It's never quite explained what will happen to Mike or if something will happen to Mike, but he's of some significance to his people.  What I can't figure is if Mike is a quasi-alien and his two drones are also aliens, why can he control an Earthly element such as fire and they can't? What gives him this ability? Nonetheless in spite of the inherent flaws, "Specimen" succeeds in being a damn fine form of guilty pleasure that works around the low budget and hammy acting and taps in to the epic angle that it projects on to the audience. By the time the film ended I wanted to learn more about Mike's home world, and what it had in store for him. Alas, a sequel was never meant to be. But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy this fun science fiction romp every now and then.

Ridiculous and rather goofy, "Specimen" is also a charming and entertaining TV movie with some decent performances, and a premise that has potential to be something bigger than its low budget trappings allows.