The year: 3037. Earth is at war with aliens called Mendax, who have remarkable mental abilities and are determined to wipe out humankind. In retaliation, a military team is sent to the Mendax homeworld. Their mission: To deliver the Devorga Strain, a powerful virus engineered to attack the Mendax immune system, exterminating them from their planet. One of the team members is terribly injured when their ship crash lands on the Mendax homeworld. Will they leave a member of their team behind, or risk being slowed by the burden? When the secret of Homeworld is discovered, they must find the truth within themselves or all is lost. But how can you learn the truth when everything you see and feel may be an illusion?
Practical Effects
Charming lo-fi alien world on clearly limited budget
Writing
Ambitious philosophical questions punched above weight class
Acting
Committed performances selling ridiculous premise earnestly
Director
Phillip Hudson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Phillip Hudson reportedly shot most of the alien landscape scenes in a single weekend at a rock quarry in California.
The film's 'virus as weapon against aliens' plot eerily echoes 1950s Cold War anxieties about biological warfare, repurposed for post-9/11 paranoia cinema.
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