The Invasion
by James McTeigue, Oliver Hirschbiegel
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Actor: Daniel Craig, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Jeremy Northam, Nicole KidmanDirector: James McTeigue, Oliver Hirschbiegel
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Invasion
Movie Review: BRING YOUR BARF BAG FOR THIS ONE !!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I always wondered what big movie stars do on their summer vacations. Now i know. Kidman and Craig floated through this boring and sometimes laughable remake of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers which was made some time in the 50's.
In this remake the aliens run up to you and puke in your face turning you into another puking alien. I think the pukers were actually shown the daily rushes of this awful movie and then put in front of the camera.
In the 50's as you slept soundly in your bed, loved and trusted ones would come into your room and place an alien pod plant under your bed. Over the course of a few hours the pod would grow into a replica of you and the real you dies. The replica is void of emotion and has only one purpose. To conquer Earth. A much more terrifying concept than some screaming idiot running up and down the streets puking into faces.
Save your money and check out the original movie with Kevin McCarthy.
I give this movie one half bag of steaming alien puke.
Summary of The Invasion
The Invasion tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that alters the behavior of human beings. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist (Nicole Kidman) discovers the epidemics origins are extraterrestrial she must fight to protect her son who may hold the key to stopping the escalating invasion.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/MONSTERS & MUTANTS UPC: 012569701380 Manufacturer No: 70138The Invasion deserves a second chance on DVD. This ambitious sci-fi thriller represents a flawed yet worthy attempt to bring contemporary vitality to Jack Finney's classic science fiction novel, previously filmed as Don Siegel's 1956 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Philip Kaufman's suspenseful 1978 remake, and Abel Ferrara's highly underrated Body Snatchers from 1994. And while those earlier films are superior in many respects, The Invasion is not without strengths of its own, particularly for those who prefer action and suspense. Unfortunately these strengths were compromised by the unpredictable misfortunes of production: Original director Oliver Hirschbiegel (hired on the strength of Downfall) was eventually replaced by James McTiegue (V for Vendetta), and the Wachowski Brothers (of Matrix trilogy fame) added high-octane action sequences to the original screenplay by David Kajganich. Perhaps the movie had a curse on it (star Nicole Kidman was almost seriously injured in a stunt-car mishap during last-minute reshoots), but it's really just a matter of disparate ingredients that don't always fit together, resulting in a slick-looking film that can't decide if it's a sci-fi mystery, action thriller, or political allegory. It tries too hard to be all things at once.
Despite this, Kidman rises to the occasion with a solid performance as Carol, a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist who's convinced (with the help of costars Daniel Craig and Jeffrey Wright) that a flu-like virus is spreading throughout the population, its alien spores turning victims into soulless "pod people"... only in this case without the pods. The idea is that you'll be fine if you don't fall asleep, and especially if you don't let anyone sneeze or vomit on you. (There's a lot of vomiting; don't say you weren't warned.) With a crashing space shuttle to deliver the alien threat, cute tyke Jackson Bond as Carol's threatened son, and a nod to Kaufman's film with a small role for Veronica Cartwright, The Invasion will surely fare better on DVD than it did in theaters. If nothing else, it proves the timeless relevance of Finney's original premise, which continues to inspire a multitude of variations. --Jeff Shannon
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