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Pinnacle FilmMode Occupation 2018 Movie Review Finale Part 5

No Where To Run. No Where To Hide. For Everyone.
So yeah. The movie ends very… Patriotically? With our surviving cast carrying the Australian flag into battle. But as the movie ends…

We discover what I guess I suspected throughout. That the aliens aren’t there because it’s a Day Ending In WHY. Or Earth is the greatest piece of real estate in the Alpha Quadrant.

Nope. Which now calls into question the whole everything was flooded when the alien co!not ships showed up. Why? Because the final confrontation says…

Oh eait. Context. No more tragedy. So while the humans go to save the humans who are farm workers? Another group of humans infiltrate the facility ship to save those humans.

So remember how the aliens keep wandering away to follow the humans back to their bases? They did it again. A bunch show up to attack the military base. But they played this card one too many times.

This time? Their numbers are spread too thinly. Both units at the facility and attacking the humans are thus taken out. Anyway we need to complete the movie already so let’s go.

One of our cast, still carrying the holodevice gotten from the alien they beat to death? He plugs it into the facility’s systems. Turns out it’s that alien’s… Private momento drive. All its images of Earth. And all its images of home. It’s dead home world.

Suddenly the aliens, after eight months assimilating human DNA and knowledge? Can now speak Human English. Why? So they can dump all the knowledge Independence Day did in one Area51 tense interrogation scene here.

So they’re not parasitic aliens like the I-D aliens. Or to an extent the trans dimensionally hopping aliens of Pacific Rim. No. They… Ruined their own home world, and fled to find a home for their now nomadic species.

So according to the movie? The arrival of the colony fleet devastated coastal cities. Thing is… How? Ships aren’t massive enough to affect gravitational forces alone. And… This ending implies their fleet is on their last light years.

They reached Earth. But I think this ending implies the fleet is now for show. They don’t have the capacity to even attempt another relocation attempt. Like it or not, they’re as trapped on Earth now as the humans.

Suddenly it’s V The Final Battle as of Occupation Rainfall. Which means choose a side means the aliens can either join the humans as they must adapt to Earth. And live with the humans. Or fight on against them.

Who knows? Maybe by Movie 3 or 4 s new alien race will pop up and humans will have to fight with the black aliens to survive. After all its i!plied by this ending that the aliens ruined their own world. Maybe they didnt. Maybe something else destroyed it.

Movie 3? As of this review the Wiki is still vague about it. They want to make an Occupation Rainfall Chapter 2, but as of this review that’s all we know. They want to do it… But work has yet to begin.

MAYBE by 2024 or 2025 a third movie will appear. Maybe. Right now all I can say is that I have it on my watchlist. The minute new info on the next Occupation arrives? I’ll let you know.

For now, Occupation 2018 gets a 4 out of 5. It takes forever for the movie to get to its point. And once it does? Its… No real surprise. But hey. Rainfall did well enough to get another movie scheduled…

The only possible “rainfall” to dampen expectations? Rainfall 2021 cost about… 25 or so million Australian currency. And has zero info if it made any money in the box office or DVD sales. I know I bought both movies but… I couldn’t tell you what these movies earned.

It will be awhile yet before we can even begin to plan for Movie 3 so… Stay tuned. anyway that finally leads us into The Month Of Horror.

We begin the Month Of Horror in South Korea. And Seoul Station 2016. Though this is the first movie of the Busan trilogy? It’s in fact the second movie released.

Looking at the backs of the three movies DVDs? I get the feeling English audio tracks exist for Train To Busan and Peninsula. None exist for this movie. We will forge ahead anyway.

A homeless man forced to live in a Seoul train station becomes Zombie Zero, kickstarting an apocalyptic pandemic that leaves the Korean Peninsula a devastated nightmare zone.

But first and foremost? The Busan movies seemingly are about family. So watch as a family gets caught up in the opening days of the zombie pandemic.

How will they fare? Find out as we begin the Pacific Zombie Rim Job month with Seoul Station 2016. Proof positive you’re never too undead to brave the perils of mass transit. Coming up tomorrow. See you.

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VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 19 Review Chapter One Hundred & Seventy-Five (Digital)

Sorry For The Delay…
Yeah. The next Chapter of two of My Cute Little Kitten will be a bit to digest. So buying myself a bit more time with reading it over. Anyway this manga is drawing out the inevitable meeting.

