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
Producer: Bruce Berman
Producer: David Gambino
Producer: Doug Davison
Producer: Jessica Alan
Writer: David Kajganich
Writer: Jack Finney
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (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: Infection spreads. B-
Summary: 4 Stars
This was quite a good movie. Good characters, decent acting and nice, engulfing action.
It stars Nicole Kidman, a psychiatrist(?) who has to deal with an epidemic spreading around her. She tries to shield her kid and herself from the dangers that are around every corner.
Once people start getting infected, the worry for her son Oliver, who spends an enormous amount of time away from his mother (Kidman) only grows.
This movie features people catching a virus that ultimately, after you fall asleep, creates extra skin all over your body, especially in the face area and makes you almost unrecognizable. That was probably the nastiest part of this story.
I did like, however, how amongst all of the "zombies" were people who weren't infected and helped Nicole's character along the way. They were few and far between but it gave you hope.
All in all, I think this movie is underrated.
B-
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.The 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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