this be a pretty pointless remake . start with the opening title shot of the original be a real mistake a it remind the viewer of what a great little period piece chiller that be . the new version that follow be an exercise in redundancy . brian kerwin play a city boy photographer who return to a semi abandon desert town populate by a scattering of underdeveloped clichéd stock character represent the lollipop suck daby doll lolita and the ornery old coot prospector and the cripple vet and his asian wife and etc . kerwin character witness the crashing of omething into a hillside and shortly after strange thing start to happen a piece of weird blue rock be scatter around . the temperature start to rise and all the water in the area vanishes and people start to act weirdly and thing explode . kerwin character get in and out of his car more often than be humanly possible in one movie . the film develop no sense of place and no character development and no humour and no tension . everything that make the jack arnold original a creepy little cold war paranoia classic have be abandon . it just run through it minimal hoop and then just end . the special effect aren not very special the interior of the ship look like bit of cling film wrap round some rope which be then dangle in front of the camera to frame some of the most uninspired and clumsy wire work ever put onto the screen . the script be repetitive everyone say everything at least twice and kerwin get to say let get out of here at least three time during the movie and twice in one scene . load of thing be leave unexplained at the end why do the alien need all the heat and water for example . not that anyone watch would care while if the film maker do not care why should we . the acting be adequate well than the script and which at time and have an under rehearse improvisational quality and deserves . though often the actor look like they just want to get the thing over with as quickly a possible a notable example of this be when elizabeth peña register the briefest and token moment of frustrated despair hand to face gesture before follow sulk son stevie outside to watch him do angry sulky teenager smash something off a table gesture . continuity error include the ( gb ) sticker on the back of kerwin jeep appear and disappear and a double action of the gas in the exploding car and a town person be in two place simultaneously once in the alien stevie pov shot then immediately afterwards in a reaction shot and elizabeth peña appear to shut a car door twice . you can tell i be grip can not you . the movie commit that great of error . it bore .