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“Alice” — A Slice of SciFi Review

“Alice” — A Slice of SciFi Review

December 3, 2009 By Michael Hickerson 6 Comments

“Alice”
Written & Directed by: Nick Willing
Starring: Caterina Scorsone,  Kathy Bates, Colm Meany, Matt Frewer, Andrew Lee Potts
Airdates: Sunday, December 6 (Part 1), Monday December 7 (Part 2) at 9 p.m. EST.

Slice of SciFi Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0

aliceIn the days before the great rebranded of SyFy, one thing that fans could always count on from the SciFi Channel was an entertaining and diverting mini-series to kick off the holiday season.  As many of our favorite series heading into repeats this year, SyFy continues that tradition with director and writer Nick Willing’s update of the classic story of “Alice in Wonderland,” “Alice.”

Set 150 years after the original Alice caused havoc in Wonderland, the story follows a new Alice, played by Caterina Scorsone, into a strange world beyond the looking glass.   But this Alice is not the same girl as the one who created such havoc years before.  Alice is in search of her boyfriend who slips a vital ring that allows access between Wonderland and our world into her pocket.  Alice is also a master of karate, which plays a pivotal role as the events unfold.

In Willing’s take on Wonderland, we are presented with some intriguing modern twists on the original conceits of of the Lewis Caroll classic.  In this version, the Queen of Hearts runs a casino that lures in unsuspecting victims from our world and harvests their emotions into a kind of a chemical drug.

Along the way, Alice meets new twists and takes on some of the familar characters from the story, including “Primeval” star Andrew Lee Potts as Hatter.  Hatter becomes a reluctant (at first) ally with Alice and a love triangle between he, Alice and Alice’s lost boyfriend begins to develop as the story progresses.

Relative newcomer Scorsone holds her own as Alice against a solid and veteran cast, including a lot of faces who will be familar to genre fans. (It’s always nice to see “Trek” alum Colm Meany on screen.)  The story itself is a solid and entertaining one and while it does take a few minutes to get rolling, it’s worth the time for the payoffs and visual treats that come as the story progresses.

As a re-telling, “Alice” stays honest to the spirit of the source material all while giving audiences something new to discover in this classic story.   It will delight you and it may send you to the library to re-read the original Lewis Caroll classics that serve as the series inspiration.

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About Michael Hickerson

Michael was a contributor to Slice of SciFi, as both a news curator and assistant editor, under the tutelage of former News Director Sam Sloan.

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Comments

  1. D. C. says

    December 4, 2009 at 7:25 am

    If it’s anything like Tin Man was, you might to get baked first in order to properly enjoy it.

    Reply
  2. Tim says

    December 7, 2009 at 6:30 am

    Just finished watching the first half of it and i must say, i’m enjoying it.
    As an already self proclaimed Alice-phile, in reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through The looking Glass (And What Alice Found There), And seeing and/or reading many of the Alice re-tellings and remakes (Including the campy and off the wall 70’s musical porno version) I have yet to be disappointed by one (with the exception of the Disney version).

    I cannot wait to see the second half tomorrow and am already planning on purchasing this on dvd as soon as it is released.

    Reply
  3. Lyndsey says

    December 8, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Another one of my Sci Fi faves! Can’t wait to see it again, I don’t know if it was better than Tin Man, some of the visual aspects perhaps, but it was still amazing. Only thing annoying about it was all the “every kiss begins with kay” crap.

    Reply
  4. Alice says

    December 15, 2009 at 12:39 am

    DId anyone else have the problem I had — in the first half, they repeated one of the segments so although it ended at the same time, I missed the last segment of the night.

    Reply
  5. fred says

    December 15, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    This is on my to watch list. In 2007 the actress was on a somewhat-wacky internet show. Most of them have adult content.

    http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=216

    Reply
  6. K9 says

    December 15, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Excellent Show- Must have on DVD/BD. Great Job Sci-Fi. You must be totally blitzed as welll!!!!!

    Reply

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