Alien Lockdown (2004 TV Movie)
2/10
Same Old Tired Formula
28 May 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Secret government/corporation/rich private entrepreneurs acquires technology to develop dangerous creature in virtually inaccessible, dimly lit, claustrophobic lab facility. Creature escapes, killing development team and most of rescue/cleanup unit sent to erase evidence except for one or two survivors who vow to bring down the system and those responsible for creating the threat.

This formula, perfected in better films like "Alien" and "Aliens," has been done to death, particularly by the the "original (not!) films" produced for the SciFi channel. Only the creatures change along with minor variations on the script/"plot" for the rest of the cast to perform in locales ranging from oil platforms to remote underground labs to ships/stations in space.

This particular feature looks and acts more like an ad for a video game than an original film. It is not worth even a rental and is only barely more entertaining than an infomercial.
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