The best gags, at least for the over 20s, subvert 50s sci-fi movie convention.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The best gags, at least for the over 20s, subvert 50s sci-fi movie convention.

~ Tony Sullivan -

There are some good stories - various myths around the filming of Alien are punctured, but one of the film's central theses is a mythological one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are some good stories - various myths around the filming of Alien are punctured, but one of the film's central theses is a mythological one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's trying so hard to model itself on other war films that it never really finds a voice of its own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's trying so hard to model itself on other war films that it never really finds a voice of its own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As a tribute to those who are not blessed with personality, the film is a ray of hope.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a tribute to those who are not blessed with personality, the film is a ray of hope.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a film which knows exactly what it is and what it wants to achieve and, as a result, never pretends to be something it’s not.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

This is a film which knows exactly what it is and what it wants to achieve and, as a result, never pretends to be something it’s not.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

It is left for the viewer to decide, although by giving his documentary such a cabalistic title, it is clear where Carman stands.

~ Paul Griffiths -

It is left for the viewer to decide, although by giving his documentary such a cabalistic title, it is clear where Carman stands.

~ Paul Griffiths -

I fell asleep several times during the film, but some of it wasn't dreadful, some of it was just bad. Very bad.

~ Kotleta -

I fell asleep several times during the film, but some of it wasn't dreadful, some of it was just bad. Very bad.

~ Kotleta -

What the movie does best is gore and ickiness.

~ James Benefield -

What the movie does best is gore and ickiness.

~ James Benefield -

With so much good work involved in the cowboy side of the film, it's a real shame that the aliens appear to have been hastily sketched on the back of an envelope.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With so much good work involved in the cowboy side of the film, it's a real shame that the aliens appear to have been hastily sketched on the back of an envelope.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Its use of blood and slime and razor teeth is more inventive than a 12-year-old needs watch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Its use of blood and slime and razor teeth is more inventive than a 12-year-old needs watch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This movie scores well on the quirky British movie scale.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This movie scores well on the quirky British movie scale.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rattles from one incoherent action scene to the next.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Rattles from one incoherent action scene to the next.

~ Tony Sullivan -

A successful formula bears repeating, but what ought to be fondly familiar here is just annoying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A successful formula bears repeating, but what ought to be fondly familiar here is just annoying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The over-abundance of cliched and banal action movie situations - the would-be witty one-liners, the should-have-been-impressive set-pieces etc - that never seem to have quite the impact the film-makers desired.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The over-abundance of cliched and banal action movie situations - the would-be witty one-liners, the should-have-been-impressive set-pieces etc - that never seem to have quite the impact the film-makers desired.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

In the opening sequence we're shown a relief carving of a xenomorph. Such a thing could be used as a mould, but the film is so intent on replication that it doesn't break it, or free.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In the opening sequence we're shown a relief carving of a xenomorph. Such a thing could be used as a mould, but the film is so intent on replication that it doesn't break it, or free.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The sheer unexplained terror of the Aliens is more than enough to make them watchable.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

The sheer unexplained terror of the Aliens is more than enough to make them watchable.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

Nothing is taken too seriously - there's plenty of teasing within the group itself - but respect is shown for the effort that has gone into all this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nothing is taken too seriously - there's plenty of teasing within the group itself - but respect is shown for the effort that has gone into all this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a mess. An ambitious mess...but mess nonetheless.

~ Jane Fae -

This is a mess. An ambitious mess...but mess nonetheless.

~ Jane Fae -

An irreverent, warm-hearted comedy in the tradition of Tremors.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An irreverent, warm-hearted comedy in the tradition of Tremors.

~ Jennie Kermode -

To think that Ridley Scott provoked so much tension and dread from just one is strange. When they are all over you, it makes for a superior sequel.

~ Gator MacReady -

To think that Ridley Scott provoked so much tension and dread from just one is strange. When they are all over you, it makes for a superior sequel.

~ Gator MacReady -

It’s all wildly incoherent, and will seem all the more so if you don’t have a grounding in the rules of Korean fantasy magic, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s all wildly incoherent, and will seem all the more so if you don’t have a grounding in the rules of Korean fantasy magic, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All very big and spectacular and in your face.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All very big and spectacular and in your face.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Scott wrings out every last drop of suspense from the film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Scott wrings out every last drop of suspense from the film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A visionary piece of cinema, 5000 Space Aliens takes a simple idea and uses it to drill down into something deep rooted in the human psyche.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A visionary piece of cinema, 5000 Space Aliens takes a simple idea and uses it to drill down into something deep rooted in the human psyche.

~ Jennie Kermode -