Eve is dead, but before her body can be destroyed something happens, she gives birth. The child is taken by a scientist and raised as his own daughter as he tries to find a way to help her condition before she comes of breeding age. But the many half-breed children of Patrick (Species II) are out to get the pure blood child of Eve and Patrick now known as Sara. Can her adoptive father and his assistant help Sara before her reproductive urges take over or will mankind face a new and more lethal version of the species?

This is the direct to video sequel of the Species franchise. Although Natasha Henstridge does make a brief cameo, she passes on her alien heritage to newcomer Sunny Mabrey who plays the new intergalactic hottie Sara.

Species III is an 80's throwback, and by that I mean there is a lot of T&A and some classic splatter-gore provided by good old puppetry that is very reminiscent of The Thing, but first the T&A!

Sunny Mabrey is a stunning blonde who plays Sara and has no affinity for clothing what so ever. In nearly every other scene she is topless or showing her ass, also a half-breed named Amelia, played by Amelia Cook, spends her nearly five minutes of screen time topless as well. Although Mabrey is attractive, she just didn't have that coldness or predator look that Henstridge brought to the roles of Sil and Eve, but she is eye candy.

The effects are also pretty good, aside from a little CGI, most of the work is good old school style air bladders and Kayro syrup pumps, which for today's movies are almost relics. The film also does a decent enough job of linking the three films together.

What's wrong with this flick is the scientific mumbo jumbo that surrounds it, nuclear reactors, chemistry, genetics, way too much and the whole half-breed thing just didn't work for me either and watching Sara and them interact was like watching a Highlander movie.

Species III isn't that bad, but I watched the unrated version, so if you saw it on Sci-Fi I'm sure it was toned down considerably. although Species is the best of the series this film is not a bad direct to video foray, but they get weaker with each installment.

3 out of 10

(2004) Brad Turner, Dennis Feldman, Ben Ripley

Robin Dunne .... Dean
Robert Knepper .... Dr. Abbot
Amelia Cooke .... Amelia
John Paul Pitoc .... Hastings (as J.P. Pitoc)
Michael Warren .... Wasach
Christopher Neame .... Dr. Nicholas Turner
Patricia Bethune .... Colleen
Joel Stoffer .... Portus
James Leo Ryan .... Yosef
Savanna Fields .... Young Sara
Natasha Henstridge .... Eve
Sunny Mabrey .... Sara
Reed Frerichs .... ISD Staffer
Marc D. Wilson .... Crew Chief
Matthew Yang King .... Specialist