How so? We went back to the gang entering the mansion. All to show what happened to Charlotte and Aurora. Mainly they hid the car the gang drove in on. They’ll leave and return after the weekend.

So considering that Tsukasa is a MCU fan? Why is it the hidden entrance to the mansion hiding spot is hidden ala the Batcave in the Dark Knight trilogy? Under a waterfall?

Yeah. While entering the secret path to the mansion Nasa slips. Leaving a telltale sign for Kaguya’s friends to find. Making it easy to figure out they’re close to finding the msnsion.

Which I guess they do tomorrow with Chapter One Hundred & Seventy-Six? So… All this build up. And what do we discover once we get Tsukasa and Kaguya back together again? Will someone finally reveal they’re o?See than Tsukasa finally?

Whatever happ ens. We should finally see what all this build up with the mansion leads to. Tomorrow? Probably tomorrow. We won’t stop until Volume 19 is done, so no teasers. Whatever is about to be revealed is coming.

Given that the title is presently at Volume 25 in Japan? I’m wondering if we are close to a brand new big reveal? Stay tuned.

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Pinnacle FilmMode Occupation 2018 Movie Review Part 4

Plot Convenience? This Movie Is Full Of It!
So remember seeing their alien colony ship hanging in the atmosphere? Apparently if they’re playing a game of misdirection? It’s for the long haul. The annoying long haul!

How so? Sigh. Let’s just say, but you’ll see why shortly, the attribute they’re about to put on these colony ships? Doesn’t fit what we saw of the ship from the first thirty minutes.

Spoiler… It allows them to write off a majority of the planet without actually saying they did it. Unlike Independence Day. Dammit movie! Your long game is getting too much!!

So after killing the one who might have been good? They decide to scout out the holding facility. Bad move. They find out that the aliens are beginning to cultivate food they need to survive, with human slaves…

Uhh… This is becoming less and less Independence Day, and more and more Aliens As Surrogates For The Colonization Of Australia… No seriously I’m getting some strange double meaning watching this!

I better be careful. Before I know it Wyrmwood is going to turn into an extensive hidden commentary of the introduction of evasive alien sources to the Australian ecosystem. Dammit! Can’t I review a movie about aliens or zombies without sneak attack filmmaking!

So the lady who was pregnant since the start? Gives birth but does as the aliens follows the humans back to camp and attack them. Only that’s when the actual military finally arrives.

So after more death? The last survivors of the cast are brought to their encampment. Where we find out… Whoever wrote this script didn’t think things through.

According to the movie? The act of the alien colony fleet arriving on Earth caused the oceans to rise up and destroy major cities. All of Australia’s leadership is dead, and the rest are in hiding… Huh.

Oh so ships maybe the size of Visitor colony ships (V from the 80s) somehow created gravitational disruptions so massive they caused massive tsunamis?!? That wiped out the coastal cities?!?

So… Why was it everyone in the outback wasn’t killed? I don’t think Australia’s outbacks are high enough to not be affected by massive tidal surges. Even then… What about the rest of the planet?

You know. All the nation’s either inland to the same degree as the gang in this movie? Or elevated high enough to not be affected by tidal surge? Also upon their arrival, again, the trigger happy Chinese didn’t attack with nukes???

The effect this movie is talking about? Literally needs a Cybertron planet to be out into orbit for it to happen. Aka Transformers The Last Knight. And even then that didn’t destroy as much as this movie with the arrival of a fleet of colony ships.

So yeah. I’m hard pressing A for Doubt here. Odds are X amount of world leaders? Still alive. I’m guessing Trump, Putin, Xi, Merkel… A whole lot. Plot convenience of no this p!it is silly.

But wait! There’s more! The aliens are developing a virus to kill humanity. Located in the telltale facility behind the farm, where one of our leads family he’s been looking for all movie are. Yeah. I say we are ready for the climax of the movie.

So while our cast tries to free the humans at the farm, including one man’s family, the military launches an assault on the facility. To destroy the virus before it destroys humanity… Yup. That’s the drama. Our cast vs one hard to kill Commander officer.

Yeah I’m regretting giving this movie a chance. Realistically nowhere near as many would have died from the arrival of colony ships. And angry angry countries like China & Russia would have ended both humanity and aliens via nuclear onslaught.

Ok movie. We know the battle continues in Occupation Rainfall 2020. So let’s see how many more characters from this movie die horribly before the movie finally ends!

