外星
恶客

剧情简介

Out of the fifties 'B>/]' Science-Fic#ti[_"o%n m,+o>nster movi/es, this easily ?ra+;)n#`/ks as th
`e best. It's/. mos=t notab_le as :_;the film tha% ^&t ALIEN )%;i[*%s an una[\ccredited remake> of, thus giving i? t a <certain histor%ical significance.　　The in! t*rigu? % ing p?lo+t is about the #"res!] ]cue of the only m\
aroo;ned-[)[ s/_ur),vivor & ( =Col .-` Carruthers) of a#'n 
ill-fated expedition to M[ars>. The author'<ities, pig-headed +as usual, falsely ass .u\me that he murdered h)>\is= f]ell_[ow cr\ ew #*[*members, so that he'd have @+ more pro-?&+visions *(to ?survive; h#. enc-e he is bein^'+\g#, )= ;brought bac?k to/"($ Earth t_"o face "co\`'urt-martial fo$r murd_e) r*+. (Ther\',e is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here Mo.[&st movies\/> of this natur \e usually begin with `
the(* :)@ship l$>eav*
%ing Earth, enrou
(te to i*=]ts otherworld_"/ destination,] whi_le, i*\n=> ]t?
/@his case, _-the s^to^_r&)y is believed; \'finished, and< begins< a?:s the characters&% take-off from t]he ot$>=her plane
)t, re
+=turn!ing to Earth). As th!__e r'[@e$,.scue ship is leaving ;Mars:`.#, a lurking(%, omino-us shado&"w[ is seen in - the low'#er compartment@. `,:(?>A frightening, atmospheric 
m;\" oment, accomplished through%! s'heer economy and s impli$]^c\\i(?,.ty \*).　　Ca-\r'ruthers ins
?+ists@ of his innocence to his fe.-'l!_low cap] ]t,!o%$!rs, claimi] ng tha%-t h/i>]s ori*+@gin`al? crew mates were slaughtered/ by a hostile, unseen.* pres[%#ence on the deso^lute$] red pl
(>anet,,.]! )but three`(-guesses as>;^ to their^& re&ac:tion^>& =to hi>s u$<nusual]*- plea. Naturally, he ca= n't prove it, and 5]0's space authorities./ were not very alien + cons]cien:-^c ?e <?at the time. (As a /&)sid')e\)-thought, unseen menace may re.mi(#
nd you of th+at highly &original BL)/AIR WIT(CH).　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless.!% sup'po=!#rting cha-] racto]+#>r ^`wh$$,`ose name is at the botto!\m of the casting l:ist (guess what $w=:.,il.?l ha +pp en ;\-to him) hears someth/`->ing i`n the lo.wer=)< com /partment. Desp (it
@.e your futile don't go down-  t%'here, you< jerk! pleas, he does ju#s_>t t,#hat, and is ! ]appr [opriate+'ly killed (m/)ore like +) th
oroughly obl;it]erated?
) by $the ,! shadowy fi!gure with insatiable blood lu/"([_st on ]^its mind. In the %>:victim's%) &$>c;)/_a! se, de..re]#l%*ict%
ion of duty an"d +<sheer c-`_owardliness w,:ou-:+ld (+have bee?$n the wis/^]e `-decision. The sce
ne is ^(ac)tu+ally &we#'[ll-directed$$ (f#o]&r a change) and develo$'_ps mu,>ch suspe'``[nse, as the - entire film surprisingly does.　　The =!crew f <inall/$y catches on[ th>at th`ey ^ha">ve an unwanted s!hip; crashe_`r_= % on board, !and try every? possible means a:(]t= = their d`&\\ispo,&sal to elimina"te it, b +(u&#[t/ the^ unkn%(- own cre#ature<%. seems to cop;!ping -`a @n<! a ,n%#ti-+[d(eath *[att
=itude. Prov!]in%g to be an even mo*-re clever, w^orth:y a-`+dver?\s/ary, 'IT!' a!`ls o hides$, *out in the v #%en%#tila?tion  shafts of the ship=%,@ (n*#ow that s?+#hould r@#">i-'ng a bell). Cah%._n''s-:$^ -fo""#rce`>*ful ; '= d&ire(]:'ction gen";/era:.tes cons]iderabl"/e tensi?%on as /@!th)"[e mal_'evolent " stowaw$ay works it]
s =way up from /one level of t
:_he c[;onfin=%!ed ship to the next, e% ventually <leavi! ng@ the+?= remaining charact +.ers @#)`trapped at the top. The movi%^e': s suspense is blunt an>$d ri>(ght to<
the point I>T=-!' has t o kil 'l#: them & or sta[ (r$ve, hence!
