The film makes much of his isolation in the tower surrounded by forest and assorted wildlife – only for him to start thinking he sees things in the woods and shadows on the background of his monitor – all amid mysterious technical faults and power cuts. In the midst of this, one soldier is posted to a remote outpost on an almost entirely deserted surface. At the opposite end of the spectrum there is Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) without much in between.Īlien Invasion: S.U.M.1 sets up an interesting scenario – it is Earth 57 years after an invasion where humanity has been forced to relocate underground.
#ALIEN MOVIES FROM 2017 SERIES#
One of the finest works on the topic was the tv series The Tripods (1984-6), while more recently we had the excellent A Quiet Place (2018). One of the less explored variants is that of Earth in the aftermath of an alien invasion where humanity has been subjugated or driven into hiding. (For a more detailed overview see Alien Invasion Films). The alien invasion film has been with us since the 1950s and there have been many excellent and varied works in the genre from full-blown effects spectacular to more insidious and paranoid works of infiltration from within to more recently indie survival dramas and Found Footage works. The film comes produced by an assortment of German studios and is executive produced by Christian Alvart, director of high-profile films such as Antibodies (2005), Pandorum (2009) and Case 39 (2009). Prior to this, Pasquariello had made a variety of short films and he subsequently went on to make the Comfort Zone episode of the Covid lockdown horror anthology Isolation (2021). As his lone vigil continues, S.U.M.1 begins to think the aliens might not exist.Īlien Invasion: S.U.M.1, or just S.U.M.1 on some prints, was a directorial debut for German director Christian Pasquariello. He sees shadows of things but his superiors insist he must be imagining them. There S.U.M.1 faces boredom alongside a series of mysterious breakdowns. The soldier S.U.M.1 is despatched to man Outpost Cerberus on a 100 day mission. It is 57 years after Earth has been invaded by aliens.
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