The ads for this third, count 'em, THIRD remake of the campy 1956 classic sci-fi film 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers' warn 'Do Not Trust Anyone' (yeah, who tells you to see this movie!)
The Invasion (2007)
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Reviews Counted:154
Fresh:30
Rotten:124
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: The Invasion is slickly made, but it lacks psychological insight and thrills.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for violence, disturbing images and terror.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:12-10-2007
Synopsis: Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman ("The Hours") and Daniel Craig ("Casino Royale") star in the science fiction action thriller "The Invasion," a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way... Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman ("The Hours") and Daniel Craig ("Casino Royale") star in the science fiction action thriller "The Invasion," a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig), learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman. As the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol's only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son, who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion. "The Invasion" also stars Jeremy Northam ("The Tudors," "Gosford Park") and Jeffrey Wright ("Casino Royale," "Angels in America"). The film is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Downfall") from a screenplay by David Kajganich, based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. Joel Silver (the "Matrix" trilogy) produced the film, with Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Susan Downey, Steve Richards, Ronald G. Smith and Bruce Berman executive producing. The behind-the-scenes creative team was lead by director of photography Rainer Klausmann, production designer Jack Fisk, editors Joel Negron and Hans Funck, costume designer Jacqueline West and composer John Ottman. "The Invasion" is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures Production, in association with Vertigo Entertainment. "The Invasion" has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "violence, disturbing images and terror." --© Warner Bros. [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Roger Rees, Jeffrey Wright, Susan Floyd, John M. Jackson, Josef Sommer, Robert Stanton, Celia Weston, Jeff Wincott
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenwriter: Dave Kajganich
Producer: Joel Silver
Composer: John Ottman
Studio: Warner Bros.
Reviews for The Invasion
The latest cinematic space invaders tale is more of a commentary on modern America than a sci-fi screamer.
After three successful cinematic renditions of Jack Finney's 1955 sci-fi novel "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (the 1978 version with Donald Sutherland being my favourite), they've finally managed to mangle it up.
Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep. Do not see this movie.
Lots of text messaging under pressure and swapping slimy, alien-infected spittle. I'm thinking all the scientists really need to control the latest wave of mind-bogglers from outer space are some strategically placed spittoons.
It's short on both coherence and shocks, and features a quick, deus ex machina ending which will have viewers leaving the theatre feeling let down.
neither as awful as the advance buzz suggested nor as gripping as it could have been... at least it has a few authentic shocks and some bright ideas rattling around in the chaos.
Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman have too much talent to be pigeon-holed in such limited roles.
A movie that is ultimately a soulless clone of a vibrant original and, thus, a splendidly dull example of the very forces it warns us against -- the forces of grey and passion-sapping conformity.
If the first three movies served as parables for their times, this one keeps shooting off parable rockets that fizzle out. How many references in the same movie can you have to the war in Iraq and not say anything about it?
Aside from a handful of scenes, the fourth version of Finney's pulp novel may induce drowsiness, rather than goose-bumps.
For much of its running time The Invasion is a much better film than had been expected. Too bad the pod people are still running the executive suites.
Invasion soon resembles a greatest hits reel from Hirschbiegel's original creation, leaving the narrative in a shambles, but, again, still rich with compelling body snatchery goodness.
While you're watching it, it feels new and interesting, and as soon as it's over, you kind of feel like you've seen it before. It's creepy and cool and stylish, meaningful, and forgettable.
Kidman's psychiatrist is the biggest dolt--err, bolt--in a machine that turns out nothing but phoniness.
Essentially, The Invasion has already joined the pod people collective.
It's not as uneasy a mix as it seems on paper, but you can't help feel like its guts are still lying in the editing room looking for someone to host a definitive cut.
Nicole Kidman stars as a very stunning, gorgeous, beautiful, angelic looking Washington, DC psychiatrist thrust into the middle of a very average horror movie
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