And yes. We no more know ANYTHING about why Black Roswell Aliens want Earth now than we did back at the start! Movie? If you got a point to make? MAKE IT ALREADY! Sigh. Continued tomorrow.

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VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 19 Review Chapter One Hundred & Seventy-Four (Digital)

Even Reaching The Mansion Its Still Padded With Filler
Specifically this filler explains why Kaguya and her gang arriving at the mansion is supposed to be unexpected. Why? Because convoluted secrecy scheme.

Apparently the village the gang was looking for? Was always meant to be a decoy. Yeah. The so called long missing village Kaguya’s friends wanted to find? Built as a decoy.

Apparently it was built to throw off people seeking the mansion. Or whatever existed there for 1200 or so years before Tokiko & Tsukasa met. Thing is as far as the friends are concerned? This is the village they were looking for.

But wouldn’t you know it. Kaguya came fully knowing that she wants them to find the mansion. Not this village. So by the end of this Chapter Kaguya is already leading them towards the mansion.

But yeah. What is Tsukasa and Nasa’s role in the Chapter? Tsukasa explains to him and Chitose how the mansion has stood hidden ever since Tsukasa first came to this area over a millennium ago.

Huh? Where is Charlotte and Aurora? Close probably. They don’t need to be in the scene because they are not in the know about Tsukasa. Anyway that’s the Chapter. Building up to their meet.

So next week all parties should converge, then we will see what happens next. Anyway it’s back to My Cute Little Kitten for the weekend. Which happens to be General Conference Weekend for The Church Of Jesus Christ And The Latter Day Saints.

What does that mean for here? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. But I said it anyway. It’s back to Occupation 2018 next. Coming up.

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Bootleg Zone And The Holiday Only Pandas Love

So yeah. Needed more proof that when you buy a Bootleg shipped from China that they mean Chinese Bootleg? Apparently Chinese Bootleggers observe holidays.

Let’s see. Ordered my bootleg of Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2 three weeks ago. (And yes I did fulfill my promise to buy the Authentic DVD of Star Trek Picard Season 3, as seen in an earlier post.) That has yet to ship.

Actually I think it has more to do with bootlegging it out of the Guangdong province factory run by Paramount than the present holiday that just past. But oh well.

It’s the bootleg of Wednesday Season 1 that is claiming holiday lag. I ordered that a week ago. The reason it hasn’t shipped? The Logistics division might be on holiday. Holiday? If you watched the Chinese pandas in the zoo vids then you know they just celebrated a Fall festival in China. Apparently one or more sections of the bootleggers operations observe holidays in China. Eh. That’s fine I guess… Even bootleggers need holidays off.

This seems to cover only the newest pressed DVDs. Older stockpiled DVDs still shipped holiday or no. Go figure. Anyway that was your daily Chinese Bootlegger watch. A

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Pinnacle FilmMode Occupation 2018 Movie Review Part 3

Ok Who Said We Are Doing The Time Jump!?!
Yeah. The movie skips ahead right months. I think there is a very good reason for it. But for now it’s only a theory. Also I ended a bit early because… Sudden implied waterfall sex scene is sudden.

Ok. So they started killing the aliens, and even freed all the humans of the small town. In retaliation they decide to poison the water source to drive the humans from the area.

And thus a time jump. The humans are still fighting the aliens, but what has changed? Quite a bit has happened to the dynamic of the war. But in subtle ways maybe?

At this point In thinking these “invaders” are on the run, and they’re hiding on Earth from a far greater threat naybe? Because after eight months…

During one raid which frees some humans who have been traumatized by the aliens? One of the ladies noticed that the aliens seem to have run out of jerk soldiers.

Suddenly she sees the aliens actually give a damn about their wounded. Care for them even. Then again, given how little they saw it the aliens close up maybe they always cared.

Or the hard headed aliens died in enough numbers that the better ones has begun to file into the soldier numbers. Which again implies they are not here to conquer as they are to hide.

Word has it that they are now experimenting on humans. Which, after they bring in an injured alien to question, leads to hatred growing for the aliens. One of the humans decides to beat the alien to death.

Spoiler. It’s intermingled with the implied sex scene. So… Well that’s a way to have a sex scene and not get people… Uhh… Never mind. The alien shows one of the ladies one of its tech, which is a holo projector. Showing images of ships around the world?

