Movie Review: Showdown At Area 51

Another Sci-Fi Channel original, in this one 2 aliens who crash on Earth must find a buried weapon that will destroy the planet and their own society if not stopped.

Also known as "Alien vs. Alien" it stars Jason London (Dazed and Confused, Jason and the Argonauts) and is extremely low budget, I'm guessing it was made for a few hundred dollars actually. OK, I kid... but only barely. The special effects aren't special. Hell the "aliens" are just dudes in space suits with fancy weapons. Well, one of the alien races does have a tattoo on his face and green contact lenses so we can tell instantly he's an alien. Perhaps from the Mike Tyson planet, a place where I'd hoped nobody else was from.

You know the storyline if you've seen any of these Sci-Fi Channel movies, but I'll humor you... these 2 guys in biker outfits, apparently aliens, show up on Earth and get some secret special branch of the government all riled up as they try to retrieve some magic rod or the planet will go boom. Shooting and bad emoting ensues.

Oh yeah, there is some sort of lovey-dovey backstory between Jason London's character and some super codebreaker chick that he used to "break codes with"... if you know what I'm sayin.

Anyway, the aliens fight (in a fight scene that sadly is outdone by WWE Divas weekly on wrestling), government military groups behave badly... yada yada yada... only seconds left for the planet... yada yada yada... our heroes kiss and wonder why they ever broke up. Once again mankind learns that we are not alone and some aliens like to fight each other, possibly because of the facial tats. The end.

2/10