The Invasion
2007 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers; a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.
A mysterious crash of a space shuttle, something alien within the wreckage, those who come into contact change in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington D.C. psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Kidman) and her colleague Ben (Craig) learn the shocking truth! The growing extraterrestrial epidemic attacks its victims only while they sleep! Leaving them unfeeling and inhuman! Argh! The infection spreads, more and more people are altered, and its 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.
Less2007Rating: TBCUSAEnglish
Science FictionThriller
The Invasion | Reviews
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Hollywood Reporter
An involving sci-fi action-thriller, probably longer on chase sequences than the original director wanted and shorter on the "ick" factor than the studio wanted...
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Premiere Magazine
Noisome, fragmented mess of a movie, the fourth film based on Jack Finney's novel "The Body Snatchers" and the worst of them all...
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Los Angeles Times
Still effectively creepy and surprisingly unnerving despite the occasional misstep and rumors of a troubled production, the new film illustrates why and how the power of the original story remains undiminished more than half a century after its creation...
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Film Threat
The only mildly interesting bit of casting comes from bringing Cartwright back (as one of Bennell’s patients)...
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Christchurch Press
I found myself siding with the aliens. Is it scary being in a place where people show no emotion or is it simply modern city living? The Invasion is by far the lamest of all the revisions of the Bodysnatchers...
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The Invasion is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.