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Title: Definitely not good... but not so bad.
Review: The story is terrible. As many have pointed out, the plot holes are many and huge. But, the acting is not so bad. And the alien, Terl, played by John Travolta is actually an interesting character and a villain you could love to hate. But the character falls flat in the latter part of the movie. The alien Psychlos are much more interesting than the heroic human characters. When the story revolves around the duplicitous Psychlos, the movie is actually fun. One does need an enormous suspension of disbelief to accept this movie as serious science fiction. So forget that. But as a send up, probably unintentional, it stands alongside "Independence Day." I enjoyed the movie. It is fun in spots, terrible in others and borders on boring in the last quarter. But I don't regret watching it. It is certainly not the worst movie ever made. But a lot of people have thoroughly enjoyed poking fun at it. Why not watch it and join the fun?
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