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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinOnce the Heavies arrive back on the scene, Raisani uses their presence—and the way the military dispatches them—to dodge complexity in favor of shooting stuff for freedom’s last stand. It’s Starship Troopers without the irony. But it looks nice.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThis first feature by Jabbar Raisani is played out with considerable conviction on the part of its director and the tough-guy cast (led by Rick Ravanello), but the alien element is less convincing because of corny costumes and static-y special effects.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film splits its time evenly between half-heartedly pretending it's an allegory for our current war on terror and pretending that it's not.
- It’s a real slog.
- 30Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe promise of the multi-screen future-history info-dump that kicks off Alien Outpost isn't enough to mask this military sci-fi indie's repetitive familiarity.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe writing is so poor and the visual embellishments so few that some of the violence, like the frequent attacks on the base by local villagers, make little sense.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlien Outpost doesn't even manage to do justice to its thematic conceits, failing to weave in its current day parallels in sufficiently thoughtful fashion.
- 12New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithA sci-fi actioner with the production values of your average porno, Alien Outpost spews clichés like a machine gun set on maximum triteness.