The Invasion
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45 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

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  • Starring: Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Nicole Kidman
  • Summary: The Invasion is 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 D.C. psychiatrist Carol Bennell and her colleague Ben Driscoll 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. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 31
  3. Negative: 6 out of 31
  1. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    75
    There's no question The Invasion works in a mechanical, by-the-numbers manner. But it's what the movie leaves you with -- absolutely nothing -- that is the scariest thing about it.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    60
    On the technical side, The Invasion has several first-rate, terrifying action sequences and grips totally from start to finish. But a subplot involving the Russian Embassy doesn't really pay off, and the relationship between Kidman and glum paramour Daniel Craig (another doc) isn't much.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    58
    It's a moderately compelling sci-fi action movie with a handful of scary scenes -- though nothing at all special, and only a shadow of the original or even its 1978 remake.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Obliterating the original structure and intent of "Body Snatchers" is cinema-lit blasphemy.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 45
  3. Negative: 14 out of 45
  1. R.L.
    10
    This film is the latest in the remake series of Jack Finney's The Invasion of the body snatcher's, in my opinion this one is the bests out of all of them, when Invasion of the Body Snatchers came out in 1956 it instantly became a sci-fi horror cult classic marking it's place as one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. The Invasion does not fall short of brilliance, albeit they change the story around a bit to suit 20st century audiences, they changed how the virus came to earth, in the 1956 version it was pods, in this one it was a space shuttle that was carrying spores that pass form human to human. But the Invasion is not a terrible sci-fi horror film, it amazingly quite well done, considering the talent this film drew( Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeffery Wright & Jeremy Northam.) it's a stellar cast for a stellar movie. The Invasion doesn't hurtle trough it's story, it takes it time to explain and tell it trough a mild pace that quickly speeds up as the story progress, this film explores another aspect of an attempt to take over the world, where as most films that takes the same approach begin it with a mass alien invasion of our planet, this film strives from that and approaches a more quieter and less destructive approach to taking over our world it follows a virus that while you sleep takes over your body and controls you, with that said The Invasion is a run for your life, cover your eyes Sci-fi horror film that you can not afford to miss.… Expand
  2. BillH.
    8
    A very pleasant surprise. Quite scary at times, with an ending almost as unsettling as the famous 1978 one, but in a much more subtle and quiet way. Nicole Kidman makes the whole thing believable. With this one performance, she more than makes up for "Bewitched" and "The Stepford Wives".… Expand
  3. AdamA
    5
    The next generation's remake of an already tired, tired story. The same politics used to make it fresh make it dated.
  4. BillyS.
    2
    "Don't go to Sleep." "Don't go Home." You will and You'll want to! Pointless remake that has taken away the best elements of the original and replaced them with politcal and philosophical B.S. Just terrible, the worst movie I've seen this year.… Expand

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