Director: Kate Robbins
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Creature Feature
Plot:
After being sent to a local hospital, a high-school basketball player and his teammates find that the staff is actually a race of aliens disguised as sexy nurses looking to score more bodies for their conquest plans and forces them to band together to escape alive.
Review:
This one wasn't all that bad and did have some solid points. One of the more enjoyable aspects of this one is the fact that it really plays out the fantasy aspect of the aliens. The sensuality of their physical appearances, their uniforms, and the general air of sultriness that comes from the prospect of them being disguised as nurses really works here, and the fact that this allows for the great scenes of them seducing everyone to turn them. With these scenes constituting the majority of the first half here where it's all about the hidden identity of the aliens and their behavior towards the group not only lets this get plenty of sleazy thrills out of the prospect of getting the nurses to seduce and turn them.
Once things take a far more morbid turn when they discover the true nature of them it becomes far more enjoyable as this turns into a series of great action-packed set-pieces that are rather enjoyable. The attacks with the nurses coming after the group as they attempt to leave the hospital, make for quite a fine series of chases, the constant turns deep into the hospital where they find the corridors leading into the basement where all the previous victims are stored in a cocoon-like setup which offers plenty of chilling images showing the bodies all tied up and laying down the big barricades in the boiler room to finally stop them all gives this the kind of great action in the final half. Even the fun attack where the nurses go on the offensive in the lobby ripping everyone to pieces including all the patients and guards which is quite an enjoyable time as that really brings out the great blood and gore nicely.
These are the film's positives which are more than enough to overcome the few flaws here. The biggest issue is the fact that there's no reason for the aliens to be there at the hospital since there's nothing given about the small-town hospital being needed or what they're actually trying to do, and the fact that there's little actual screen time for the alien. It has a rather confusing nature in the first half as well since there's little in the way in which they take over the hospital without them knowing what's going on, as this manages to really seem quite illogical how they managed to accomplish this without anyone knowing as they finally discover the threat halfway through finally forcing them into action at that point to keep the secret. Along with some shoddy CGI that pops up, these here are what hold it back.
Overview: ***/5
A solid if decently enjoyable effort that has some minor issues, this one comes off well enough for what it is while being let down just enough by its flaws to be watchable enough. Those who appreciate this kind of feature or are a fan of the style will have the most to like here while others who don't enjoy any of these factors should heed caution.
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