This movie was smarter than it should have been
This was a really strange film insofar that the script was actually quite sound.
Unlike a lot other alien-horror flicks I could actually see why the scientists wanted to understand the creature instead of just killing it (though the creature effects were generally pretty horrible and didn't help sell the story about its genetic mutation).
It reminded me a little bit of species but the whole protein breakdown was an interesting side element. I was just shocked that there was some level of smarts put into the script that's usually absent from the standard Hollywood flick.
It's almost like whoever put the script together had something decent but couldn't get it into the hands of a more competent production crew.