4/5 my opinion
  by William Rook
I consider this movie to have a lot of action in it, it is very interesting,something anyone who likes thrills would enjoy,(unless you're dead, lol)I got the whole series!

2/5 Species-The Awakening
  by Gregory J. Arden (Springfield, VA USA)
God, what a terrible movie. Since when has a "Species" movie had only 2 sex scenes [in it]? This is truly ridiculous. Not to mention, the DVD isn't even high-quality, either. I recommend seeing the others in this series (or "Decoys", which has a better sense of humor) instead of this one!

4/5 It's okay
  by A. Walker (Baltimore, Md USA)
i just saw this movie on sci-fi(which meant no nudity)i'l admit it had it's good scenes and of course bad but all in all i give it a 7.5 and i will buy this movie soon,real soon.

2/5 Species IV---The Awakening ( * 1/2)
  by J. H. Minde (Boca Raton, Florida and Brooklyn, New York)
SPECIES IV is undoubtedly the weakest of the four movies in the SPECIES canon, an unrated direct-to-video release that, like all one-a-half-star movies is both very good and very bad at the same time.

The lovely, luminescent and incredibly blonde Helena Mattsson plays Miranda, the half-human, half-alien creature. Ms. Mattson is far more reminiscent of Nicole Kidman than Natasha Henstridge from the original SPECIES. Her acting is fine, but not arrestingly good.

SPECIES 4 falls down simply because it's essentially a retread.

Miranda, a gifted college professor, is under the watchful eye of her Uncle Tom (Ben Cross), in reality the genetic scientist who created her from a mix of female creature DNA and human female DNA. He has never told her who and what she is. Miranda falls ill. Her illness causes her feral aspects to become dominant. Uncle Tom tries desperately to cure her, resorting to some very questionable tactics to do so. The ethical Miranda is outraged, but as her disease progresses, her humanity slips away and she becomes increasingly predatory, seeking to mate and kill. Not much else needs to be said. It's SPECIES redux.

SPECIES 4 is well-made but limited, an unremarkable film that nonetheless holds the viewer's attention and entertains despite it's predictability.

1/5 Down and out
  by N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
The Species series once again hits the direct to DVD market with Species IV: The Awakening, this time featuring uber-hottie Helena Mattsson as the sexy alien/human hybrid on the hunt for a mate, and leaves a bloody path of destruction in her path. Anyone who remembers when the Species series debuted will recall how much of an enjoyable guilty pleasure the first film was, which followed with a sub-par sequel. Species III would be the first of the series to direct to DVD, and was absolutely horrible, but Species IV takes the cake. It just seems here that no imagination at all was put into the film, and the film's formula of sexy alien killer isn't just tired at this point, it's just plain boring, which also sums up the whole movie. Mattsson is incredibly gorgeous, and it's good to see genre veteran Ben Cross here (he's the only actor here who actually seems to know what he's doing; big shock there), but nothing can make up for the yawn fest that develops once the film starts. Avoid.