to video Leviathan rip-off. The plot of this movie is about a crew team in the underwater faculty have discovered an alien life- form virus, it's up to the crew team to survive this alien virus. This movie has tried hard to be a half-way decent low-budget Leviathan clone, but in the end, it turns out to be a cheap below average experience at best. Pros: - Good special effects for a low-budget movie - It's not long at all (it's 75 minutes or 1 hour & 15 minutes long) - Okay action scenes Cons: - Bad acting - Bad plot - Bad soundtrack - Miserable concept & presentation Overall, just watch Leviathan or The Abyss instead, just forget this low-budget below average rip-off. 4/10, the endRated R for violence, moderate coarse language, and brief graphic nudity
Jesus_Wept
In the process of recovering from a heavy cold I have had trouble sleeping, haha! I thought lets catch up with some cable movies. So in the early hours I stumble across 'Origin Unknown' ('The Alien Within' US Title). Ah, Roddy McDowell nice surprise, NOT. This is a cheap made for TV pile of alien vomit. Why is the picture so dark? I ask, to enable a spooky atmospheric setting? NO, because the budget did not stretch to any set.Have I not seen some of these plot lines before? Yes the entire Alien series is ripped apart by this shoddy waste of time and effort.Avoid like the plague. 0.5/10
MortiZ_01
OK this movie does borrow from The Thing, heavily. In fact it is more like a cross-breed between Alien and The Thing. Despite Its un-orginality and a bit of wooden acting overall it is a good B-Movie and well worth a watch if you are into this sort of thing, mind the pun.I'll give it a *** out of 5
Alwood
Lots of fun in this underwater thriller as a team of scientists and miners battle a mind-controlling alien parasite that takes over their bodies. The thrills and the laughs never quit in this nifty micro-budget flick, that harkens back to the best of Roger Corman's drive-in classics from the 1960's. Clever writing and direction that overcome the low budget make this one a sure-fire bet for a fun evening in front of the TV.
