Habitat (1997)
In order to combat the damage caused by the depletion of the ozone layer, maverick biologist Hank Symes unleashes his most ambitious experiment to date: accelerated evolution. Unfortunately, this not only causes the authorities to take notice, but also creates a backlash from his new neighbors--leaving his son caught in the middle.
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So much average
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Based on the promotional picture with the tag line "Welcome to a living Hell" you might be led to believe this is a horror. Don't be fooled. Habitat is a science fiction/thriller movie and much more like an Outer Limits story than a Dead Zone one. The story is one we have heard before: "We are killing Mother Earth". Hank Symes (Tcheky Karyo) has radical plans to put an end to this destruction. His plans "accidentily" include his family. This was not a box office hit. It is not a faced paced action movie like Running Man or Total Recall. It is a movie trying to highlight an underlying issue. It is very enjoyable. The acting is mostly solid with very good performances by the older performers. The story moves along quite well and the special effect are believable with some "Hollow Man"-like tricks. Habitat does contain some nude scenes, mostly topless, and some swearing. This is mostly not out of place or out of character but does limit the audience the movie's message could have reached. The movie carries a message that we all should start taking notice of. Overall an enjoyable movie for me and that is why a 7 out of 10.
this film is definitely one of my favorite trash thingies around there ... laura harris makes every film, ohhm ... i dunno, strange? such brilliant ideas, so many bad b-grade (gut native-funny) actors and a plot that seems to be born in a great rush of wodka or something... i love this. like i said, one of my favorites. if you like b-movies and in some kind independent, this is just the GODESS! mercié
This was an awful movie - the kind of movie where you kick yourself for wasting the time spent watching it. Truly stupid science fiction (and normally I enjoy sci-fi). The plot's bad, the special effects are bad, the writing is bad and the acting is bad.
That is the one word that could decribe nearly everything about this movie. Gross acting, gross love scenes, gross plot, gross actors...Except for Balthazar Getty. Balthazar Getty is *definitely* not gross. Everything else was. So, if you don't like Balty, or weird, disturbing, scientist love making, then don't see this piece of cheese they call a movie. Get "Species" instead...