Attack of the Unknown (2020) User Reviews

Omg

[sneakyhawk · 2/10 · 29 August 2020]

I went in on this knowing it was gonna be bad, but not this bad. I wonder if I ever seen anything worse. Give it a big PASS if you want to see this.

Let's hope...

[staunton-gary · 3/10 · 18 October 2020]

Douglas Tait's acting ability is better than what he did here, rubbish performance, along with several other cast member. I bet that Robert LaSardo wasn't happy to be in this movie, he kept the movie watchable. WTF is it with SWAT shooting at aliens and unloading clip after clip into their bodies, shoot them in the head, that was frustrating to watch. Anyway, a once off movie experience you may wish you didn't have.

Poorly developed movie

[casablancavic · 3/10 · 16 November 2020]

Plenty of uselless scenes to pad the run time because the script is pretty lousy.

Not much though was put into the operation of police procedures.

Not that it has to follow every rule of law but it should have some sort of realism to it. Guns uniforms and general operation should be something more reaslistic - as well as when bullets hit walls and window...things tend to explode or break apart - but not in this movie.

I've seen worse and I know there are many other worse movies out there - but this is not really good.

I invested money into this, but if I had any input in the production, it would be 10 000 times better than it is, so my investment was only money and not any decisions behind the making of this mess.

With the money spent on this, I could have made something far better than this mess and had the proper actors to fill the roles.

Dude the first ten minutes tell you all you need to know

[sobedragon7 · 1/10 · 22 November 2020]

I don't know about you, but when I watch a movie, I expect a semblance of realism. This movie was bad. I don't mean like " oh the acting was terrible". No I mean the script of this movie should have never been greenlighted. I can't begin to tell you the amount of just inept weird, stupid things that happened at the start of this movie. I can give 3 distinct things that I would expect anyone who has watched an action film to at least understand. At bare minimum. 1. A police SWAT team, storming a building, are going to wear body armor. 2. A drug kingpin doing a deal for 5 billion dollars, is probably not doing it in an abandoned warehouse on a couple of barrels smoking angel dust with literally ZERO people watching the perimeter during said meeting. 3. No SWAT Team sniper is going to be charging into a room and trying to shoot a sniper rifle in an enclosed room. Like, at bare minimum, these are basic strategy, basic screenwriting types of things. They chose these things either because budget was low, or they literally just didn't think about them. If its low budget, that's a poor excuse. If they didn't think about it, then stop making action films. I mean come on guys. Even fake body armor would've looked better than them wearing the faux vest and t-shirt with SWAT emboldened on the back.

Attack on decent film making

[zep42 · 1/10 · 31 August 2020]

You can see it in Grieco's eyes throughout the movie. "Is this what it's come to? Am I really doing this? Oh please God, let this be over soon!". And when the aliens arrive on the screen, you can't suppress the laughter anymore. They look like something from a 50's film. This is an embarrassment to all participants. I bet they wish they could delete their names from the movie's IMDB page. But they can't. They have to live with it. Poor sods. I lasted an hour. I was curious to see how bad it could get. You can save yourself that hour.

so bad

[worthingtonpeter-22780 · 1/10 · 28 August 2020]

This film is so bad it is good, the cast must have been laughing from start to finish. it gave them something to do o ver a weekend.

So bad, so, so bad...

[contactmaz · 1/10 · 29 August 2020]

What a pathetic film with cr*p acting.

The plot had so many holes, it'd put a sieve to shame.

It looked like a failed PS4 alien film. Embarrassed to have watched it all really :(

Waste of time!!!

[jorge-poplawski · 1/10 · 29 August 2020]

I do not know what is worse, the horrible actors, the idiotic story. The aliens are pathetic - the acting is so bad that it is a shame to even think of watching this.

Worst 20 minutes of my life

[chrisgilmer · 1/10 · 25 September 2020]

I have nothing good to even say about this movie. Mom always said that if you don't have anything good to say about something, just don't say anything. That's my review.

Awful attempt at Scifi action movie

[Samualt · 1/10 · 29 August 2020]

It seemed to be written by a 10 year old and filmed by high school kids. The following were simply ghastly: Acting, directing, plot (A and B stories), dialog, logic of any kind, and special effects. This movie should have a "F" rating for FAIL on every level. Please don't waste your time like I did. Go find something much better. Cheers!

Another gamed rating...

[davidjdoyle-140-892335 · 15 November 2020]

They only way this garbage rates anything over a 2-3 start is that everyone associated with the film has voted it 9 or 10s.

Don't waste your time... it's a solid pass!

Better than reviewed

[tripleb221 · 8/10 · 28 March 2021]

I watched this film because I'm acquainted with one of the actors. It's definitely low budget with a few story problems but nothing to get into a twist over. This movie had better than low budget FX and a competent cast plus a first person directing style that puts the viewer right in the middle of the action.

It's kind of like ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (original) but with aliens and not as low budget. I think if you're looking for a good popcorn movie to watch this is the film for a Saturday night with friends of alien invasion movies.