they have to ki/) ll `@>IT! o",r die=%). Nothing> li*ke* those n @!o &*)two ways abo $:"u(#t it choices. Rent it,[ or ch?]=eck (_for it /on cab[!#l e if you
/[ wis$
h% t-o/, &)!know> th%@"e ou]/+tcome.　　For a low-b,;udget quickie, IT! is qu>[ite imp>/r>"]essiv'e and memorab`le. The /%.d@ !r-?:eade
d s^;`#en=&s. e of cl austrop <hobic tension, rend^(eri+#ng the c\_har#(acter>> s' h!.e::lple:_/ss% entrapm!e`nt, is highly eff]_ective?_. This is a pr&`,oducti/o
\n \in whi>=
ch#_ the limit,,ed; budg #*et and$-! small sets actually w? o&<-rk i[?n favor of th<e p[ lot's sc`$\ary #a'=m=$_bien./^ce!.` The bla>(`ck white phot:
ograp@*hy  (Y%<<es=`%, #,@it's one of those!)/( ]help:@s to enhan$ce its dark, cr`$eepy mo@od, and the_  =^sen#<s .e of ap?:
prehensi:on ;_/is quite @ high *@. (Mo>'^'dern day color fre;(aks never seem [to take )%`]tha$^%t in.$to consider "/@atio:\n). The pl=>ot is also som__@ew-/$%ha"!t cyn`(^.icall/)&y: i#/\r-!onic- If +\the cr=eature hadn't sto(we:+d away on/> the ship, C!:ar"ru:thers _.would hav>e most likely b'
#'een found,.# g_uilt#y'% of/ the char=^ges/- against him.　　Th e inte)lligent script (see w]:.
hat I me$&an abo/'<%ut rareity) was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Je_ ro/.me; Bixby (remembe&:*+r Twilight Zone's I=&>t's a Good Life) The pic%-t)ure's )taut editing $$el,i`min<[#"ates;# any e^x%*traneou!&s dross. (ALIEN, tended to drag in 
it@@_s  firs\t hou >r with i"ts so -\phomori' c dia _logu;e, an>;=^d w+[#\h;!y di ,d it ha:%ve %to include` that st;,upid _":and ul[?)!timately counter-productive sub-plot of) Ash b
ei]_:n g a ro!bo t, and fu
rther dragging t[.h@"e story down to>= .
 anothe=>r :#[big ba>[d ').con@,,%spir+acy cliche UNNECESSARY!!^!)　　Dire/"<ctor C/'$ahn a#stutely keeps the'. rubber-sui?#&ted& m+@onster[ o_]ff- sc=) reen and- in the shadows through+ :& -!\ out most o <f the proc:)eedi.\n g=[?s+, keepin:g your paranoid imagina>ti`(on##<) on constant ]@=alert.  Unfortunate>] ly, pe
^.rhaps .at* the st]udi^_o'?s com]+mercial ins/_i(" st>
ance,<; it is a li\ttle=; ov"?"@er-'re vea/le_)/:d at t he clim
ax, but I h> *aven't]! claimed t?`h^.is to be[## ;<th_.\e perfect mast  erpie`
ce!.] The p( er )formances,? though nothing award-wi(;)nning, are%/ -nev<`&ertheless coo% l eno[("ugh so tha$\;.t o*ne.`? becomes si+>n=cerely concer<ned as-% to their fates> . 
!Not many mo?vies*< `in recent ti;$`mes =ever come close .=to achi_]eving that. ,They can b[e over-produc<ed fr:"om `).here t:+o e:terni@ &;t)y, and us+ ua=^(lly o '%%nly s^\+u:.cceed ?<<in being ;glorio@[<usly an\;<?noying.&"　;>　Thi\[s f=' il])`#m's "%sto&ry is not re%:ally totall[==)y ori!^#g%/`[ina\l (w%]hat i. s), for it <i-
s %based [ .on A.E. \ Van Vogt']<s VO[?>YAGE +,^]OF TH$ ]E\ SPACE BE^AGLE. A<<ll (ALIEN ?,fanatics sh[$ou\ ld track
"_down an old $>use?/d copy t?o see wher.$?e t?he initial. influ>:ence, % c#-ame from.　　A .s $ lon:
g as you're[; +;)[]not cr)!. aving another _CGI wind-ding, you may`@ find it worth.>w=hile. Jus<t "[ don't expe\ct th@(e wome  n to b_e Ri\pley precur$sors[:#. ];
Thi,*s was sti'"ll th^e)[_ sock-knitt ?ing fifties, sad t!<o# say.