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OCCUPATION: RAINFALL Review: Second installment is more of a drizzle than downpour

Alien invasion films are nothing new, so it can be hard to find a new twist. In Luke Sparke’s 2020 release Occupation: Rainfall, viewers are offered a familiar problem with some nuance: what if the aliens aren’t the only bad guys? As a sequel to his 2018 film Occupation, Sparke continues the saga of a motley band of Australians who make up the grass-roots resistance against the invaders, the Greys. (Remember, there’s more than one accepted spelling of gray/grey, Americans! And this is an Australian film. Don’t at me.) The Australian government and military are vastly outgunned, seemingly as the rest of the world — it’s made abundantly clear that neither the American or British will be of any help, as they are having their own struggles. But far from dependent on any other states, the government makes its own plan to combat the aliens. This is one of the […]

OCCUPATION: RAINFALL Storms In With Luke Sparke’s New Sci-Fi Follow-Up In January

Lee B. Golden III

In case you predict you’ll still need your fill of alien action sci-fi after films like Jiu Jitsu and Archenemy, and the upcoming Skylin3s and Max Cloud, take a gander at this: This ninth installation of Monster Fest soon comes to a close in Australia this week, and it does so in the wake of the rousing premiere of writer and director Luke Sparke’s upcoming sci-fi sequel, Occupation: Rainfall. The festival proudly premiered the trailer and poster now making the rounds ahead of an Australian theatrical release beginning January 28, 2021. Read onward for the official announcement below as well with statements from the director, and credit details on the new and returning cast! Writer/Director Luke Sparke‘s highly anticipated follow-up to the 2018 OCCUPATION, picks up two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth where survivors in Sydney are fighting back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by […]

AFM 2018: Alien Invasion Sequel, OCCUPATION: RAINFALL, Already Underway; Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies And More Join Cast

Lee B. Golden III

If a sequel to Red Billabong helmer Luke Sparke’s Occupation is what you were looking for, then you’re about to get it. The Aussie alien invasion sci-fi follow-up is under way in Australia with Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment signaling the film’s production at AFM with Sparke back in writing and directing. Occupation: Rainfall picks up two years into the intergalactic invasion of earth, survivors in Sydney fight back in a desperate ground war. As causalities mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind. Daniel Gillies (CW series The Originals, Vampire Diaries) and Ken Jeong (The Hangover Trilogy, Crazy Rich Asians) are joining the film’s retirning cast from the first installment – Temuera Morrison (Aquaman), Dan Ewing, […]