Review of Alien Code

Alien Code (2018)
9/10
Once heck of a misunderstood / misjudged budget movie
6 June 2023
This movie is going to generate binarily devisive reviews with folks loving it or hating it. As you can see, I'm in the loving it camp. The suspense builds right from the beginning in this character study which almost doesn't belong in the Sci-Fi genre: It's more of a psychological thriller with tangents of Sci-Fi thrown in. As mentioned, this is totally low budget so a good bit of suspension of disbelief has to be employed because of a lack of extras, venues and special effects...but not because there's huge plot holes that appear out of context. I found the acting surprisingly spot-on and believable (in context). This movie raises critical questions of morality, individuality, and reality versus perception / conscienciousness / insanity. I totally expected this movie to be a cheap throwaway but it was anything but. Give it a chance and your patience will be rewarded.
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