Aliens have come to Earth to loot the planet of trees. They are like giant, space termites. But these termites also eat human heads and fingers.
In Oregon, the "mites" have a sawmill, just outside of Portland, that has several human slaves. If the slaves escape, the bounty hunters corral them up and return them to the camp. As a punishment for fleeing, they get a finger removed. The slaves have to get the lumber ready for transport back to the home planet of the "mites", where it is being sold for food.
A team of four people have returned from a 40 mission to launch a space probe. They have been in cryogenic sleep and did not know about the alien invasion. Why did they have to be in cryogenic sleep, I don't know. All I know is that they came hurling back to Earth from space and are about to become slaves themselves.
Bruce Campbell plays Dr. Ivan. He and his love interest, Kelly, are able to break out of the sawmill and make it to Freedom Valley. The ex-slaves of Freedom Valley do not want to fight. They just want to co-exist with nature. Sounds like an old hippie commune to me. But, they all believe that the president is building a resistance army to fight the aliens. This is far from the truth. In fact, the president is tucked away with several other members of congress, just watching the days go by.
Dr. Ivan heads up a small band of people and they storm the sawmill. It's one of the funniest parts of the movie. Several shots are reused, but you see someone using a sword or shooting an arrow. The next thing you see are body parts flying about or aliens getting arrows to the eye. It's comical for sure.
There is not much to watch in this film other than Bruce Campbell. It's no Army of Darkness, but he does a good job delivering the lines and fighting the aliens.
I give this movie 1 out of 5 alien termites.
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