Present day kids traveling back in time to encounter a UFO....that doesn't even SOUND appealing! But let me say, my kids absolutely LOVED it. They are 5 and 8. It is a kids movie and it is pretty harmless, although they did not like seeing the girl kiss the boy. They watched it 2 days in a row and wish they could take the movie to school to watch. I think they just liked the aliens the most. As an adult, I can't think of a reason to sit through it. Not even one! What special effects -- the spaceship actually had Christmas lights strung inside of it. The dubbing was annoying, the story and acting were even MORE annoying. I had to sit through it twice over the weekend because the kids liked it. Also, there was this annoying music playing during the entire movie. When I watched the closing credits, I saw it was a Canadian-Romanian production and that struck me as odd.
11 Reviews
When Canadians and Romanians make a movie together...
BrettErikJohnson24 May 2003
I knew I was in trouble within the first minute or so of this film. Well, technically I knew even earlier than that since I was aware this was a Full Moon release...but anyways. The two main characters are a teenage boy and girl. Their father was played by some guy with a very European sounding name. He must have had a heavy accent or something because they dubbed another voice over his. Talk about irritating.
This is your usual Full Moon/Kushner-Locke low budget nonsense that some of us are sadly all too familiar with. The two teens end up at a deserted Wild West town with their parents. The girl steps through a floorboard in one of the buildings. Her brother spots a strange-looking device and decides to push a button on it. Next thing you know, they have both been transported to the 19th century.
As if that wasn't bad enough, a UFO crash lands nearby and it's up to the two kids to save the aliens from the local townspeople. It pains me just taking time out of my life just to type this.
The only (and I do mean ONLY) reason anyone might possibly want to see this is to see Carly Pope before she was on the TV show "Popular". Compared to everyone else, she looks like Meryl Streep doing a school play with sixth graders. 2/10
This is your usual Full Moon/Kushner-Locke low budget nonsense that some of us are sadly all too familiar with. The two teens end up at a deserted Wild West town with their parents. The girl steps through a floorboard in one of the buildings. Her brother spots a strange-looking device and decides to push a button on it. Next thing you know, they have both been transported to the 19th century.
As if that wasn't bad enough, a UFO crash lands nearby and it's up to the two kids to save the aliens from the local townspeople. It pains me just taking time out of my life just to type this.
The only (and I do mean ONLY) reason anyone might possibly want to see this is to see Carly Pope before she was on the TV show "Popular". Compared to everyone else, she looks like Meryl Streep doing a school play with sixth graders. 2/10
Terrible kid's flick
Leofwine_draca4 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
ALIENS IN THE WILD, WILD WEST is another terrible children's science fiction movie from the Romanian team at Full Moon Entertainment. The story involves a couple of incredibly wooden kids who deliver their lines in the most monotonous way imaginable. They're randomly transported back to the Wild West - which seems to be populated by equally cheesy actors. Inevitably the kids team up with an annoyingly cute alien (possibly one of the worst-looking aliens ever to appear in a film) and save the world. This is one of those films rushed out on the quick with extremely poor production values while the writer isn't even trying. It's really not worth your time.
You haven't lived until you've seen this movie
joannchilada15 January 2006
I feel like a better person for being able to stomach "Aliens in the Wild Wild West" in its entirety. This is, without a doubt, one of the top ten worst movies I have ever seen - and I've seen almost every episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. The acting is literally painful, assaulting your bowels like a rancid hot dog from the county fair. Taylor Locke (Tom Johnson) is the worst offender. Every line is delivered in robotic monotone. I'd rather sit through a fourth grade adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof than watch this again. Heck, I'd rather lick a public toilet seat. And a law should be passed that no actor may utter the conjunction "if'n" if they aren't going to at least attempt a southern accent.
That being said, I strongly suggest you watch "Aliens in the Wild Wild West". Watch it in a room full of your funniest friends and/or family, libations permitted. You will laugh. You will cry. You will run to the bathroom clutching your stomach, and you will have a deep feeling of pride when you make it to the closing credits.
