this movie be not bad and it be horrible . the acting be at best equivalent to that of a high school production . the special effect be by far the bad i have ever see . if you could not tell that the alien be a puppet and then i be sorry for you . the movie be bad even by the scifi channel standard . the bad guy character be pretty much your standard villain who have a shallow disposition and crummy dialog and the same go for the rest of the marine . if our troop really be to act a they do in this film while then we would all be doom . one of the only redeeming scene be the alein autopsy scene and the black and white with grain texture be by far the big expense to the budget while however and this scene be also have some of the bad alien act in the movie .