It's fun,

Good for what it is

[shanksfilmmaker · 7/10 · 2 September 2020]

This is one of those films you watch on the weekend with family and friends. Entertaining for sure! Yes the storyline could have been better but it does have good entertainment value.. watched it to the very end. I'll give it a 7.

Oh no

[jani-varpujarvi · 1/10 · 7 September 2020]

I dont mind not-so-good fx in movie, if there is a plot and even decent acting. But this. Oh dear. Aliens dont die with bullets, but with knives.. oh dear. There was simply too much stupidity in this movie to even start to write. I just dont get, how on earth anyone said: this movie is good and ready to be released. Oh dear. What a mess. I would have given 2 stars, because there is one even worse movie (100 degrees below zero) that has became my "starting" point. But I give this also 1 because some people have lost their minds and are giving 9 and 10 to this. Really? Best movie you have ever seen? Come on! Oh dear.

Deserve only one star

[aungphonekyaw-34289 · 1/10 · 26 September 2020]

This fking movie just wasting my precious time. worse movie Ive ever watch. Dont waste ur time guys bad effect bad plot everything is bad

Truly awful

[jonnycr · 1/10 · 22 November 2020]

Dont bother, everything about this film is u really really bad.

Waste of time

[mani-82856 · 1/10 · 19 November 2020]

Its the worst movie i have ever seen... Pathetic acting & i wouldnt shame the word story as this movie didnt had one.

I Have Some Bad News

[bemyfriend-40184 · 2/10 · 23 March 2021]

An alien invasion is happening. Los Angeles is being destroyed. Buildings are being shot by alien weaponry. A "SWAT" team sees the aliens, and tries to fight them. Their bullets have no effect; and they lose an officer in the fight. After taking refuge in a remote police station, some of them gather for a quiet moment. "I have some bad news," says one them, "I was diagnosed with cancer."

Clearly will be wining the Razzie award.

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 2/10 · 30 August 2020]

Did a 5th grader write and direct this 103 minutes of garbage? Nope, they would've done a better job.

There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this mess of a film. If you want to get even with someone, make them watch this film. I'm giving it a very generous 2/10 all going to Robert LaSardo and Richard Grieco for being the only somewhat convincing actors. Writer and director Brandon Slagle clearly failed in directing the rest of his cast - as well as this entire film and its screenplay. The dialogue was the dumbest I've heard in a while e.g. "you're my father... what's up dad?" How did any of the 123 producers (yes, you read that number right) decide this film was good enough to release it to the public? Yep, sure will be a winner for that Razzie "worst film of the year" Award.

Terrible

[heliparts · 1/10 · 30 August 2020]

It started off good then went bad really fast. The aliens are so fake its not funny, must of been made by high school students. The aliens in the original Star Trek were more believable.

Pretty terrible.

[glenalec · 2/10 · 25 October 2020]

Take 1 squad of generic action-flick police. Mix in 1 part independence Day ship arrival FX, complete with blue energy weapons. Add a generous helping of bullet-proof rubber-suit aliens. That (mostly) wear helmets, but nothing else. A few tentacles to bring out the flavour. A pinch of Aliens (the movie) set decoration near the end. Under-cook for 100 minutes periodically sprinkling on half the TV-Tropes website's contents.

Spoilers: Aliens are harvesting human blood (rather than growing it by the tank-full in nice sterile controlled lab conditions aboard their inter-stellar-capable ships). Protagonist has blood cancer. You know how it ends.

For a while I was wondering if they were deliberately going for a '60's B-movie theme, but with more modern production techniques, however I don't think that was the intent - it wasn't nearly campy enough to be a deliberate parody.

I have a pretty low expectation threshold for action-sci-fi, and wouldn't call this 'unwatchable', just a rather pointless rehash of tired themes with nothing to say, original or otherwise.

Garbage

[BudoSenpai · 23 May 2021]

There's nothing ever original with these Mahal guys, they just make one bad movie after the next! This has been done before and if you haven't seen Sabotage, it's playing on Netflix now. Check out the scene in the strip club. They did the same thing but instead of using a token Black guy, they used a token Asian guy.

Not that bad

[d-ramseeey · 9/10 · 2 September 2020]

Wow, shocked by such bad ratings and reviews. The film isn't bad at all. Good storyline, acting and the production was top notch. Watch it for sure. So glad Tara Reid is in this, she did great.

Ignore the haters. This is pretty good. Just chill out.

[jack_woods40 · 7/10 · 28 March 2021]

Attack of the Unknown may not be everybody's cup of tea but for me it was a delicious vanilla latte for a Sunday evening. It's very well made for something unexpected. The actors were convincing enough and the special effects were wonderful! People just need to chill out.

A veritable cringe worthy film

[arturo-ramirez · 3/10 · 16 November 2020]

From really bad plot to plastic aliens and very ugly actors, this is a bad movie. Do yourself a favor and wait for the MST3K treatment. It will at least give you some laughs (the monsters help, but that's about it) Oh... and to the "SWAT" team? Get a haircut and a shave, you damned dirty hippies!