This is what happens when you give a director $100,000 or so and tell him you want a movie in ten days...Some folks just don't appreciate bad films. I do. I've been an extra in a couple of them myself and, believe me, the people who makes these Grade Z pictures (the cast and the crew) aren't fooling around. They work hard at their craft, as hard as the people who make "real" movies, and with the added burden that they know the result is going to be pretty awful. They are basically professionals who have fallen on hard times or semi-professionals hoping to make it to Hollywood proper. When you watch ALIEN OUTLAW pay attention to the scene where the heroine is discussing her new contract with the head of the management agency. It's an interminable scene, with some of the worst dialogue ever written, but the two actresses give it everything they've got. You really have to give them credit for professionalism and effort. That being said, if you think you're going to be treated to something like the Sigourney Weaver ALIEN pictures you're going to be sadly disappointed. ALIEN OUTLAW is a mindless story about marauding extraterrestrials whose idea of attacking the Earth is, essentially, to sneak around the middle of nowhere bush-whacking Appalachian stereotypes and vandalizing parked cars. They make the aliens from PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE look like evil masterminds. They don't even have ray guns or blasters, but try instead to use Western six-shooters they clearly have no idea how to handle, as every second or third shot results in a jam. At which point they toss the weapon down in disgust and run slowly away from danger, no doubt squealing the alien equivalent of "Boy, we're in trouble now!" Earth should be so lucky as to be attacked by these guys. The film has a few good points. The heroine is quite sexy and not a bad actress. Most of the other actors (including several legendary B-Western stars at the end of their careers) at least give it a good effort. And for those viewers who might someday want to make their own picture, it carries a very clear lesson: no matter how small the budget, hire a decent screenwriter before you do anything else.
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Aliens land in a small town where Jesse Jamison is about to have a gun show and bullets fly after the aliens start killing people. Watch out Diamond Booking agency for your next momentous event!
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Alien Outlaw isn't painful to watch.
Alien Outlaw: 4 out of 10: A whipless Lash La Rue and a girl without pants take on some aliens who like to do their killing offscreen as God intended. Also if you want to know the ins and outs of amateur shooting competitions well theoretically you might get some information as well.
Writer/Director Phil Smoot in a blaze of creativity wrote and directed his only two films in 1985; The Dark Power and Alien Outlaw. Both starred old western star and denture aficionado Lash La Rue and both were awful and strangely watchable.
Alien Outlaw sports some decent aliens, a decent lead actress that does not wear pants (Kari Anderson in her only role), Some other attractive females that would never act again, and occasional comic relief that is done on purpose.
The films main plot is Kari Anderson's attempt to get Diamond Talent to represent her trick gun show. She also needs to fire her old manager who was either the guy killed in the opening scene or the hairy guy who never leaves his hotel bed. I was honestly unclear on this. Some aliens show up after about half an hour but they have limited influence on whether she get Diamond to represent her and move to the big time.
Alien Outlaw really misses the mark on the whole Aliens attacking people angle but the amateur actors are sometimes decent and the scenery is nice and while I wouldn't recommend it, Alien Outlaw isn't painful to watch.
Rifftrax Version: 8 out of 10: Not their best work ever but they almost have too much on their plate. Definitely, the preferred way to watch this film Mike and the boys make this already watchable film breezy fun.
Watch only if you have an interest in old cowboy stars
This sci-fi/comedy/western could've been a lot more entertaining with some expert editing, the performances by a cast of unknowns leave a lot to be desired also. Plot lines that lead no where, and a plodding story line make the 90 minutes seem like 3 hours. But if you like cheesy grade z action, with a tiny bit of gratuitous T&A thrown in you might want to lose 90 minutes you'll never get back. The entertainment I got from this shoe string budgeted flick was in watching the beautiful, almost scantily clad Kari Anderson (this was her only movie appearance??), and the chance to see two old (fairly well preserved) cowboy stars from the 40's Sunset Carson and Lash LaRue. An extra bonus for cowboy fans is the interview (more of a informal reminiscence for the old days of the B western) between Sunset and Lash.