外星)* 恶客

剧情简介

　　Out, of the fifties 'B' Sci%(,e@nc(#@e-Fiction mons)*%`ter movies, this easily r` !a.nks as/*: t;he best-. It=^&# 3#9s most not;ab[(le ^as the f` $i]-lm [tha()
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#LIEN is an una#:ccredited rem(%a!
ke of, thus giving it a+, ce(rtain historical @significance=.　　T -he intr%_ig +uing`#+ plot i$[s about the rescu[ (e of the o=:nly marooned su,rviv$^o r (Col. Carr;.uthers) of an i ll-f*at=ed exp)editi).]on to Mars. The authorities, pi(g -h]
ea;?de^@ d as u :sual, (falsel*-y assume that he# murdere)^*d his fellow crew mem_/bers, so that he'd +ha/ )v e more p?/rovisions to survive/ henc^e he is b:eing brough`- t). back to Ea*rth to face  cou)#_rt- $martial for mu$rd+er . (The
re is:.: also a somewhat interesti!. \ng _
pl- ot[ rev e*rs])al here: Most mo\v]ies of -th?/^i.-s nature usu) =al^.l^%y.! begin wi#=th the ship leaving E;a rt-%h, enr; oute t.o it s other` .world destination, whi%[l-^;e, ;,in this cas
e, th! _e_ _@`"story&,quot is believ@)ed fi.nis^/hed, and begin):
s; as the+ char !acters take-@
o_f++f from +the other*:
 pl)anet, returning /%to Eart+]\h); . As t.$$;he] rescue shi
p is leavin
\\g Mars, a lurkin%[(g, _`ominous sh@`adow is seen i%$n ]the lower compartment. (A =#frightening, ,\ at:mosp% heric mo[ment, acco[?mplished through s^heer e;!c]o$.`nom,[*y and simplic;ity).　　Carruthers insi_, ;sts o f his i[nnocence% to hi[?s fellow `^!capto=rs,. c\l)ai=^%ming that his o`),rigi*;nal cr-ew mates we@re s_laughter=)ed]] by] a h=[os ti+ le, unseen presence on the desolute r[ed plan ;;et=, but three-gue/sses as to their re [:action( to his unusu!.al p\lea. Naturally, h%`[e c$an't prove it, an; d 50's space autho;-(ri@@ties were #.*not ver)=y $?)alien [?consc`.;ience! at_ the time.]! (As a side-thou,ght _!$,,
, &@quo$tunseen menace&) )_quot may r
 emind you of\; tha(t^![ highly &quotorig^]in@] al&q]%uot BLAIR WITCH]=)./-;　　As everyone sac$\%)ks out, a hapless supporting charactor w^!\ho@s.e n/am;e i^!s at the bot^/?t%o$
#m of the c)$(ast/ =ing list (;*guess wh!
at will =, (happen ( t_`o him?) hears s:omething in?*[/ the low@,er - $ compar](.tment. Des\pite *:`your futile\= &quot]d$
]o?n't go`
d#]own there