Oh, and if "Jiffy" (the alien) is any indication of the other beings in the universe, I suggest we cancel all space exploration immediately.
That being said, I strongly suggest you watch "Aliens in the Wild Wild West". Watch it in a room full of your funniest friends and/or family, libations permitted. You will laugh. You will cry. You will run to the bathroom clutching your stomach, and you will have a deep feeling of pride when you make it to the closing credits.
Oh, and if "Jiffy" (the alien) is any indication of the other beings in the universe, I suggest we cancel all space exploration immediately.
I truly believe aliens made this movie.
Seraphim-65 November 2001
Here are some points to look out for: -Many of the actors in this movie sound exactly like they are speaking a language they do not understand and are just delivering nonsensical syllables, just like an alien would speak if mimicking human English speech. (the credits try to make you believe this is because it was made in Romania, but they didn't fool me.)
-Oppositely, the main boy-character speaks *perfect* English, but is so devoid of any emotion whilst simultaneously having beyond- human-child-level memorization and delivery skills that he must be an alien himself.
-The female lead is obviously a holographic materialization of a random 'Seventeen' magazine model, chosen by the aliens to represent the 'ideal' American teenage human girls' appearance, thereby helping make the movie popular. This is proven by the fact >that she has absolutely no intelligence whatsoever, a common characteristic of holograms.
-Just watch that preacher-man-thing. Hands down alien.
-The sheriff, too.
-In fact, I really think that the kid who plays 'Johnny Cole' or whatever is the only human who was in the movie, and had no idea that everyone else was an alien. Most likely he was a rejected character from the Nickelodeon show 'Hey Dude'.
-Finally, the actual 'aliens' that appear in the movie are simply far too realistic to be anything other than real aliens. It's impossible that human beings could create such realistic alien technology and costumes, therefore... real aliens. Heck, go buy it. It's a groundbreaking historical document!
-Oppositely, the main boy-character speaks *perfect* English, but is so devoid of any emotion whilst simultaneously having beyond- human-child-level memorization and delivery skills that he must be an alien himself.
-The female lead is obviously a holographic materialization of a random 'Seventeen' magazine model, chosen by the aliens to represent the 'ideal' American teenage human girls' appearance, thereby helping make the movie popular. This is proven by the fact >that she has absolutely no intelligence whatsoever, a common characteristic of holograms.
-Just watch that preacher-man-thing. Hands down alien.
-The sheriff, too.
-In fact, I really think that the kid who plays 'Johnny Cole' or whatever is the only human who was in the movie, and had no idea that everyone else was an alien. Most likely he was a rejected character from the Nickelodeon show 'Hey Dude'.
-Finally, the actual 'aliens' that appear in the movie are simply far too realistic to be anything other than real aliens. It's impossible that human beings could create such realistic alien technology and costumes, therefore... real aliens. Heck, go buy it. It's a groundbreaking historical document!
If you like really bad bad bad movies this one's for you.
dogma-5366827 December 2020
Where's the movie I have seen in a long long time. This movie was so bad I couldn't stop watching it. Makes me wonder how movies like this can even get funded. Must be some sort of tax right off. Even for a kids show it's bad. Bad writing bad acting bad cinematography. Bad bad bad.
Horrible
lilacflower33310 June 2008
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I saw this movie yesterday on demand. This movie made me sick to my stomach. Taylor Locke's (Tom Johnson)acting was so horrible it physically hurt. Really, it did - right it my bad movie spot. It's like he had n emotions. Even when his lines were actually half funny, it ruined it because his acting is horrible. He must've attended the Dan Haggerty School of Acting. In the beginning when "Sarah Johnson" that girl gets dropped off by the police, her acting was bad. It got slightly better, though. The guy that played her father said this one line in the beginning that was something like "No daughter of mine is dancing on TV!" He sounded drunk, or high, or retarded, or something like that. In the end,there was too much of that scene with the townspeople, and the sheriff in town. It got really boring after a while. The alien was basically et with long hair. The kissing scene was OK. This must've been a low-budget film. I guess they couldn't afford good actors. I don't know how anyone in their right mind could possibly even think about imagining about thinking the acting was half decent.
