Customer Reviews

Species Collection

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The first two movies are the regular big budget movies worth buying.... the next two are small budget... just sharing the name of the franchise....

Would not recommend the series..... A purchase i repent...

This set comes in a flimsy slipcase with nice artwork and contains four standard-size Amaray DVD cases. The discs I received were shoddily made and sloppily handled. Two of them were riddled with fingerprints and one (Species II) had multiple scratches. Back they went, and the replacement set fared minimally better: though unscratched, one disc (Species II, again) had smudges and two others had cloudy swirls between the polycarbonate layers. Though playback may not be affected, these flaws aren't acceptable.

As for the films, they vary in quality:

Species: Engaging, suspenseful film with top-notch special effects. The 2.35:1 picture is sharp, with solid blacks and very good contrast. The extras are largely forgettable.

Species II: Inferior to its forerunner in every way.

Species III: Enjoyable for the most part, decent story line, crisp picture. There are some nicely shot nude scenes, especially the one with brunette hottie Amelia Cooke sauntering down a hallway in her birthday suit.

Species IV: This final release has a razor-sharp 1.78:1 picture but little else to offer: hardly any action and scant nudity. Nevertheless, it manages to be mildly entertaining, mostly because of Helena Mattson's and Marlene Favela's solid acting and good looks.

In sum, this set is worthwhile only for the sci-fi completist who can get it at a bargain price from a seller with a good return policy (like Amazon), should the discs arrive marred. For everyone else, only Species I and III are worth watching, making this four-movie collection superfluous.

The vendor - Hastings - are not just liars and theives, they are sneaks. They were unable to send me the product I bought so, instead of emailing an option or refunding my costs, they tried to sneak an inferior product past me. I ordered a 5-DVD set, and they sent a 3-DVD set with very similar graphics and content, hoping I wouldn't notice. I know this is so because they appended no comment to that effect in the area reserved for such advice on their invoice. They tried to cheat, and got caught.

I wouldn't deal with this company again unless my life depended on it, and advise all other Amazon users to adopt the same attitude.

I was lucky enough to get this box set at $6.98 total! I haven't watched any of the movies but I'm sure it was worth it.

Bought the collection because I wanted to have III and IV. III is not as bad as IV. I wouldn't recommend buying the collection. Buy I and II and skip III and IV. That's why I give the collection two stars for I and II.

All discs came in the mail on time and they all worked great. Overall I am very pleased with this purchase.

I bought a compilation disk set of dvd's. Quality was good price was right seller should (will) be looked for further purchases. Mom and Pop quality, because they can and will. well done good luck.