The Advanced Guard (1998)
A group of aliens arrive on Earth as part of an advance invasion force. Their mission is to kidnap a small sample of humans and run them through a series of rigorous tests to determine if they would make suitable slaves. Harper, one of the alien experimenters, has become frustrated with her planet's endless cycle of conquest and extermination and begins to feel some sympathy for her human captives. While the prisoners see a glimmer of hope in the compassionate alien, will it be any use in stopping the enormous attack fleet just a few days from Earth?
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There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
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THE COLONY is an early TV movie that comes from the Sci-Fi Channel and turns out to be just as bad as the CGI monstrosities they were churning out throughout the 2000s. It's a trite and low budget story that feels a bit like an episode of the 1990s version of THE OUTER LIMITS, except not as well written. A bunch of aliens (in human form, of course) visit Earth and capture an array of people they plan to experiment upon and analyse; the humans aren't too chuffed about this and fight back. Thankfully, one of the aliens is sentimental and comes across to their way of thinking. Cheesy effects and wooden acting are the order of the day here, with an occasional familiar face (such as THE WALKING DEAD's Jeff Kober) popping up in support.
Yes, it was a bad sci-fi flick. Yes, it had plenty of bad acting. However, what you might miss is a good representation of the typical uncaring alien (Bravo.. yes, that's his name) and the science-minded alien (Harper). They both do a good job and it's actually funny to watch them. I had little to no empathy for the human victims, in fact watching Bravo get his licks in when the humans got out of line was all too funny. Plus, if you watch the DvD, you can see the three short scenes of some blonde naked woman enjoying her body as if she was an alien who just started inhabiting it (Yeah, well, it helped when the movie started getting slow). Overall just a fun campy movie to watch if you're looking to see something you don't have to pay too much attention to or you want a laugh (or both!).
I didn't realise this was a "made for TV movie" when I rented the DVD. Even by that standard this movie is very tedious and cliched. Not to be recommended. I didn't understand the significance of the naked female that appears a couple of times at the beginning of the movie. Well, perhaps I do now.
This is a very enjoyable TV movie. Yes, it is a low-budget film. But the writing is strong and the sets are done well. What is nice about the human characters in this movie is that they all act like real people. Each one has moments of anger and fear, but each also show strong, decent, heroic sides. There aren't any "weakling" or selfish jerk characters. The ending is no surprise, but getting there is what counts. And this nice little film delivers the goods.