Rent Species (1995)
3.2 of 5 from 128 ratings
1h 43min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
When a creature, geneticaly engineered through extraterrestrial intelligence, escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch (Ben Kingsley) assembles an elite team of experts to track it down. The crew - a government assassin (Michael Madsen), an empath (Forest Whitaker), a biologist (Helgenberger) and an anthropologist (Molina) - combines their expertise and traces their prey to Los Angeles. There, in the form of a stunning young woman (Natasha Henstridge), the alien initiates a horrific plan to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind. As her deadly biological clock rapidly ticks, Fitch and his team are hurled into a pulse-pounding chase in which the fate of humanity itself lies in the balance... - Actors:
- Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Michelle Williams, Jordan Lund, Don Fischer, Scott McKenna, Virginia Morris, Jayne Luke, David K. Schroeder, David Jensen, Esther Scott, Shirley Prestia, William Utay, David Selburg, Herta Ware, Melissa Bickerton
- Directors:
- Roger Donaldson
- Producers:
- Dennis Feldman, Frank Mancuso Jr
- Voiced By:
- Frank Welker
- Writers:
- Dennis Feldman
- Studio:
- MGM Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- People of the Pictures, Remembering Michael Madsen
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/12/2007
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by Director and Actors
- Audio commentary by Director, Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor and Creative and make-up effects creator
- "DESIGNING A HYBRID" Featurette
- "H.R. GIGER AT WORK" Featurette
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/06/2025
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
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Reviews (1) of Species
Average SciFi/Horror Monster Film - Species review by GI
Similarities to the Alien series are obvious here not least as the creature was designed by H.R. Giger and scenes are very reminiscent of Alien ones especially the use of hand held flamethrowers and the climax inside the tunnels of a city sewer that are similar to the labyrinthine sets of the first three Alien films. This is a science fiction horror film about the hunt for an alien creature that is the result of a secret experiment led by Fitch (Ben Kingsley) who has crossed alien and human DNA creating a female hybrid. When she escapes from the research lab and quickly metamorphoses into an adult (Natasha Henstridge) Fitch calls in a specialist team to hunt her down before she can mate with another human and spread her species. Michael Madsen is the manhunter and Forest Whitaker an 'empath' who can sort of feel her thoughts (conveniently!) are part of this crew in a film that is essentially one long chase where the alien leaves a trail of bodies as she kills all in her way. The final confrontation reveals the alien in all her 'Alien' lookalike glory. It's an entertaining enough film and Henstridge gets to walk about mostly topless and Madsen gets to play a good guy for a change. It spawned a short series none of the sequels getting anything as entertaining as this one. Worth checking out if you've never seen it but mostly routine stuff.
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