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▓ ▒ █ Supplier : sfE Date : may-11-2003 █ ▒ ▓
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█ ▓ w/ help of : cdex 1.40b/lame Trax : 11 ▓ █
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█ █ label : Cinevox █ █
█ █ code : SLCS-7148 █ █
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█ █ comments : About the movie: █ █
█ █ A derelect ship mysteriously floats into █ █
█ █ New York harbor, no signs of life █ █
█ █ aboard. Some scientists and police in █ █
█ █ protective gear board the derelect ship, █ █
█ █ looking for the crew. They find a █ █
█ █ literal bloodbath on board, which █ █
█ █ appears to be the remains of the ship's █ █
█ █ original crew. Well they then stumble █ █
█ █ across a bunch of boxes o' Colombian █ █
█ █ Coffee, (not 100% though!) which are █ █
█ █ instead filled with big green "eggs". A █ █
█ █ scientist picks one up (for some reason █ █
█ █ the scene of him kneeling down to pick █ █
█ █ it up is in slow motion) and it █ █
█ █ explodes, get green goo all over them. █ █
█ █ They writhe in agony a few seconds, and █ █
█ █ promptly all the men's chests explode if █ █
█ █ full gory glory. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ The eggs are later analyzed by some less █ █
█ █ inept scientists who discover that they █ █
█ █ are not really eggs at all, but █ █
█ █ touch-sensitive containers of █ █
█ █ concentrated bacteria. (People still █ █
█ █ just HAVE to refer to them as eggs for █ █
█ █ the rest of the film though!) This █ █
█ █ bacteria is toxic and causes flesh to █ █
█ █ explode for some reason. It seems that █ █
█ █ all these pods were first discovered on █ █
█ █ some Martian expedition that occured a █ █
█ █ few years ago that everyone forgot about █ █
█ █ for some reason! A scientist (an aging █ █
█ █ Louise Marleu) searches out and finds █ █
█ █ one of the astronausts (horror vet Ian █ █
█ █ McCulloch from Zombie and Dr. Butcher █ █
█ █ M.D.) from that mission and they team up █ █
█ █ with some idiotic cop to find the source █ █
█ █ of the "eggs". Of course there is a huge █ █
█ █ conspiracy behind all this which tries █ █
█ █ to interfere with the scientists' work, █ █
█ █ an behind it all it is a big cheesy blob █ █
█ █ which lays the eggs. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ This is practically Alien with a quarter █ █
█ █ the budget, no aliens, not futuristic, █ █
█ █ and with much more gore. There is an █ █
█ █ awesome Goblin (Buried Alive, Suspiria) █ █
█ █ soundtrack which makes the film █ █
█ █ worthwhile, as do the cool gore bits of █ █
█ █ explosing bodies. Otherwise, the film is █ █
█ █ turgid and mesmerizingly dull. McCulloch █ █
█ █ gives a good performance as a has-been █ █
█ █ space explorer, but Luigi Cozzi's █ █
█ █ idiotic script and dull style of merely █ █
█ █ switching back and forth during dialogue █ █
█ █ scenes makes this average Italian gore █ █
█ █ at best. Still, those exploding bodies █ █
█ █ (done by Giovanni Corridorri) make it a █ █
█ █ must-see! ....for fans of Italian flicks █ █
█ █ who have exhausted the supply of Fulci █ █
█ █ and Argento movies. The Goblin score was █ █
█ █ later stolen (along with the scores for █ █
█ █ Buried Alive and Dawn of the Dead) in █ █
█ █ Bruno Mattei's tacky cheese-fest Night █ █
█ █ of the Zombies. █ █
█ █ --------------------------------------- █ █
█ █ When an unmanned cargo vessel drifts █ █
█ █ into New York Harbor, Police Lieutenant █ █
█ █ Tony Aris (Eurotrash perennial Marino █ █
█ █ Mase) hops aboard to see just what █ █
█ █ exactly is going on. Joined by a health █ █
█ █ inspector and related personnel, he soon █ █
█ █ stumbles upon the severely shredded █ █
█ █ carcasses of several crewmembers along █ █
█ █ with some green, pod-like objects. █ █
