Dark Breed

1996

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 12%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 12% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.3/10 10 820 820

alien astronaut

Director

Richard Pepin Photo
Richard Pepin

Top cast

Jonathan Banks Photo
Jonathan Banks as Joseph Shay
Felton Perry Photo
Felton Perry as Powell
Carlos Carrasco Photo
Carlos Carrasco as Fox
Cindy Ambuehl Photo
Cindy Ambuehl as Burgess
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924.23 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 1
1.67 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lastliberal 4 / 10

Aliens Meets the Terminator

Remember Mad Libs? I just know that they have one where you insert the names and they crank out canned dialog that is appropriate to movies like this. Sorry, Richard, but you need to stay on strike as this script is atrocious! The only good thing about this movie is the special effects and the fireworks. There was lots of loud explosions and numerous bullets expended in the making of this film. There were some really neat effects as the parasites took control of the astronauts. The creatures were nifty. That's it, folks.If your toenails are clipped and you've nothing else to do, it will pass for some excitement. Just don't listen to the crappy clichés throughout. They'll make you groan.
Reviewed by Vomitron_G 5 / 10

Not so dark, not really breeding either

Sh!t from outer space keeps crashing onto earth at the start of this movie. First a spaceship with evil alien parasite-infected astronauts. Then a cocoon-canister with alien eggs. Then another lifepod thing with a female astronaut inhabited by a good alien. The female is the ex-wife of Jack Scalia, and he is the star and co-producer of this thrill-ride sci-fi/horror action-fest (okay, I'm exaggerating things a little bit here). Scalia & his alienized ex-wife have to team up to stop the evil astronauts, as they are here to take over the world (with the bunch of eggs helping them to inevitably create an alien army). There's one cool car-chase sequence early on in the movie (actually, it's a truck-chase sequence and why those aliens decided to steal a truck is beyond me). The rest of the film contains a lot of shooting and military folks running around. The special effects are passable, some highlights: the space shuttle crashing in the harbor, a pretty gory autopsy sequence and two nifty rubber suited aliens near the end. At one point or another, "Dark Breed" might remind you of films like "The Hidden" (good alien teaming up with a human to kill the bad aliens) and perhaps even "Predator" (the facial design of one of the evil aliens). Needles to say those are far better movies than "Dark Breed". But it gains an extra point for blowing up a lot of things.
Reviewed by zeppo-2 4 / 10

Things Explode!

Actually, things explode a lot! Much of the film's budget must have gone on explosives, cars explode, buildings explode, everything explodes at some point....The special effects are pretty well staged for a low-budget,straight to DVD/video but the plot gets a bit lost in all the smoke. And I couldn't help feeling there was a really good story trying hard to get out along the way. I would have preferred the film to concentrate on the characters a bit more rather than just sketching them as one dimensional stereotypes. The film was at it's most interesting when it went into 'conspiracy theory' territory.Sadly, most action films are judged on their special effects these days and if you want a film with lots of action, albeit it all a bit pointless at times, this will suit you fine.If there is ever Dark Breed 2, be nice to have more story and less explosions.
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