“For three million years, the human race has been at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Nothing lasts forever.”
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
Roger Donaldson
Frank Mancuso Jr.
Dennis Feldman
Dennis Feldman
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Christopher Young
Natasha Henstridge
Sil
Ben Kingsley
Xavier Fitch
Michael Madsen
Preston Lennox
Marg Helgenberger
Dr. Laura Baker
Alfred Molina
Dr. Stephen Arden
Forest Whitaker
Dan Smithson, Empath
Michelle Williams
Young Sil
Jordan Lund
Aide
Herta Ware
Mrs. Morris
William Utay
Colleague
Don Fischer
Aide
Scott McKenna
Train Hobo
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Kamurai
Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This was a hit movie at the time, and other than the Xenos design, I'd say it is still a pretty good movie. The "anti-Jaws" approach of showing the monster off is really cool as the premise is largely how detailed and dangerous the xenos is, but ...
Wuchak
_**Wiping out the "galactic weed**_" Released in 1995, "Species" chronicles events after SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) receives a transmission from outer space detailing alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. This gives birth to Sil, a ...
CinemaSerf
Clearly, these scientists had not heeded Jeff Goldblum in "Jurassic Park" (1993) when he warned about stopping to think that just because we can do something, it doesn't mean that we should. If they had, then perhaps we could have avoided the mayhem and brutality caused when they create "Sil" (Natas...
The Alien Cocoon Hatches
Clip • YouTube
A Human-Alien Hybrid: Sil's Origin Story
Clip • YouTube
Sil Escapes the Lab: Opening Scene
Clip • YouTube
Reborn Scene
Clip • YouTube
Species (1995) - Bonus Clip: Steve Johnson And Norman Cabrera On Designing The Creature (HD)
Featurette • YouTube
The Night Club
Clip • YouTube
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
FGM Entertainment