“Extraterrestrial” is a sci-fi flick that clearly takes a lot of inspiration from the excellent “Fire In The Sky”. The probing scene here is so similar to the alien experiment scene in “Fire In The Sky”. We’ve also had other recent alien films such as the terrific “Dark Skies”. Unfortunately, this film is just not as good. It’s certainly not a bad movie but it just fails to bring anything new to the table.

A group of friends decide to take a trip to a cabin in the woods. However, there have been reports of strange events in the area. When they see something crash, the group goes out to investigate and finds a stereotypical flying saucer. They then find themselves the targets of a hostile group of aliens.

The main characters are not very exciting. During the early scenes, we are forced to endure some rather mundane conversations. I didn’t care about these people and their relationships. The best performance comes from Michael Ironside (“Starship Troopers”, “Total Recall”) as a local Vietnam veteran and conspiracy theorist. He steals the show when he’s onscreen. The aliens look pretty good but they reminded me a lot of the aliens from “Dark Skies” and “Signs”.

The problem that “Extraterrestrial” is that it just comes far too late. We have had a ton of alien films such as “Fire In The Sky”, “Signs”, “Dark Skies” and even something as ridiculous as “Communion”. There’s nothing to see here that has not been seen in a bunch of other movies. There’s nothing really for me to criticise as it is a competently made movie other than the fact it’s totally unoriginal. If you really liked some of the other films I mentioned that you might get a kick out of this one but don’t expect to see anything revolutionary.