Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

ShangLuda Admirable film.

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

MusicChat It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Joe Bridge Wow.This movie begins in a somewhat interesting way - they don't waste time introducing the alien element. A nice big spaceship and fighters.However, it is eventually known that the movie has no sense of suspense, pacing, or much of anything else - and is so silly at times, I feel uncomfortable keeping my eyes open, much like the feeling with certain episodes of the Brady Bunch when one of the kids gets into trouble for something really ridiculous.I was always expecting the lead character to break out in a rockabilly performance.The alien female, dressed up like Cher when first floating about, goes from powerful to helpless to powerful every other scene. Her first appearance kind of causes me to do a double-take and withhold laughter.One thing I am certain of, no one in this movie can drive, fly a helicopter, shoot, fly a spaceship or even walk without issues... The car chases might have been more entertaining if they made the slightest sense in continuity. Cars drive right off the road and crash for no reason whatsoever, two at a time yet, plus they appear and disappear at will. The alien female angel (whatever) doesn't even need to keep them away with her ball lightning. They prefer just driving off the road or crashing into each other.No one can fly a helicopter either, which is probably a good thing, since they shoot up office buildings without any care at all, before crashing for no reason. The alien female can not fly the spaceship very well, either.The "bad guy" gives the orders to shoot the intruders about five minutes before at least two of them casually leave the area. He speaks really, really SLOWLY, but once he finishes, he is asked several times to confirm this, and he gives the order very, very slowly again. That was actually the most amusing scene in the movie.They (the "bad guys" aka government/military), of course, need the "advanced technology" of the spaceship, which was so advanced that it couldn't outmaneuver a couple helicopters without getting shot-up like tinfoil...The nice aliens wave at the man whose son is older than him or some such.The actors were all very nice and calm for the most part, saying their lines very softly. Has a "Happy Days" feel at times. Mork from Ork could have appeared and I wouldn't have felt surprised.

Jan Strydom THE SENDER is a rather entertaining sci-fi "B" movie that manages to pass the time, albeit its far from being a masterpiece, its a film produced by Richard Pepin and Joseph Merhi who are known for creating films with paper thin plots but have loads of car chases and shootings, however many of their films are pretty entertaining such as RIOT for instance.The plot here as you might expect is also paper thin only this one has a bit of a Sci-Fi spin to it, the acting isn't perfect but Micheal Madsen, R. Lee Emery and Steven Williams were fun to watch, the action scenes consist of car chases and shootings plus it features a spaceship being chased by two gunships.Overall, its an entertaining "B" movie that passes the time but if you're already familiar with the work of Pepin and Merhi you might notice the usual trademarks in this one.

obryan1 Wow! This is one of the most amazing films I've ever seen. And I don't mean that in a good way. (grin) Once you get past the endless car chases and senseless shoot-em-ups, you have to shake your head in amazement at just how badly this film was botched. I mean, it had the stench of rotting cheese you could smell all the way back to the alien's home planet.If I had to guess, I'd say this was a first-time effort for the director, the screenwriter, AND the musical effects people. It just reeked of "We have NO clue what we're doing", which made it pretty darn funny, once you got over the expectation that you were going to see a "real movie".It's difficult to capture the essence of how this film plays out, but I'd characterize it best by saying, ...what would happen if you got a bunch of actors together, didn't let them read a script, then handed them their lines one page at a time, just before shooting each scene? They'd have no idea what was going on. They'd ask, "what's my motivation here?", to which the director would respond, "forget motivation, just say your lines". And that's exactly what the "actors" here do, 90% of the time. They just say lines. They don't act, they don't react, they don't respond to what's going on around them, there's no emotion. It's just bizarre. And the movie is full of these "WTF? moments". I kept asking myself, "Are these human beings, or zombies?". The one exception being R. Lee Ermy, who goes postal at the drop of a hat, with no provocation whatsoever.I'm baffled how someone could get funding to make a film this poorly, but I'd guess they didn't get to make any more. So here's your opportunity to catch a real schlock-fest. If you go into it with no expectations; like lots of action, with no suspense; don't mind gaping plot holes and a senseless script, you could be in for an amusing hour and a half of shaking your head and saying "unfreaking-believable!". I can't believe I watched the WHOLE thing. (smile)

mikhelburgland If this movie was a big-budget flick, it would have gotten a 5. But, this is a B-movie that exceded all my expectations. The special-effects (although not ground breaking) were more then I expected for this type of film. The lead actors, especially Madsen, make this movie a pretty good watch.