Paranormal – Im Bann der Aliens (1998)

Paranormal – Im Bann der Aliens: Directed by Richard Pepin. With Michael Madsen, R. Lee Ermey, Robert Vaughn, Dyan Cannon. An Air Force captain pursues the government agents who kidnapped his daughter after discovering that she has incredible “sending” powers.

“Wow! This is one of the most amazing films Iu0026#39;ve ever seen. And I donu0026#39;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 alienu0026#39;s home planet.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf I had to guess, Iu0026#39;d say this was a first-time effort for the director, the screenwriter, AND the musical effects people. It just reeked of u0026quot;We have NO clue what weu0026#39;re doingu0026quot;, which made it pretty darn funny, once you got over the expectation that you were going to see a u0026quot;real movieu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s difficult to capture the essence of how this film plays out, but Iu0026#39;d characterize it best by saying, …what would happen if you got a bunch of actors together, didnu0026#39;t let them read a script, then handed them their lines one page at a time, just before shooting each scene? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTheyu0026#39;d have no idea what was going on. Theyu0026#39;d ask, u0026quot;whatu0026#39;s my motivation here?u0026quot;, to which the director would respond, u0026quot;forget motivation, just say your linesu0026quot;. And thatu0026#39;s exactly what the u0026quot;actorsu0026quot; here do, 90% of the time. They just say lines. They donu0026#39;t act, they donu0026#39;t react, they donu0026#39;t respond to whatu0026#39;s going on around them, thereu0026#39;s no emotion. Itu0026#39;s just bizarre. And the movie is full of these u0026quot;WTF? momentsu0026quot;. I kept asking myself, u0026quot;Are these human beings, or zombies?u0026quot;. The one exception being R. Lee Ermy, who goes postal at the drop of a hat, with no provocation whatsoever.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m baffled how someone could get funding to make a film this poorly, but Iu0026#39;d guess they didnu0026#39;t get to make any more. So hereu0026#39;s your opportunity to catch a real schlock-fest. If you go into it with no expectations; like lots of action, with no suspense; donu0026#39;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 u0026quot;unfreaking-believable!u0026quot;. I canu0026#39;t believe I watched the WHOLE thing. (smile)”