该电影由Mark H. Baker执导，Cotter Smith、Deirdre O’Connell、Ryan Phillippe等主演，于1996年上映。在92分钟的叙事中，《外星骇客》（又名：异种入侵）When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part ”Alien” and part ”ET”. Encased in armor, it extends a humanlike form from its shell to examine its surroundings and shows an interest in humans including a soft caress of a female scientist prior to the Army killing it. This only enrages its sibling.