, yo@+::u jerk\,!" pleas, he$ does jus+\ t,( that, and is appropriately @ $-k%%illed (mo.%^re l%ike thorou#/ghly )!oblite*ra ted) ) by th%-e shadowy figure with @`insatiable blood l-;u$st)= o( n it/ s mind. In the vi!`ct =
im.9s cas`e, dereliction of +^)duty and /?@@)sheer cowar/ dli) ne-ss woul/\[d have been _ the. wise decis*ion%?. The scene is act`$!ually well-dir_/ected (for a change)/: and d:evelops much =.suspe]ns_e, as the entire f`(i[*lm surpris ingly %[does.　　T/+he .crew *fin( ally c_@atches)! on_-. that they` (/have an ?*;^unwan-ted ship .:-crasher on board, an[%\d try ever/@y #possible_/ means at th!e ir disposal :!to eliminate it, b?ut the )unknown c #reature *seems to cop)!-%pin+`,g
,an anti^-death attitud%e],. Provi-ng ;=to be an even mor)@=e %cleve
[r, w*orthy _%ad?/versa;*r=y, 'IT!' also @(h-((.ides out in t% he v^ent
ilation sha :
?f
ts ` of t\he ship $^(now that/= should \^_ring a bell). Cahn$+[\'s ,for]ceful dir=ec]ti,on generates considerable te?!nsion as the)^] malev(olent ,:stowaway w%]or__ _^ks its[ way u=/,p f/$ro#m= o@=ne level [%+of the, confi$n^ ed %ship ;]to th+(e `+ ne! ;xt, !ev(entual[ly lea#
ving the (_remai:+ning characters trap\ped at t_?he #top. The movie&#*39s suspense is bl
-@un@t and #*=right to the poin ?] t: &qu? otIT!' has^)_ to kil:[l( ` +the)m or s[tarve, hence t[/hey hav_`.;*e to ki ll "IT [!" or di e. Nothing like those^ &qu-otno t]wo ways about it&q,/uo@t choices.,) R;ent it, o$?r c_($heck for it on$ cable if you w+@ish to know^ the outcome.　　For ,`a low-budget ..]quick%;;ie, I?_^T!]%  is quite([ ]impressi._ve an.d me[morable,.% Th-@e \ +dr%eaded sense
 * of claustrophobic tension, rendering the ch]*aracters' [@ he=%;lpless en](+.trapment, is hig`hly effective. This is+- a produc^\:ti!%on in wh%]ich the limited*,\ #budget and small\) s_`.]ets actually )!,work, + in f avor .#$of/ the plot's sca #ry ambience. The= blac:=[]k ,,white ;
phot[ogr`/aphy (Y#es, it's one / of% those!) helps to enh_ance[ ; its dark, c=reepy mood, a%_^nd@, the sen;:;./se of ap[prehe?+nsion is .quite high. (Modern d@%ay color freaks never seem to  take t,%hat in)_+ to [$ c=,^onsiderat/#ion). ;The pl)ot is also somewha t cynically ironic: I@] f the crea).;;tu:`*re h^.!)adn't st=@owed away on the) shi)!/p, Carruther$*s -%\would h@a%ve most li_/kel_y be_
e-
n found g
ui-^lty of the ch;arges _![against ?him?;-.　　The intellig-!ent s %*cript (see what I mean about [
"\rareity") was p!enne

d by [?noted Scie-+nc! )/@e-Fiction autho r Jerome Bixby ,((remember Twi@#[li@ght -@,
Zo]ne/^9s "It's a Good @\Life&quo ,t,%)?;
 The [picture& #39s t]aut ed;* it,\ing?, e_
li(min/ates`! any ext %raneous dross. (ALIEN *,tended to drag in its[ first hour $ *with] its sophomori;)c @,dialogu \ e, and why did it/( h(`)(ave to include tha ^t s\tupid and u:l `!=timately counter-_ productive sub-pl
o.*t/= of#?? As] h \:bein
g -a robot,^= a^nd fur)th^er.$ d]rag:gi% \ng the stor;,?y `^down \-+ to another _big b+[!ad =conspiracy cliche ? :[U/_(NNECESSA
-!RY!!% !!)　%\　Director Cah,n .#=[astutely keeps the ru`#bb\`.er-su!ite$[/d mo`nst`. +er off-scre(e)=n an,d _ in the s%hadows through-#=,out, most of the proceedings, k_@-[eeping you_]r ([/paranoid imagin*!^/ation *:on constant alert. Unfortun\/_ately, per# h`] aps ,] a %t the) studio('s?? commerc%
;*ial\ insist+ance , it is a lit-@tl-`-e over-rev%`/eal#ed at the climax, b-ut I h`,aven'#[t cla@?i med this to be th\e per,/+fec[t mast@\er)?pi
*ece. T #he perfo$-:rmance s, \$]th!ough nothing award-:]/:winning, are nevert]hel@e]ss cool ]en@ o-(ugh!/[= so t $%ha^` )t one becomes s/\(ince^-rely concern$ed as to the__ir fates. No.
t m- ,any. movies i-n r-@ec#\$ent times e\#ve+!r\ come ^close! --@t o* achiev,ing that. They= +_,can b `^e over-produced/* from here to =ete_!=;rn/ ^\ity, and usual %l)%=y? on] ly [suc/)?ceed in being gloriously[ ?annoying.　　This =film's= st=/.+o[ry$./^ is \\)not-) really _;+t*-ota)/?lly or=(-iginal\_ (what is?), for_#/^ it is` based on A.E. Van V;ogt's =&quotVO( YAGE OF THE SPACE  BE!?AG.LE.&quo=;t Al l[ A$LIEN fanatics should t#ra)]ck down an old used --
:co^]`py to see where the initial i ,nfluenc e ca ?[$?m, :\e from.　　A^?s long as you're not *\craving anothe?+r CGI
*/?,wi(=n?;d!=-ding, %y]!)ou ma/y fin]d it !;worthwhile. Ju st d-
on't expect t\-he wo`men to be Ripl?=-
ey p*[.r#
)ec`(ursors. This was s\till the sock-knitting fifties,( s/[ad $to)^. say.