Yeah. I’m still pressing doubt that this is as cut and dried as it seems. But to be honest? Suddenly, during the interrogation? They bring up the colonization of America and Australia. Uhh… Yeah. Australia is over what happened at colonization right?

No offense but it’s bad enough my fellow Hawaiians never got over colonization. Don’t be like us Hawaiians, Australia! Get over it!

Ok the big thing? They are interrogating the alien with its helmet off. And you see more aliens taking their helmets off, especially since the helmets are useless unless in sterile environs.

So yeah. Experimenting may mean pushing the envelope of their adaptation to Earth. They may even be desperate enough to attempt cloning human bodies to transfer their brains into. Completely hide and fake their “defeat”.

I’m wondering if this is why the second movie, Rainfall, tells you to choose a side. That seems like a no brainer… Unless a second batch of aliens show up, and they have to decide whether or not the new aliens are worth aligning with the black aliens against.

But that’s 2020. Still, tomorrow after implied sex maybe we will finally figure out if there is a worst threat to the humans of Australia than the black aliens. Maybe. Stay tuned.

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VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 19 Review Chapter One Hundred & Seventy-Three (Digital)

The Car Comes Complete With Entitled “Baggage”!
So it’s time. Kind of a short go over because the title quickly gets everyone to the same place. And the reasoning is solid enough.

So it looks like, yes, my dream has come true. The Combat Maids Charlotte and Aurora will be coming along. With a backup vehicle… Which I guess is necessary once they add a while group to the gang.

Of course Chitose is travelling with Nasa and Tsukasa. In the best up luxury sports car worth not much… Only 15 MILLION YEN! (Aka 150K American… Still a lot!)… Also its nice to see they do conversion of Yen to Dollar the same way I do. Drop it add two zeroes.

Along the way they want to talk about Tsukasa’s past, which she is reluctant to do. We find out the first time she moved to the area where the mansion is? 645CE… No manga. That’s the 7th Century, not 1st. She doesn’t predate Christ.

By my calculations? She first arrived in the area once the truth of her immortality set in, and she isolated herself to deal with the fact she will never die. That’s my theory.

It looks like she talks with them about not having negative emotions, as they will lead to bad outcomes. That says to me that we are foreshadowing the meeting long teased to this date.

Tsukasa discovering that Kaguya, so called Goddess Of The Moon, is all too human… And she already met her. Speaking of her and her posse? How do they get involved?

They… Are going into the woods to film a search Blair Witch style of a long list village… Yeah. By the end of the Chapter In pretty sure they just wound up at the Mansion. Which means all parties are about to collide.

Well they already met in the past. Now we have to see what comes of this… As being at the mansion where Tsukasa hid for so long has triggered something in Kaguya.

So… What is going to happen next? We continue onwards tomorrow. So see you then.

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Pinnacle/FilmMode Occupation 2018 Movie Review Part 2

What Is This? A Tie In To X-Files Or Resident Alien?!?
Even after Part 2 I am no closer to telling you why the aliens of this Universe did what they did. But I’m beginning to suspect this first group is not fit to invade a mall, let alone Earth.

So let’s skip past the arguments over whether to break the cast up. Some maybe fleeing and looking for their families, others fighting. In the end they’ll stick together… Until somebody doesnt Renee their contract for Occupation Rainfall 2020.

It’s decided to return to the small town from earlier in the movie. At night. Which means you only kinda get to see what’s what with the alien ships. You’d think the aliens would have moved on to bigger cities by now… Nope.

They’re still there. They corralled all the humans up in a town factory. Purpose unknown. Otherwise they are still the same suit actors in the heavy armor.

Ok we need to finally move the plot forward. So one of the patrol fighters follows the humans home to their sanctuary. Unfortunately for it it decided to go alone with no backup.

It takes the whole group to subdue the pilot, who went into the human home to investigate… As opposed to call for backup. One of the ladies has to pick up its dropped energy rifle to kill it.

So who’s ready for plotting that doesn’t make sense… Until the writers full in the blanks and make it make sense! Ok. The aliens? Their battle armor has one other purpose… Life support!

Yeah guess what. Looks like, from the atmospheric oxygen coursing through the armor when the helmet is removed? They can’t survive for long choking on human oxygen. Also they seem to be better suited to attacking cold soulless technological worlds.

