外星% 恶客

剧情简介

Out o!:f t:]he !$ fif?ties 'B' Scie@]nce-Fict^ ion mons%ter mov=ies, #this easil? y ranks as the best. It's most not([a$ \ble as th`.@e]_ # film that ALI\= E%@ N is an unaccredited rem- ak  ,e o!_[f.), thus giving it a certain !historic!^al significance.　　The in\triguing plot is a\;(!bout the r!,e\(scue of %
t#*=?he onl!; y mar;@ooned survivor (Co!l. Carruthers) -of]; `
*an( ;`ill-fa.;ted expedition
`
 to Mars. The authorit \i@,/e.s, pig;-headed as  usual, falsely assume  th,#at-(_ he murd _ered hi*:s f#)ell@)/ow `crew_ =`members, so that#^ he'd ha-*v `e more p*(rovision s\- to survive; hen@ce he @(is being \*broug-=ht bac=k to E/arth to face[:%* ,,$_court-martial for mu%rder. (T).here);` i?s also a s(om[-)/ew)-! hat $+=inte`(/resting plot rev@;ersal h@+ere `Most movies-# of]@ thi_`s na#@ture
) usuall- y be\.=gin with) t^[)he shi)p leaving Earth;, enrou@ te- to #its otherworld :\d+estina
;tion , while, in /this ca_s\e, the story =is believe+[ (d f,@i*
nished, and begins as the char\)_(acters
# +take-off fro m/\-$ th);e other planet, retur;%[*ni@ng @to E a/?)rth!]; ). A!+#s th;$@e resc\\*;u_(e s]hip is leavi!%ng /Mars, a lurki\(ng!%,` omino/us s-+=hadow is seen []in the l%*ower compartment. (A; frightening, at mosp#, heric moment, ac`comp?-lished through sheer;?+ economy an(@d !simpl icity).　　C[ arruth!ers insists of his innocenc;e to,(! h(is fellow:!  captors, ;claimin%g !()tha];t his o%/riginal c*rew mates were s_/la)_]ug ht.[er[^ ed b `]y :`
a host^ile, $unseen % .pr esence on @the desolu
te(=? /=red p(la)net,-  bu+-t three-gue:-sses a,/s\: to[;] th ,e[ir `r_/\eaction t]+@?o his\ +u:$*#nu:$

