Granted access to Area 51, a group of journalists attempting to explore the site's restricted areas are suddenly forced to help the resident patrols help them track down the escaped alien held at facility when it gets loose and terrorizes the base.Overall this one here wasn't all that bad and definitely had some fun to it. When this one gets going with the creature on the loose running throughout the military base is when it really gets the most out of this one with the fact of really generating the absolutely enjoyable stalking and hunting scenes throughout the mid-point in here. There's a big sense of familiarity with them using the motion- tracker devices and the crawling around corners pointing guns off into the distance while the curved spiny tail of the creature pokes through the chest of the intended victim, yet the high-energy action and creepy situations this enters into during these sequences more than makes up for some of those minor issues throughout this part as the film. There's some even more fun to be had from the big action confrontations here along the way with the group going after the deformed creature throughout the upper stages of the base where it really begins picking off the remaining soldiers which allows some great gore and action into the mix along with the rather enjoyable fun of the creature's make-up and costume. While these here give this one a fun time, this one does suffer somewhat when it gets to the rather bland sci-fi leanings in the first half. The scenes of the group going around the base with blasé history lessons that don't mean anything to anyone really makes this struggle to get going, and by also showing the different gadgets and special tools throughout here that showcase the extraterrestrial powers of the creatures here this sci-fi tone in here makes for a rather disjointed time. The aliens battling each other as well isn't all that impressive with them just holding their hands out which looks silly and stupid. Along with the minor familiarity in several scenes, these here hold this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language.

I feel like a fool now watching the full entirety of this film, this film is just stupid as hell. The acting was dreadful and the story just made no sense at all. A few News people are publicly allowed into the secretive Area 51 for the first time and then all a sudden without proper control from the military some aliens break out loose on a killing spree. One of the aliens has the ability to mimic people and how that one escaped is probably the stupidest thing to happen in the movie as it fools people in thinking they are the real person and the soldiers keep shooting at the wrong thing, accidentally killing the real person. The other aliens they just didn't show or explained how they got out, and they usually kill people using a tail which is obviously ripping off from Alien. Oh and there's a friendly telekinetic alien that talks like a computer...What?!!! This film is garbage, it's like the movie was made by aliens from the planet Stupid. Avoid this movie at all costs!

This film is the biggest pile of crap I have seen in a very long time. The acting is dire. The aliens are terrible. The dialogue is terrible. You can even see the man inside the small alien as it/he is talking. It was the longest 90 minutes of my life. I will never get those 90 minutes back. I have given it 1 out of 10, for the guts to put this out on DVD. Was it a straight to DVD movie? It should have been straight to the bin. Avoid this movie at all costs, it isn't even worth downloading for free. A complete waste of time, there tons of better movies out there so don't waste time on this one. The actors (sic) should be ashamed of themselves for doing this movie.

I was actually interested in seeing 51 because I like movies with aliens in if they're done well. Sadly, 51 wasn't done well at all in my opinion. It is not the worst movie I've ever seen, but it is one of the laziest with its far from stylish or mood-enhancing editing and, with the rip offs of The Thing and Aliens, its unoriginality.What also spoilt it for me was the complete lack of suspense and tension, it was just dull in the pace(the 90 minutes 51 is felt twice as long to me) and derivative in its execution instead. Add to that cheesy dialogue, shallow characters that I didn't give a toss about and some of the most phoned-in acting I've seen in a while, and you already have a bad movie.And need I mention the unexciting and very predictable story in that I could smell how it was going to end a mile off, and clichés so many and so frequent that I could write a book on them? Overall, a lazy and dull mess. 1/10 Bethany Cox