Their visors are tuned to track Life force energy. However since they arrived on a planet that is teeming with life? It renders their visual gear useless unless fighting in a sterile city. Hence why they showed up in the outback. Instant weakness.

As for the alien? Look for yourself. It’s a black skinned stereotypical alien archetype. Wait… Weren’t they big threats in the latter X-Files OG series, and in present day Resident Alien? Yes yes. It’s a dirt easy makeup costume to throw together in a budget. Still…

By the way. One pilot? Died with a few high powered plasma guns. Suddenly the movie hits high montage speed as the gang go on the offensive and start killing alien troopers… Or just aliens.

Yeah. I’m beginning to think these aliens are just lousy ineffective Scouts for an advanced fleet. Because they sure die easily, meaning the humans quickly stick up on weapons.

So… Will we eventually find out why they came to Earth? Whatever happened to the military or major cities? (Of which the aliens seems better adapted to work in than the life force rich outback) Also… Why didn’t the Chinese react and try to nuke the aliens yet??

So as our lead ensemble cast go full John McClaine and start taking out the aliens, maybe the bigger picture will start to come into focus. There’s another movie (Rainfall 2020) PLUS one more movie coming soon so… This is only the beginning. Stay tuned.

Ok. After this is done? The true horror begins… As we bounce up to South Korea, and the awkward middle child who supposed to have come first in the Busan trilogy.

The origin of the zombie pandemic that devastates the Korean Peninsula in the Busan universe. But first and foremost, this zombie movie is about family… Seems to be a theme for this and Train To Busan.

Anyway after Occupation it’s time for the Zombies to start occupying. Seoul Station 2016 is coming up. Stay tuned.

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VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 19 Chapter One Hundred & Seventy-Two (Digital)

Basic Fur Info Even Claire Luvcat Would Tap X To Doubt On!
So yeah. It looks like Tsukasa is ready to go to the mansion. Moreover she tells Nasa this will be a weekend trio, as they’ll need to do a lot to settle her belongings in the mansion.

Translation? They’ll run into Kaguya and her gang while they’re there and mischief will occur. Oh bother. All we need is to have Kaname and Aya join in and the gang is complete.

Anyway Tsukasa, being a 1400+ year old immortal? Seems to think she’s quite good at knowing Basic Cat Fur language. After all, according to the manga creator? It’s all about the eyes.

They do all their communicating through their eyes and his they look or state or… Yeah. Apparently the manga creator never watched a Claire Luvcat video in his life. Sigh.

Anyway this is so we can have fun with kissing! After telling Nasa how she knows Toast adores her? She wants a kiss. When the usually grabby gropey Nasa fails to kiss? She finds him… Standing still, eyes closed.

Yes. He’s actually trying to emulate Toast to say he adores Tsu… WHAT?!? BUT WE SPENT FOREVER WITH NASA GOING ON ABOUT CUDDLING AND GLOMPING AND ETC-ING TSUKASA!! BULL!! Sigh. Also it’s Blink Once for affection. Not shut your eyes thinking… Something.

This quickly becomes a page waster, eventually they kiss… Then off goes the lights an in comes the groping kissing. Yup… That was a thing we just say through review wise.

Hey! Hitomi-chan Is Shy With Strangers 6 is FINALLY OUT on digital! I’ll order it soon! Yay us. Stay tuned for updates on that. Anyway speaking of Tapping X for Doubt? It’s back to Occupation 2018 tonight. See you later.

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Pinnacle/FilmMode Occupation 2018 Movie Review Part 1

A Slower Shot At Night Invasion Flick…
So welcome to the Month Of Horror. A bit early but I thought we might as well plunge in already. Ultimately I hope to steer the Month to a lighthearted finale but… Stay tuned.

This year the focus is on two countries of the Asian Pacific side of the Pacific Rim. Australia and South Korea. The main thrust is zombies… But to start us off how about aliens?

2018’s Occupation. Part of the film portfolio of SABAN Films. SABAN. Aka the Power Rangers people. It’s no surprise they do business in Australia. A large era of Power Rangers filmed there and New Zealand.

Occupation is a movie that proves even movies who faltered in theaters can find a second chance on streaming. Originally a theatrical release, Occupation didn’t excel until it was released into… Netflix? Peacock? That’s when it excelled.

Also note how I have a DVD that is NOT a Chinese Bootleg. If this truly was a Netflix release it shows that some series creators can work with Netflix AND maintain their DVD Bluray release rights!

