Alien Armageddon (2011)

“Alien Armageddon” is one a series of independent micro-budgeted flicks with bit-part actors as leads, Mac-laptop-made special effects, and a biblical spin to a well-worn tale: The aliens attack Earth and cook up an evil plot against humanity genre, with the survivors – here, a shop-owner mom (Katharine McEwan) and a murderous cowboy (Don Scribner) included – fighting back. Seen anything like this before? The wholesale cheap sets and locations, and vagueness of a big picture ironically work as writer/director Neil Johnson is open for surprises awesome (are the aliens of God?) and unnecessary (a WTF lesbian scene). It’s an ugly flick, for sure, but it’s more curious about what THEY are, versus normal Hollywood dribble such as “Cowboys& Aliens” or “Battle: Los Angeles,” the latter of which this film was once titled. Be warned: This is not a film to eat by, or for women who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. B-