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‘Alpha Gang’ Review: Alien Invaders Discover Their Humanity In The Zellner Brothers’ Absurd Star-Studded B-Movie

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There is something perversely funny about watching Léa Seydoux, Cate Blanchett, Dave Bautista, Lily-Rose Depp, Riley Keough, Doona Bae, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Chris Pine assemble for a film that often feels like the Zellner Brothers somehow persuaded several major stars to participate in an especially elaborate Roger Corman B-Movie knockoff. That disconnect is part of the considerable charm of “Alpha Gang,” an aggressively silly, delightfully cockeyed sci-fi oddity that turns an alien invasion into a strange little meditation on what makes human beings human. Continue reading ‘Alpha Gang’ Review: Alien Invaders Discover Their Humanity In The Zellner Brothers’ Absurd Star-Studded B-Movie at The Playlist.

First report: Why Cate Blanchett Went All In on the Absurd, Sincere Alien Comedy ‘Alpha Gang’ — hollywoodreporter.com, 10d