"V: The Final Battle" (1984) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Richard T. Heffron

Writers:

Craig Buck (story)
Diane Frolov (story)

Release Date:

6 May 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

A small group of human resistance fighters fight a desperate guerilla war against the genocidal extra-terrestrials who dominate Earth.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Alien Invasion | Alien | Lizard | Guerilla Warfare

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win

Cast

Jane Badler	...	Diana
Michael Durrell	...	Robert Maxwell
Robert Englund	...	Willie
Faye Grant	...	Juliet Parish
Richard Herd	...	John
Thomas Hill	...	Father Andrew Doyle
Michael Ironside	...	Ham Tyler
Peter Nelson	...	Brian
David Packer	...	Daniel Bernstein
Neva Patterson	...	Eleanor Dupres
Andrew Prine	...	Steven
Sandy Simpson	...	Mark
Marc Singer	...	Mike Donovan
Blair Tefkin	...	Robin Maxwell
Michael Wright	...	Elias Taylor

Runtime:

272 min (3 parts) | Finland:257 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (video rating) (1995) | Canada:G (Quebec) (video rating) (1995) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (video rating) (1995) | Canada:R (Manitoba) (video rating) (1995) | Australia:PG | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | South Korea:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Blatt-Singer Productions

Trivia:

Kenneth Johnson, the creator of the original V mini-series, supervised the writing of the sequel but left Warner Brothers Television over creative differences before it was produced.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: During the big battle at the beginning of the show at the Production Facility, the conveyor belt is stopped. In a faraway shot you see it still moving and the next shot it is stopped again.

Quotes:

Diana: Goodbye, Pamela. Consider this an early retirement.

Movie Connections:

Features "Star Trek" (1966)

They're back and they're fighting mad!

I don't know why these aliens with lizard like skin and speak in double tongues return to disturb us humans who had enough of them before. They want our water and food which is humans. In this series, there is a birth of twins between humans and lizards. The boy born has lizard skin and human insides while the girl born and named Elizabeth has lizard insides and human outsides. The humans have found something to repel the lizard aliens out of earth for once and for all until the series. I remember this series quite well as a child and it was quite extraordinary seeing humans of all walks of life unite to save their earth and their mere existence. It would be nice to have that unity in today's world. Of course, Jane Badler's Diana is the most memorable character as the female leader (rare in television) of the alien home ship headquartered in Los Angeles. Her performance is not only sensual but terrifying as well.