█ █ Baffled as to what could've happened and █ █
█ █ perplexed by the mysterious, pulsating █ █
█ █ bursas he's discovered, Tony gets all █ █
█ █ the answers he needs when one of the █ █
█ █ sacs erupts, dousing his companions with █ █
█ █ a viscous fluid that causes them to █ █
█ █ promptly swell up and explode in █ █
█ █ gloriously gory slo-mo! Enter Colonel █ █
█ █ Stella Holmes, a callous ice queen from █ █
█ █ the Internal Security Department who's █ █
█ █ convinced these vesicular organisms were █ █
█ █ imported from outer space, and Hubert, █ █
█ █ an assumedly daft Mars-mission astronaut █ █
█ █ (the typically ingratiating Ian █ █
█ █ McCulloch) who's dealt with this █ █
█ █ situation before. Together, the intrepid █ █
█ █ trio traces the otherworldly shipment █ █
█ █ back to a Colombian coffee farm and, in █ █
█ █ an attempt to save the world, makes the █ █
█ █ jaunt to South America. However, they █ █
█ █ quickly find their intergalactic foes █ █
█ █ still have a few surprises waiting for █ █
█ █ them. █ █
█ █ Originally envisioned as a simple Alien █ █
█ █ rip-off, director/co-writer Luigi Cozzi █ █
█ █ (under his "Lewis Coates" anglicization) █ █
█ █ managed to incorporate the bankable █ █
█ █ elements his producers demanded █ █
█ █ (bursting bodies and extraterrestrial █ █
█ █ eggs) into a stripped-down mishmash of █ █
█ █ sci-fi conventions that somehow stands █ █
█ █ on its own two feet. Most fans tend to █ █
█ █ only discuss the outrageously splashy █ █
█ █ explodo-torsos (by Giovanni Corridori), █ █
█ █ but Cozzi is a talented director and █ █
█ █ they're only part of the reason █ █
█ █ Contamination is so much fun. To Luigi's █ █
█ █ eternal credit he sustains viewer █ █
█ █ interest, even when someone isn't █ █
█ █ blowin' up, through good use of the █ █
█ █ scenic tropical vistas and several █ █
█ █ humorous character asides (with some of █ █
█ █ the goofiest dialogue this side of █ █
█ █ Cannibal Apocalypse). The cast is █ █
█ █ definitely up to the challenge, █ █
█ █ remaining straight-faced no matter how █ █
█ █ ridiculous a situation they find █ █
█ █ themselves in, plus it's always nice to █ █
█ █ see the underused Ian McCulloch chewing █ █
█ █ up the scenery. Another major point of █ █
█ █ interest is Goblin's outstanding score. █ █
█ █ Consisting of a few recycled cues from █ █
█ █ D'amato's Beyond the Darkness along with █ █
█ █ some freshly written material (which █ █
█ █ Bruno Mattei's Hell of the Living Dead █ █
█ █ later appropriated), their excellent █ █
█ █ soundtrack has understandably become a █ █
█ █ fan favorite over the years. The out of █ █
█ █ print 1992 SLC CD release from Japan █ █
█ █ fetched some major bucks until Italy's █ █
█ █ Cinevox reissued it (with additional █ █
█ █ tracks) in 2000. Those who like their █ █
█ █ movies fun and trashy without taking █ █
█ █ things too seriously will find plenty to █ █
█ █ enjoy here. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Scripted under the moniker Alien Arrives █ █
█ █ on Earth (not to be confused with Ciro █ █
█ █ Ippolito's "spelunkers-go-splat" outing, █ █
█ █ Alien 2: On Earth), a money-man wisely █ █
█ █ switched the film's handle to █ █
█ █ Contamination during pre-production. █ █
█ █ Budgeted at about $225,000 U.S. with a █ █
█ █ shooting schedule of five weeks █ █
█ █ (including location footage in New York █ █
█ █ and Columbia and interiors at De Paolis █ █
█ █ Studios in Rome), Cozzi's outing was a █ █
█ █ total bomb during its Italian theatrical █ █
█ █ run. Regardless, Menahem Golan's Cannon █ █
█ █ Releasing Corporation acquired the film █ █
█ █ for Stateside distribution in 1981. █ █
█ █ Reworked to delete some explicit gore █ █
█ █ for an "R" rating and retitled Alien █ █
█ █ Contamination, it was this compromised █ █
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