The
first feature-length motion picture to use computer-generated imagery to
create not only effects, props, and environments but also the human cast
members themselves, this lavish science-fiction adventure follows closely on
the heels of another video game-based film, Tomb Raider (2001). Ming-Na
provides the voice of Dr. Aki Ross, a female scientist in the year 2065, a
time when Earth has been overrun by extraterrestrial phantoms borne of a
crashed meteor. Humans have been pushed back to cities protected by barriers
that keep the marauding space monsters away, but time is running out.
Fatally infected by one of the ghostly beasts, Ross seeks information about
their purpose and physiology, assisted by her mentor Dr. Sid (voice of
Donald Sutherland) and the Deep Eyes military squad of courageous Captain
Gray Edwards (voice of Alec Baldwin). Tension develops between Aki's quest
to stop the alien onslaught through study and the more extreme solution
favored by the vengeful, saber-rattling General Hein (voice of James Woods),
who would destroy both the aliens and the Earth itself. Aki ultimately comes
to realize that the key to unlocking the mystery of the invaders lies within
her own dreams.| Ming-Na Wen | Aki Ross [Voice] |
| Alec Baldwin | Gray Edwards [Voice] |
| Ving Rhames | Ryan Whittaker [Voice] |
| Steve Buscemi | Neil Fleming [Voice] |
| Peri Gilpin | Jane Proudfoot [Voice] |
| Donald Sutherland | Dr. Sid [Voice] |
| James Woods | General Hein [Voice] |
| Keith David | Council Member #1 [Voice] |
| Jean Simmons | Council Member #2 [Voice] |
| Matt McKenzie | Major Elliot [Voice] |
Genre/Type - Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Action, Space Adventure,
Alien Invasion Films
Produced by - Columbia Pictures / Square Pictures
Release - Jul 11, 2001 (USA)
Released by - Sony Pictures Entertainment
Running time - 106 min.
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Star Trek: Nemesis (2002, Stuart Baird)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001, Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise)
Starship Troopers (1997, Paul Verhoeven)
Titan A.E. (2000, Don Bluth, Gary L. Goldman)
Aliens (1986, James Cameron)
Phantom from Space (1953, W. Lee Wilder)
Armitage III (1994, Hiroyuki Ochi)