critter 4 start and and i quote somewhere in kansa 1992 and a replay of the last few minute of critter 3 ( 1991 ) a the recur character of charlie mcfadden ( don keith opper ) be about to shoot the last two remain critter egg in the universe which and we be inform and would mean the extinction of the entire critter race which be against some sort of intergalactic zoological law or something like that . charlie bounty hunter friend ug ( terrence mann ) be now know a counsellor tetra and be a top ranking official at the intergalactic council and order charlie not to shoot the egg but instead put them into a pod that will land nearby very soon and the pod do indeed land nearby very quickly and charlie do indeed put the egg into it but he be also catch in the pod which i presume cryogenic ally freeze him a it never really explain . critter 4 then inform u that we be somewhere in saturn quadrant 2045 where a salvage ship come across the pod drifting in space ( the credit have barely finish and critter 4 be already steal entire idea and scene from alien ( 1986 ) ) . rick ( anders heave ) decide to claim the unidentified and to them anyway and pod and try and make a bit of cash out of it . with the help of his crew and ethan ( paul whitthorne ) and fran ( angela bassett ) and al bert ( brad dourif ) and bernie ( eric dere ) the pod be successfully recover . they get in touch with the intergalactic council and counsellor tetra say to go to an abandon space station where a trade will be make for the pod and it content and tetra also specifically tell rick not to open the pod . so in true horror film tradition rick open the pod and thaw charlie out and the critter egg which hatch and kill rick and escape into the space station . co produce and direct by rupert harvey i think critter 4 be a pretty useless film and round the critter series of film off with a whimper rather than a bang . the script by joseph lyle and david j. schow be both predictable and clichéd and the space station with an unstable reactor that will blow up in a few hour and the protagonist only mean of escape be neutralise early on so they be stick and the race against time to save themselves and the constant bickering and argue amongst the crew and people split up and the loser who turn into a hero and save the day and yawn . a lot of plot device seem to come straight from alien and it rip off star war ( 1979 ) with a tacky waste compactor scene . the character be no good and you probably would not give a damn about any of them . while the other critter film could be describe a comedy horror part 4 can not and it appear to be deadly serious throughout . critter 4 be also incredibly slow and uneventful and dull . it over 30 minute before the critter egg hatch and after this brief sequence it nearly the hour mark before their see again and why make a critter film and barely feature them . it can not be because of the expensive special effect a they look like glove puppet anyway and oh and how can a mere hour old critter operate an entire space station and set a course for earth . how do they even know what earth be . why do capatin rick want to open the pod anyway . what be all that stuff about with the female scientist and a rubber alien thing that be mention only once . why do the intergalactic council want the critter so badly . why only send four men . why be this perfectly good look space station totally desert again . critter 4 look cheap throughout with bland and dark unimaginative set and it even steal footage from android ( 1983 ) for it ship and space scene and critter 4 be apparently so low budget that the filmmaker couldn not afford any optical effect and the one it take from android look seriously date . for the most part only two critter be use although some more start to hatch but it pretty late in the day when this happen and for most of the film they be barely see and the effect for them be the bad of the entire series . forget about any blood or gore a the critter only kill two people during the 90 plus minute running time which just wasn not enough to maintain my waining interest . the acting be pretty poor a well with angela bassett over the top melodramatic reaction to see a few critter egg particularly cringe worthy . to look at critter 4 it be a cheap and unspectacular a production a you could hope to ( not ) see . the end of critter 4 have the universe finally be save form the critter menace and let hope it also save u and our local video store from the menace of a part 5 .