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A visionary piece of cinema, 5000 Space Aliens takes a simple idea and uses it to drill down into something deep rooted in the human psyche.

To think that Ridley Scott provoked so much tension and dread from just one is strange. When they are all over you, it makes for a superior sequel.

A successful formula bears repeating, but what ought to be fondly familiar here is just annoying.

Rattles from one incoherent action scene to the next.

With so much good work involved in the cowboy side of the film, it's a real shame that the aliens appear to have been hastily sketched on the back of an envelope.

What the movie does best is gore and ickiness.

I fell asleep several times during the film, but some of it wasn't dreadful, some of it was just bad. Very bad.

As a tribute to those who are not blessed with personality, the film is a ray of hope.

The best gags, at least for the over 20s, subvert 50s sci-fi movie convention.

It has its moments, and for the most part it’s warm-hearted and likeable enough to make up for the odd mis-step.

Small movements – the awkwardness of a child shrinking into himself, the hesitation before speaking, the forced confidence of fitting in – gain an almost painful realism.