sual pl\ea. Natur?=al.^
l;_y, he, ca?n'; t pro`/ $ve i!^t, and 50's s:%.p^a) !ce authoritie)@`s were :/:)not:; very alien co/`nscience a+ $]@t the \/time. (A(^s a side -tho!+ught, unsee%:^n menac e may remi * nd you of that hig; )$hly =]original ; -BLAIR W=ITCH).　　_As @??ev+ ery]-,-one sacks out, a hapl:ess s=upporting charactor whose=  na*@me ?is at the bottom of the c!:astin g list ( gu\ess what will $happ en to@ him) hears --=somethi ng @\in the l/=-]ower^ com*partment. %Despite you.`r futile do` n't go .??d)/own th])ere, you^ j)e`/rk! pl[.;eas, he/ does just th:at;, and is appr;/o@priately kille,d %(more :like thoroug:? hly _*obl/;*iterat%ed) by th
e ,);shadowy figur$ e wit?h insatiable blood l`ust on its mind. In th,#e victim's case, d/_er-elic@tion of ^`] *duty%:+ and s$he`$er co_w*-]a%] ]rdl(in!;e(ss would-_ h;@ave be:en
^?the wise decision. The s)\cene is?\@ +_.act$ua/_:-lly wel_;l-directed ] [(for $a [change) and= develop^:s mu ]ch?%= suspense, as t%;he ent,ire film surprisingl=y-% does.　*$　The$ crew (finally =c :a +tches (%on +^that they hav@e an unwant!ed ship cr_;asher on board, and try e(`(very possible means
[\at t?-hei)r di\sposa@l =^=-to eliminate it, =b.!ut th*
e unknown $%creature seems to[ copp-#ing an an%ti-death attitude. Proving to be an `@eve?n mor\\e c,lever, w\(orthy adversary, 'IT!'] also hi?
des.\+ out i #*n the:^= ventilation shafts of the ship *$(n ;ow that %[:sh*\_[ould+ [( ring a bell). C
)ahn's forcefu`l directi;on g%=en
_erates co/`ns,#(iderable tension as t@he m`+alevole- nt sto.)+waw[ay works its way u;p ?^@f+ rom one leve@l of th@
e confined sh ip to the nex$t, e](ventua!/l
;]ly l=@$eav(ing !% the remaining] characters \trapped+ at the top\ .  ?The m^/ovie@'s_ suspense is blunt a
,[:nd / ri?ght+$% to the p/oint#, IT!' has to kil=-l them or starve, hence the=`y //_h,ave to ki\ ll IT! /: o^^^r die. Nothing like  th#ose n,
o t._ wo
- way+/s about it _;,c[hoice
^s ). Rent i!t, o^_r check for it on c %?able if@. yo,u -)wish to k
-/now) the outc \ome.　　For a low-budget quic*]^^kie, $@+I#T! is quite `*=impre\#
s@siv(@;$e and memorable. The dre:=aded #,sense of cl)\,austrophobic tension, r=endering t.he ch#;ar-],?ac\t _!e[rs' helple\%+ss entrapment, is highl(y!,$ eff(ective.,. This i*s a p$rodu/!ctio.$]n in ) which
. t/[he li_\(mit$$?#ed budget and sm =a)@ll @#sets actually ![]work %*:in favor of `$the plot .'s ? ];scary a` ?mbie)nce. The` bla[ck wh i^:,$te photogra!;
.ph-y (Yes, i].t's o-)ne o
\=%f those!) hel
,ps to e^nhance)[;
its d:ark, cr;`
eep=y * mood, /,$and th-:e sen* s e* of apprehension is q.u[ite high.^ (Moder: n $day color freak.s never se[)[e%@m to take t_!hat in.to con^#siderat(io`*n). The plot] is also s,]=[om-+=ewh -at cynic; al:ly ironic [#I(f t$he creature $!+_ha dn't stowed away on th(e ship,; Carruthers woul#%d
ha ve most likely been found guilt%
y o f the charges against him.　　T he i//@ntellig]
%ent script ( see w;#hat._ I` mean about rareit:)y) was #.penned#[+ @!b .;y noted Science- :Fiction a[uthor Jer(:ome B.?i_xby ?)(remember Twilight #Zone's It's a % /Good Life) The picture's taut edi?_=ting $*!eli],-m?-]@i_/nates any e @xtrane?ou *s ^d#%`ro*ss. (ALIE?N t,@_ended %/to drag in its fi[rst hour with its  sophomo ric dia=:lo`

gue/`, an_d why did it$_# ha ve. to include that stupid and ultimately co?unte$:r-pro/$%*duc*;tiv*e .%@sub-plot of Ash bei=!ng a robot, and further^ dr(^agging the!
 story down to %?an$other bi@
g bad conspira:,cy cliche UNN*E*)CESSARY!!!)　　Director C[@ahn a
#stute?:l?y keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and .in th*\$*e shadows through-out mo.%%)s%t [.of\ the procee-^(_ding%)s, kee,ping  your` paranoid imaginatio_n on c@`
onstant ale (#rt.  U][;/n_ !fortunate*ly, perhap* %@#s at t?+;`he studio's *=
c*: ]ommercial in+]]sistance, it is  a little over-r,.eveal)ed at the climax, b[*ut I have[n't. claimed this to be;[ t%he); perfect master_+p)iece. The perfo(/#rmance
 s, [ t)houg( h nothing a(*@ward-winn(ing, are ne;vertheless cool enough so that ()  o,);ne becomes sincerely conc@(ern-%ed as to their .!fates. No$t#$ many mov:=^ies. in recen^^t times ever come close /#to a@?chie$:^ving #,that. They @ can %=,be over-produced f ]rom here .: to et(ernit.y, a?!(nd usually only su? cce-ed in being ( glorious/-`ly annoying.%.?　`)　This fi$!%lm's s[tor@y) is.* not really to *+tal=ly$ ] original (wha:(t is)*_),`* + ^-for it is bas ed o :?n A.\;)E. Van V
og)t's @(VOYAGE OF? THE SPACE BEAGLE. All A= LIEN fanatics should track dow]n an ol?d us::ed c opy:%[ t%/(-o see wh;
ere t@`he  )initia/l in,* fluen#ce ca.me f+r?. /om.　　As long as yo./u'r`e
 not craving an*@other]  CGI wind@-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Ju\-s+ .t d[on't expe?ct the women =@ to be R \ip,$?_l`-\ey p_#rec
%urs*
ors. This+ was% s]?till the sock-knitting fifties, s [ad to say.