Director Joe Bauer
Staring Rita Artmann, Tamara McLaughlin, Lawrence Silver
Rated MA
Score 5/6

Extra-terrestrials launch a nation-wide assault on Australia, much to the bafflement of the rest of the world.

This awkward and just that little bit stupid (maybe more than just a little but I’ll leave that to you to decide how much) but luckily it’s not in a bad way. I was completely unfamiliar with everybody involved with the production of Australiens in front of and behind the camera and as far as I can tell nobody was involved with any of the unofficial Australian acting academies Home and Away or Neighbours.
The effects are not anything special, they are exactly what you would expect from an indie science-fiction movie and unlike other science-fiction movies they are not the driving force. There is some pretty good acting throughout this movie and the climax gave me more the a few giggles. I also loved the idea that Australia’s answer to Area 51 was Shed 51 and of the writers I have to ask, what do you guys have against Tasmania?

I do hope that I can find more movies that these guys have been involved with at the local DVD store or the friendly neighbourhood cinema, especially if they are similar to Australiens