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Rating: 3.5/5
Review: "Ben 10 Alien Swarm DVD review"
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2007 saw Ben 10's first live action movie, Race against Time, which was enjoyable. Though enjoyable, it also has its weak points. One has a low budget so the special effects is not that good but still interesting to see. Acting by the kids is not especially good and if you think the adults in that can do any better, you are wrong. Grandpa Max looks like he is on drug. Then 2009 saw its sequel, Alien Swarm. This is so much better than the first one. Special effects look realistic and even acting is so much better although not great.
The story: It is pretty much simple. It sees three major action scenes including three aliens and a car chase scenes. They are good to see but yeah, for its budget, are short. But still overall, they are interesting to see. Yep, nothing much to say about the story. It is just like an average action movie plot that is simple for kids to understand. The music is somehow disappointing considering that the guy behind the music also scored Punisher War Zone.
Overall: It is worth the watch. This is more darker than the first. There are also improvements. I hope there will be another movie.
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DVD special features-Rating: 2/5
It is disappointing that the DVD only comes with a short behind the scenes (2 minutes) and a music video (3 minutes). There is nothing much in the behind the scenes just some short interviews with the cast and crew and short sniplets of behind the scenes. The music video is awesome though.

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