Canada, United States · 2014
1h 41m
Director Colin Minihan
Starring Brittany Allen, Melanie Papalia, Jesse Moss, Anja Savcic
Genre Horror, Science Fiction
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Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when a flickering object crashes deep in the woods. As they investigate, the friends stumble across an alien spacecraft, and its inhabitants have not arrived in peace.
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
All My Children's Brittany Allen proves herself a big-screen presence as the lead earthling; her commitment to each scene's emotional truth is all the more impressive considering that the schoolboyish Vicious Brothers introduce her character ass-first.
The New York Times by Andy Webster
Underlying this overlong and overheated enterprise is a surfeit of ambition. Maybe too much.
Good-looking and entertaining, if unmemorable.
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Depicting a close encounter of the decidedly low-budget kind, Extraterrestrial boasts an undeniable technical competence but can't shake off its inevitable been there, done that quality.
The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Even the downer ending plays like an unconscious nod to the over-familiarity of the material, with one character declaring that it’s “the same thing we do every time.”
There’s absolutely nothing new or innovative to be found here, but sometimes it can be almost comforting to watch a movie do an unironic tour of the classics.
Slant Magazine by Rob Humanick
A knowing mélange of recognizable genre tropes bordering on shopworn cliché, with little else introduced to the equation to justify its existence.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
Joyless and repetitive, Extraterrestrial is like getting cornered by a madman. You keep wondering, why is this movie shouting at me?
Yes, it’s gross, and no, it’s not remotely original.
Time Out London by Tom Huddleston
Extraterrestrial doesn’t amount to much beyond a mish-mash of movies we’ve seen before.
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