A pair of astronauts who went to mars brought back alien life. The eggs of the aliens are being trafficked by a coffee company. One of the astronauts, a female colonel and a police detective travel to the coffee company in an effort to stop the trafficking of eggs.
So cheesy. The plot seemed like something a first year film student would aspire to. It seemed disjointed and I could clearly tell where tension was being built by "film language construction signs". When the woman was trapped in her hotel bathroom with an egg, the guys outside really went out of their way to milk it for time before rescuing her. The shallow and stereotypical characters really fit the Luigi Cozzi mold. Dialogue and acting were amateurish at best. Lots of the sets actually looked good. There was a government laboratory in the beginning, a Martian egg cave and the final set that I won't spoil. Camera-work looked like a first year film student or TROMA employee did their best, but it just wasn't good enough. The special effects reeked of B horror/sci-fi in the most wonderful way. There were exploding things and the eggs breathed. There was also lots of slime and gore. Again, I won't spoil the special effects in the climax at the final set. Audio was not bad. Dialogue was at correct levels, but the music was way too loud. IMDb lists a rating of 5.3/10 and Rotten Tomatoes lists a 30% Audience Score for an average of 41.5%. I think that's a little low, but this film's infantile charm is not for everyone. I rate it poor because it was not without cheap and cheesy thrills.
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