You see? More companies should do this. That’ll hurt the bootleggers bottom line of the Authentic stuff sells at a timely manner. A lesson Netflix, and now HASBRO must learn.

So the movie starts with us arriving at Sydney. With voiceover from a speech made by President Ronald Reagan. His Earth United Against Aliens speech. Thing is… Is this foreshadowing? Not of the aliens, but why the aliens are there. Hmm…

So a chunk of the opening introduces us to the ensemble cast who are in this movie. It’s slow paced… You know what? I’m wondering if you are supposed to get Independece Day vibes from this.

Uhh… No. It’s an OK movie, but no way does it measure up to Independece Day. It might be from… Oh buck! During these intro scenes a young girl going through a local fair remarks they’re stuck in 1996…

Yes. That’s the year Independence Day came out. Thanks movie writers! You confirmed my Independence Day theory within the first 30 minutes!… And that might not be a good thing.

Say what you will about Roland Emmerich, but Independence Day was at least we’ll paced at kept you engaged throughout. This movie… Sigh. Moves slowly, and feels too focused on this one group. We had more stories that converged over time in I-D.

Maybe it will get better over time. But for my first part of the review it feels ponderously slow. And as for the aliens? Well… Their first appearance isn’t that impressive. Like I-D all characters meet. But here it’s at the start of the movie, at a night time rugby game.

Rugby… Is this an Australian thing? Anyway during the game the power goes out, and a flight of alien fighters drop in and… Attack the game and everyone there.

No they are not in the middle of a large city. The game seems to be going on out in some remote area. Why the attack? Uhh… Hell if I know. The attacks of I-D made more sense at least. I’m assuming they did that here too…

Well I say that but either cell service sucks in this part of Australia or NOBODY EVER LISTENS TO THE NEWS! Maybe this area just had the misfortune of running into a rookie team of aliens…

Why not. Maybe they’re too green to send against major military targets. But if the INVASION has been in for hours now? Why is it nobody saw any news of these attacks yet?

Nope. Out of nowhere a rugby game in the middle of Nature only knows where is attacked, at night, by lights which are a squadron of alien fighters. Backed up by drop ships and ground troops. Along with humanoid shaped armored aliens.

Fine fine. Budget restraints keeps them looking like Super Sentai Power Rangers minion troops. I’m ok with that. But again why. This is a lot of resources committed to such a low level target.

MAYBE if the game was attended by an alien dignitary or royalty in exile, and the soldiers are trying to kidnap them to help overthrow a royal crown space empire light years away… Maybe then their showing up at a rugby match makes sense.

Other than “Out doing Independence Day” (and failing)? Who would commit an entire fighter squadron AND full ground troops to capture… A small town and it’s Rugby field. That’s so silly even Ed Wood would scoff at it.

So the main ensemble cast flees in a larger camper and a few more join them in a truck. They have a fun in and flee from a few stray fighters who wandered from the main unit… And they’re engaged briefly by Australian air force.

Yeah. This first fight? Might have been impressive if it was shown in full daylight. Nighttime? Filmed at a budget, and does the job… But that’s it. It’s a budget action scene that just doesn’t have the impact the film makers wanted it to have. Sorry.

It has fighters… You cannot see past lights in the sky. It has armored ground troops… Who are lost easily in the maddening crowds of humans and barely stand out, despite their status as threats.

They find sanctuary at a old lumber mill. By next morning tension behind to set in. The guy whose RV saved everyone? Wants to find his missing family.

Their short on food supplies for a prolonged hiding period from whatever happened, so more tensions. Also nobody has bothered to try and figure out what’s going on in the world outside their area yet. All this tech and nobody is using it.

Oh well no need. One of the ladies decides to show everyone, audience included, the large saucer shaped UFO hovering in the atmosphere over the area nearby. Just parked there. Hovering.

Was that supposed to be impressive? Uhh… Nope. It’s a large ship. It’s there. But we only vaguely saw the fighters go at it earlier. For all we know this is an unarmed colony ship.

All the fighters and troops represents the survivors of a Battlestar Galactica like genocide, and they’re attacking Earth because they’re desperate for sanctuary after losing so much.

Maybe Part 2 will start to get exciting, and the alien menace begins to become clearer as they find out what’s been happening to Australia and the world since the opener of the movie. Maybe. Anyway Occupation has begun… I guess… Part 2 is tomorrow. Bye.