V - The Final Battle

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Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 10/04/2005Run time: 267 minutesRating: Nr

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Though followers of current science fiction television series may dismiss V: The Final Battle as a quaint relic from the pre-computer animation days, the six-hour miniseries about an alien invasion of Earth was a ratings juggernaut for NBC in 1984 and should still provide some entertainment for hard-bitten devotees and fans of '50s-style sci-fi. The Final Battle picks up four months after the shock conclusion of the 1983 prequel miniseries, with a small group of humans known as the Resistance struggling to convince their fellow humans that a fleet of seemingly friendly visitors from space are in fact bent on world domination.

Executive producer Kenneth Johnson (who oversaw most aspects of the first series) only supervised the sequel's script (which underwent several changes before its airing), and the writing occasionally suffers due to the lack of his attention. But the series still delivers its share of action and intrigue, as well as one showstopping gruesome moment involving the birth of interspecies twins. Acting is again a stumbling block, with leads Marc Singer and Faye Grant as bland as any performers from the American International Pictures stable; character actor Michael Ironside makes the strongest impression as a tough Resistance member, and a pre-Freddy Krueger Robert Englund is amusing as a kind-hearted alien. The miniseries was followed by an inevitable weekly series featuring most of the same cast, which was demolished in the ratings by Dallas, but a faithful Resistance-like following remains to this day. --Paul Gaita

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Once you walk out that door, there's no turning back.
In "V: The Miniseries" we see a band of unlikely brothers forge together to stop an indestructible group of aliens determined to rid the world of water and subsequently transform the human race into a combo meal at McDonald's.The aliens eat fuzzy creatures, they like to copulate with humans, and their voices cannot be trusted, yet this group of rebels continues forward.Half homage to past science fiction films, and half an allegory of the events surrounding WWII, "V: The Miniseries" wasn't perfect, ... Read More
Rating: - V THE FINAL BATTLE
I USED TO WATCH THIS WHEN IT WAS ON TV, WHEN I SEEN IT ON HERE I JUST HAD TO BUY IT. AND I'M GLAD I DID IT WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION, STILL IN PLASTIC. DVD'S WORKED VERY WELL I WAS VERY PLEASED.
Rating: - Whats old is new again
I remember the ads for this program and I remember thinking how great it was.I think it has lasted the test of time.My kids enjoy it too.
Rating: - V-The Final Battle.........
True, V seems ancient by today's standards but, in its' day, it was a ratings powerhouse for NBC and stands as, perhaps, the greatest television miniseries of all-time. The sequel was created to tie up loose ends that was left in the original miniseries(basically a retelling of the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and the Third Reich, with a science fiction cover)with the Visitors trying to take over Earth.

V - The Final Battle picks up where V left off. The resistance are still fighting ... Read More
Rating: - Good Serie, Bad DVD
The serie is a favourite of all time; but, what happened with this DVD edition? Double side? Mono sound?

The European edition is much better: The Complete Collection (V-The Original TV Miniseries, V-The Final Battle, V-The Complete Series) is in Dolby Surround, Multilanguage, Double Layer, Print Disc...

Why don't in America?

I'm waiting for a new DVD release or the Blu-Ray edition.