Baby alien sounds like Elmo
yldonaldson16 January 2023
Oh my. Husband found this and we are currently watching it. Everyone else's reviews are spot on. I had nothing to add except that the baby alien sounds like Elmo. Some voices were clearly dubbed. Odd little movie that we will enjoy for all of its terribleness. We are surprised that no one in the Wild West has commented on the girl's exposed midriff. The "smart" kid keeps asking dumb questions. He is fully aware that they are in an older time but he asks if there is Chinese food delivery. Maybe he's just being a smarty pants but he has no inflections in his speech so who knows. I'm glad it's less than 90 minutes long.
It is what it is. It's a kid's movie.
timothymelican13 May 2020
I don't agree with the negative reviews of this film. Some of which, were very contradictory. For a film made for children, this is very good and entertaining. This was NOT a high budget film so, expecting million dollar CGI or special effects is ludicrous. If you keep in mind the budget of the film, and the fact that it's a kid's science fiction film, it's a fun watch for anyone of any age. Due to its Canadian and Romanian look and feel, it reminds me of a really long episode of Goosebumps. I give it 8/10 for the reasons mentioned above.
Harmless kidstuff Western/SF Hybrid
rduchmann29 May 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Bickering sibs Taylor Locke and Carly Pope accidentally time-travel from a modern ghost town to the days of the old west. (They seem pretty blasé about the whole business.) Here they tangle with mean local rednecks before a teen cowboy helps them out. *Then* the flying saucer crashes in nearby woods, carrying 2 cute, furry, stuffed-animal-like aliens whom the kids must save from the rednecks. Story obviously derives quite closely from E.T., and it is no spoiler to disclose that the ending is *not* tragic. Tech credits are competent enough but SFX are on the lowbudget side. The alien mom and child are cuddly.
Younger kids should identify with Locke, who is pretty much a one-note smartass throughout and gets some OK lines. Personally, I'd like to give him a good smack, but others say he reminds them a great deal of me at about age 12. (I don't buy this but will give him benefit of the doubt.) Carly Pope's character begins as a sullen, snotty, rebellious teenage semi-JD, makes an expected transition to the sweeter (though kinda smug about being so pretty) GND type she plays (1999+) on WB's POPULAR, albeit with a much more obvious Canadian accent and tighter jeans here. Harmless SF stuff for kids, with no sex, traumatic violence, or bad language. Older Pope fans may want to take a look or two as well. (You know who you are.)
Younger kids should identify with Locke, who is pretty much a one-note smartass throughout and gets some OK lines. Personally, I'd like to give him a good smack, but others say he reminds them a great deal of me at about age 12. (I don't buy this but will give him benefit of the doubt.) Carly Pope's character begins as a sullen, snotty, rebellious teenage semi-JD, makes an expected transition to the sweeter (though kinda smug about being so pretty) GND type she plays (1999+) on WB's POPULAR, albeit with a much more obvious Canadian accent and tighter jeans here. Harmless SF stuff for kids, with no sex, traumatic violence, or bad language. Older Pope fans may want to take a look or two as well. (You know who you are.)
Aliens in a Garbage, Garbage Movie
RoboGarrett19 May 2020
This movie is total garbage! 3/10 for the fact that it has a few moments of the "so bad it is actually funny" variety. The alien costume and movements are so terrible! They only show it a couple times because they can't even make it move, and when it does they rely on weird slo-mo effects and bad music because obviously it looks too terrible in real time. Terrible acting, writing, soundtrack just an awful movie start to finish.
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