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When Aliens Attack
58%
Movie
1h 30m
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When Aliens Attack (2011) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of When Aliens Attack (2011) — a movie tagged as Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Documentary with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: What if an extra-terrestrial force attacked Earth? What might that look like and how will the people of Earth respond? Consulting a cast of world-renowned scientists, survival experts and defense experts, National Geographic explores this frightening scenario. Experts reveal what could motivate alien invaders to att… Our models also surface themes such as survival from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~90 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate When Aliens Attack 58% (4 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
What if an extra-terrestrial force attacked Earth? What might that look like and how will the people of Earth respond? Consulting a cast of world-renowned scientists, survival experts and defense experts, National Geographic explores this frightening scenario. Experts reveal what could motivate alien invaders to attack Earth, and speculate on how the attack might play out, the strategy alien invaders might use, and the most effective ways for humans to respond.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2011-09-12
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 82382
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What if an extra-terrestrial force attacked Earth? What might that look like and how will the people of Earth respond? Consulting a cast of world-renowned scientists, survival experts and defense e... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast
James Lurie
Narrator (voice)
Seth Shostak
Self - SETI Institute
Nick Pope
Self - U.K. Ministry of Defense
- B
Brian De Toy
Self - Director of Defense Studies, West Point
Stephen Hawking
Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)
- P
Paul Springer
Self - USAF Air Command and Staff College
- T
Travis Taylor
Self - Physicist & Author
- B
Bob Boan
Self - Co-Author, Alien Invasion: How to Defend Earth
- M
Michael Michaud
Self - Author, Contact with Alien Civilizations
- P
Paul Parsons
Self
- J
John Ringo
Self - Author, Live Free or Die
- M
Mark Moffett
Self - Author: Adventures Among Ants
- D
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Self - Washington State University
Neil Strauss
Self - Author, Emergency
- K
Kevin Reeve
Self - onPoint Tactical
- Q
Quay Terry
Self - Gunnery Sergeant, USMC
- B
Bill Brown
Self - High Altitude Research Corp.
- E
Elise Cantu
Survivor
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