Species III

"Beauty is only skin deep"

2004 1h 51m EN

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5.2

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★5.2TMDB · 499

Science FictionActionHorror

Synopsis

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After she delivers her child in an ambulance, alien Eve is killed by a half-breed. Fortunately, Dr. Abbot scoops up the baby alien and escapes. In time, the baby grows into a gorgeous blonde named Sara and begins her quest to find a worthy mate. But Sara is also savage and leaves a trail of deaths in her wake. This carnage makes chemistry student Dean question whether to help her race or not.

“Beauty is only skin deep”

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Cast

Robin Dunne
Dean
Robert Knepper
Dr. Abbot
Sunny Mabrey
Sara
Amelia Cooke
Amelia
Christopher Neame
Dr. Nicholas Turner
Patricia Bethune
Colleen
Michael Warren
Agent Wasach
Natasha Henstridge
Eve

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brad Turner
Writers: Ben Ripley
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Species Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brad Turner, shot by Christian Sebaldt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Elia Cmiral. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor James Coblentz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Robin Dunne and Robert Knepper and Sunny Mabrey carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Beauty is only skin deep".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0410650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Brad Turner directs. Christian Sebaldt behind the camera. Elia Cmiral scores. James Coblentz cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 22 years ago.
2Part of the "Species Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Brad Turner, shot by Christian Sebaldt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Elia Cmiral. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor James Coblentz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Robin Dunne and Robert Knepper and Sunny Mabrey carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Beauty is only skin deep".
8IMDB entry: tt0410650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Christian Sebaldt
Original score: Elia Cmiral
Editing: James Coblentz
Production design: Cameron Birnie
Makeup / hair: Kathleen Crawford
VFX supervisor: Dennis Berardi
Sound: Kurt Kassulke
Stunt coordinator: Jim Vickers
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Species III (2004)

Part of

Species Collection

Species is a 1995 American science fiction thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dennis Feldman. It stars Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger. The first sequel to Species, Species II was released theatrically in April 1998. Madsen and Helgenberger reprised their roles. The second sequel, Species III followed in 2004. It premiered on Sci-Fi Channel on November 27, 2004. Henstridge cameos at the beginning of the film. A fourth film, Species: The Awakening was filmed in 2007, following the schedule of Species III of Sci-Fi Channel premiere and subsequent DVD release. None of the actors from the original film returned in this sequel.

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CinemaSerf2023-05-22
★ 4/10
Yes, I know - Why? This dreary sci-fi bobbins scraped together enough interest to put together this conclusion to the increasingly poor trilogy about space aliens who just want to have sex! The previous cast have jumped ship, so they have drafted in the easy on-the-eye Robin Dunne to play the whizkid student "Dean". He is roped in by his professor "Abbot" (Robert Knepper) when the latter man discovers the remnants of an alien in his basement and is soon harvesting eggs and creating a new beastie in the form of the beautiful "Sara" (Sunny Mabrey). Of course, she's not the only creature out there and soon they have to deal with the marauding "Amelia" (Amelia Cooke - keep it simple for her) and fight for their very survival. It's way too long to sustain the threadbare story and Dunne really hasn't the gravitas to carry the really lightweight cast through all but two hours of rehashed storyline and very average special effects. Was it straight to video? Or the sci-fi channel? Very little to redeem it, sorry.

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