Alien Arsenal

Alien Arsenal
Written byMatthew Jason Walsh
Directed byDavid DeCoteau
StarringJosh Hammond
Danielle Hoover
Michele Nordin
Krisztián Kovács
Jerrod Cornish
William Vogt
Riley Smith
Dominic Catrambone
Stephanie Mennella
Chris Olivero
Robert Donavan
Brenda Blondell
Brannon Gould
Matt Steveley
Joe Danzo
Heath Titan
Scott Boyer
Ryan Van Steenis
Betheny Zolt
Michelle A. Katz
Jessica Kiper
Walsh Creen Carvalino
Kim Robert Koscki
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerCharles Band
ProducerKirk Edward Hansen
Running time90 minutes
Production companyThe Kushner-Locke Company
Original release
Networksyndication
ReleaseMay 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)

Alien Arsenal is a 1999 made-for-television science fiction film directed by David DeCoteau. It is a loose remake of an earlier Charles Band production, Laserblast. It is also known as Teenage Alien Avengers.

Premise

Ralph and Baxter are two high school nerds who are often tormented by bullies at their school. They find a secret chamber which contains a hoard of hi-tech weapons and armor, their superhero dreams become reality. They use these weapons to get back at the bullies as well as to fulfill some superhero fantasies.

But the alien owners are alerted to the discovery, and return to claim their property in a bid to use it to wipe out humanity. The aliens enlist the help of one of the bullies, Monty, to get the alien equipment back.

Monty and Ralph discover that they are both being used by the aliens to download an Armageddon Beam which will wipe out all human life on earth.

Production

Director David DeCoteau used the pseudonym Julian Breen. A featurette called the Making of Alien Arsenal was completed in 1999. It is included on some DVDs.

Home Release

The movie has been released on home DVD and is available to stream on various services

Cast

Reception

TV Guide gave the movie one star calling in an underachieving mixture of Revenge of the Nerds and Laserblast The also found elements of RoboCop and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers but found the movie lacking in original ideas. Moria gave the movie two out of five stars finding the effects poor and the superheros banal. It did find that the tongue in cheek humor occasionally works.

References

  1. ↑ "Teenage Alien Avengers". sky.com. Sky plc.
  2. ↑ "The Making of Alien Arsenal". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Alien Arsenal (1999)". moriareviews.com. 1999. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ Alien Arsenal Review. TV Guide [dead link]
  5. ↑ https://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/alien-arsenal-1999.htm