The Invasion

7.5/10

The Invasion is the fourth movie adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel The Body Snatchers. I personally have not read the book or seen any of the other versions of the movie so I don’t know how true this holds to the original, but in my opinion this is a decent movie. A space shuttle crashes with a mysterious substance on it. It turns out that the alien gunk is an intelligent creature and when it goes into humans and they sleep they become basically empty shells of themselves with no emotion execpt the instinct to turn others into empty shells as well. Eventually those with the alien disease die out. The main character Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her friend Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) discover the truth about the epidemic and try to find a cure. Overall the suspense is there with a few jumpy scenes, car chases, and tense moments. Also the acting is decent but thats about all the movie has going for it. It’s not that there is much that I truly dislike about the movie but there’s not alot of things that are original and super interesting. I recommend this movie but I am Legend is a much better thriller although this is worth checking out as well.

 

MPAA Rating:

PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and terror.