Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
- genetics
- telepathy
- paranoia
- dna
- transformation
- instinct
- alien
- femme fatale
- decapitation
- on the run
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Natasha Henstridge
Sil
Ben Kingsley
Xavier Fitch
Michael Madsen
Preston Lennox
Marg Helgenberger
Dr. Laura Baker
- Alfred Molina — Dr. Stephen Arden
- Forest Whitaker — Dan Smithson, Empath
- Michelle Williams — Young Sil
- Jordan Lund — Aide
- Herta Ware — Mrs. Morris
- William Utay — Colleague
- Don Fischer — Aide
- Scott McKenna — Train Hobo
- Virginia Morris — Mother
- Jayne Luke — Snack Shop Clerk
- David K. Schroeder — German Tourist
- Directed
- Roger Donaldson
- Written
- Dennis Feldman
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 1,923 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, FGM Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1995 · You’re hereSpecies
Where it starts.
Species II
1998
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
