
Alien: Rubicon was also introduced by The Asylum to assist all those people who are too NEP to check and see that Alien: Romulus is a completely different movie and is not the one they are searching for, And people who confuse Alien: Rubicon with Alien: Romulus is most likely going to be very disappointed because, despite the aliens, these are indeed different films.
Dr. Jeff Morrow (Preston Geer, Trust in Love), an Astrobiologist asks for time off to take his children, Leanne and Adam, out for camping. It is possible though, that his children’s camping trip would be off because he has planned a quick visit to his lab which eventually turns into a complete fiasco when Adam sees a huge sphere moving towards the earth from the same area his father found a strange signal around a year back.
President McCoy (Michael Paré, Streets of Fire, War of the Worlds: Extinction) orders Dr. Morrow to examine what it is and how to deal with it. But when he and Captain Jeffe (Paul Logan, The Charisma Killers, Bigfoot or Bust) attempt to use a laser to probe it, it explodes with destructive force from its alien weapons and starts making a direct fly to Washington D C.
One of the most interesting moments of the film is the fact that Michal Kasa and Adriana Murtel, who were the main artists and writers in the project, shared their credits with authors of Alien Apocalypse Avila and Jon Schaefer Winters. They gave themselves and director Adrian Avila (Alien Apocalypse) plenty of chances to showcase the destruction caused by the sphere as it battles the military on its journey to D.C.
It wasn’t written by the writers so it doesn’t surprise Alien: Rubicon had decent CGI work for The Asylum films. It’s been quite some time since the scene of the sphere effortlessly dispatching hordes of tanks, attack aircraft, battleships, and even the Navy fleet’s camouflaged feeble arms and legs looked good on screen. The only really weak effects were some shots of the hero’s chopper making the crash landing.
And as for the swarm of extraterrestrial beasts you witness in the trailer, well it is what it is. Few seconds of footage, that’s all there is to it. You did not quite think that The Asylum was really going to shovel in the dollar amounts needed to make it so that they would have lots of screen time in the movie, did you? It is the same with the disclosure that this is only a probe, feeding data to an invasion fleet that the viewers cannot see because the budget is not there for any of this.
Still, as the story goes it is quite a common one as Morrow and Jeffe try their hardest to survive while making sure that the alien vessel doesn’t go out of their sight. Naturally, the trajectory eventually puts Morrow’s kids in danger which leads to plenty of moments of the characters bickering in the President’s bunker that precedes the last group effort to stop the invasion that’s all or nothing. Although there are stakes, that last minute push is accompanied by one of the most obnoxious plot devices in a long time. This concerns a character disclosing he has been aware of the weapon the entire time but chose not to reveal it because it breaches Treaty regulations as the East Coast was being pummelled to smithereens.
Most of the remaining Alien: Rubicon, originating with the cinematography by Michael Su (There’s a Hell on Earth, 12 to Midnight) and the soundtrack ambiance that for some reason was accomplished by three people is commendable.
Though it is better than the majority of The Asylum movies which states that it is still an Asylum movie, If you are a follower of theirs, then you should enjoy this very much. If not, or if you do not watch their movies frequently, read on and calibrate your expectations accordingly which instead you might find quite fun. And if you have ended up renting it accidentally, still if you go for it, give it an ear and you may still get your value out of it.
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