''U.F.O.'' (re-titled ''Alien Uprising'' in 2013) is a 2012 British

science fiction film Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, interstell ...

about an

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invasion, written and directed by

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British filmmaker

Dominic Burns Dominic Burns (born 30 December 1983) is an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. After starting as an actor, Burns then moved into directing where he has made his name. When making such films as ''Airborne'' and '' UFO'' he f ...

. It stars Bianca Bree, Sean Brosnan and Simon Phillips. ''U.F.O.'' was filmed in Crabtree Close,

Allestree Allestree is a suburb and ward of the city of Derby, a unitary authority area, in Derbyshire, England. It is the northernmost ward and is on the A6 road, about north of Derby city centre. It is bordered by the district of Amber Valley along ...

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Plot

A military team sent to a house at midnight find a bloody scene and receive the kill-order. Gunshots ring out, and a young woman stumbles out of the house. Two days earlier, Dana leaves a club her fiancé Robin and their friends: SAS lieutenant Michael, Vincent, and new girl Carrie. Back at Robin's house Michael and Carrie have sex while Dana and Robin celebrate their engagement. They drunkenly stumble from the house and are warned by a tramp of danger from people with a purple mark. When a city-sized spaceship hovers over

, society begins to break down. Their friend Pete lets them gather supplies at the closed store where he works while Michael frightens off other looters with a pistol, and they return to Robin's house. Michael and Carrie go to get fuel and ammunition. A gas station attendant says there will be war because even if the aliens don't attack first, human governments will panic and attack the aliens. Michael and Carrie have a car accident and Michael administers a

mercy killing Euthanasia (from el, εὐθανασία 'good death': εὖ, ''eu'' 'well, good' + θάνατος, ''thanatos'' 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. Different countries have different euth ...

to a fatally wounded survivor. They rescue an injured girl and try to get her medical supplies but are stopped by a policeman, who lets them pass when the girl identifies him as a "man with a purple mark". The policeman suddenly attacks the girl. Michael and Carrie kill the policeman. Aliens target Robin's house. Robin and Vincent go out to steal a car, and Dana is stalked by a spotter ship. Soldiers Kenny and Sam bring the ship down with a rocket launcher. Reunited, the group are heading for George's house when the tramp confronts them with a pistol, saying that they are protecting the Devil. The tramp kills Robin and the soldiers shoot him dead. At George's house they are convinced that aliens are hiding among humans, identifiable via a purple mark. George reveals that he has been monitoring the situation with an alien transmitter and they should only trust people they know. None of them can vouch for Carrie, so Michael says he will privately inspect her. As they enter a room Carrie shoots him dead then fights off Sam, Kenny, and George, and survives a point blank shot from George's shotgun. She escapes with Dana hostage, and Kenny shoots her just as she teleports to a spaceship. George offers the aliens technology but they disintegrate him. Kenny and Sam's automatic rifles are having no effect on the UFO, when another UFO destroys it. The sky fills with two different kinds of UFO attacking each other. Sam is killed in the crossfire as the others retreat to George's house. A televised newsreader in Carrie's form announces that humanity has won the war and people should return to their homes. Vincent attempts to rape Dana, and Kenny beats him and threatens to kill him. An alien infiltration team led by a duplicate of the policeman breaks in and reports that a young girl there can identify them. Flashbacks reveal that several copies of him had followed the group. The team receives a go-ahead to kill everyone in the house, and their screams are heard over the radio. In the depths of outer space, the battle between the two alien factions rages on, as the mothership begins to descend.

Cast

* Bianca Bree as Carrie/TV Announcer * Sean Brosnan as Michael Galloway *

Jean-Claude van Damme Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (, ; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme (, ), is a Belgian actor, martial artist, filmmaker, and fight choreographer. Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, at the a ...

as George * Simon Phillips as Robin * Maya Grant as Dana * Jazz Lintott as Vincent *

Andrew Shim Andrew Shim (born 18 August 1983) is an American-born English actor best known for his appearances in the films and TV shows of Shane Meadows, especially ''This Is England'' (2006–2015). Although a United States citizen, he has lived most of ...

as Sam * Peter Barrett as Kenny *

Julian Glover Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English classical actor with many stage, television, and film roles since commencing his career in the 1950s. He is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the ...

as John *

Sean Pertwee Sean Carl Roland Pertwee''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions. He is known ...

as Tramp *

Joey Ansah Joey Ansah (born 24 November 1982) is a British actor, director and martial artist best known for his roles in ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), '' Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist'' (2014) and '' The Old Guard'' (2020). Early life and education ...

as Police Officer /

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Soldier *

as Pete *

Andy Fenn Andrew James Fenn (born 1 July 1990) is a British former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2018 for four different teams. Career Junior and amateur years Fenn competed in many sports as a child but concentrated on c ...

as hungry fat guy *

Jason Bee Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He w ...

as boy who gets pushed

Release

Under the title ''UFO'', the film premiered at the Prince Charles Theatre,

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on 13 December 2012, and went into general release on 24 December. In June 2013, the film was re-titled ''Alien Uprising'' and re-released in cinemas, as well as on

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services. It was released on home video 17 December 2013.

Reception

Neil Smith of ''

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'' rated the film 2/5 stars and wrote, "Alas, no amount of fiscal ingenuity can excuse the wooden acting and crummy dialogue in what is a feeble offering." Paul Mount of '' Starburst'' rated the film 3/10 and wrote, "''UFO'' is a misfire which has neither the coherent script nor the budget to even begin to make it work."

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:U.F.O. 2012 films 2012 science fiction action films 2010s science fiction war films British independent films British science fiction action films British disaster films 2010s English-language films Alien invasions in films Apocalyptic films British science fiction war films Films set in England Films shot in England Films directed by Dominic Burns 2010s British films