Monolith (1993)

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(Foreign Titles)

Nomination Year: 2010

SYNOPSIS: A secret government project is infecting research subjects with a sentient alien virus. But the alien escapes, jumping from body to body, killing as it goes, with the objective of reaching its space ship and activating the wormhole drive, which will allow it to get home -- and destroy the Earth in the process. A pair of cops stumble across the trail of bodies and have to stop not only the aliens, but the government scientists trying to cover the whole thing up. I should write something funny here, but the plot was so stale I'd forgotten it before the movie was even over.

Greg Pearson

Smithee Award Nominations

"Cutting Butter With A Chainsaw"
In This Corner...Sikorsky! Louis Gosset, Jr. vs a helicopter. The helicopter wins by TKO, but its pit-fighting career is over.

Acting Appropriately Stupid
Danger! Do Not Look Into Pod With Remaining Eye How many times do the guys in jumpsuits need to be warned not to open the pod? At least once more, apparently. The van catches fire pretty spectacularly.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
John Eyres	Directed the Shadowchaser series. And Irish Jam.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Bill Paxton	<Not Yet in Database>
John Hurt	<Not Yet in Database>	yes, that John Hurt
Louis Gossett, Jr.	<Not Yet in Database>


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