The Invasion

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.

The movie isn't terrible; it's just low-rent and reductive.

Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig are adequate leads, but no great actor will be more squandered this year than Jeffrey Wright, who does nothing but speak in vast paragraph blocks of exposition while looking haggard and bored.

Except for one terrifically adroit sequence in a subway, there is nothing understated about The Invasion. With all the shoot-outs, the screaming, the chases, collisions and fireballs, there isn't much time for storytelling.

The mismatched blending of Hirschbiegel's low-key horror and the Wachowski Brothers' anything-but-low-key action sequences results in a cinematic dud.

Obliterating the original structure and intent of "Body Snatchers" is cinema-lit blasphemy.

It's the pod people's version of a great, contemporaneously resonant cinematic fable, created by apparent committee, and utterly devoid of both meaning and feeling. The tagline warns: "Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep." Yawn.

Another remake,another deception.Sure the movie has great acting,good action scenes but this series don't need more remakes but Hollywood doesn't seem to understand ****,the movie in general was actually pretty good.

Pero que carajos acabo de ver?, afortunadamente esta cinta no es larga porque de lo contrario hubiera envejecido más viendo algo que no recuerdo. Creo que hubiera preferido un guayabo de esos que deja lagunas a ver esta cinta que apenas termine la olvide. Es una de las actuaciones más flojas de Nicole Kidman. De los puntos mas negativos se vuelve la repetición de la repetidora de personas persiguiendo a otro grupo de personas sin sentirse un verdadero cambio de ritmo o al menos una secuencia de acción medianamente memorable. Nada, la misma escena tal vez unas 7 veces. Pierden una oportunidad excelente al menos de interrogar al espectador acerca si lo que ve es en verdad una invasión o un episodio de psicosis. Kidman totalmente inexpresiva. Por otro lado no sabemos absolutamente nada acerca del supuesto virus o forma de vida extraterrestre aparte que te controla totalmente pero aparentemente sin cambiar la personalidad. Nuevamente, todos totalmente inexpresivos. La siempre cuestionable enseñanza acerca de que los conflictos en la humanidad son inevitables... y que son lo que nos hacen humanos. Ah, buen apunte acerca que la mitad del mundo tiene problemas con USA, lo cual no se explora mucho a profundidad, que sería conveniente mirar para otro lado. En fin, una cinta muy, muy regular, con falta total de originalidad incluso para la época de su lanzamiento, totalmente superflua y totalmente olvidable, casi como un sedante. Nada queda que no se haya visto antes ni mucho mejor realizable. La pause tantas veces para hacer otras cosas que realmente quise no terminar de verla. Si pueden tener otra opción, vean otra cinta que tenga un gramo más de inteligencia y creatividad. Valoren su tiempo.

Well, I know this movie didn't appeal to a lot of people, but I can only speak for myself and from my perspective. Only now, after some reading, I realized the existence of an older movie, that this one ends up being the remake. I will see him as soon as possible, I was curious, but for now I can't compare them. For me, this film was quite pleasant, fulfilled its role of entertainment with panache and even seems to me a current and pertinent film, considering that a pandemic is, in fact, a more present theme in our lives today than when the movie was released (unfortunately). The film has an interesting script, although I may eventually raise questions that mainly hinder its credibility and verisimilitude: an almost instantaneous transmission of a virus that leaves us altered during sleep and allows an invasion by an alien consciousness…? It sounds strange, unbelievable, and there are times when logic is put at great risk, but I ended up putting that into perspective. Harder to ignore were the cliché or theatrical moments, as well as the general lack of quality of the dialogue. The cast is led by two strong, well-known actors… despite their talent, the actors' overall performance was hampered, in my opinion, by the undemanding direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel. Nicole Kidman needs no introduction and is very talented, but this film is not one of her best works and I felt that the material she was given didn't give the actress anything challenging… the result is a performance perhaps too comfortable, lazy. At his side, Daniel Craig, still in a pre-007 phase of his career, but already showing strength and commitment. The two are helped by a vast supporting cast that includes names like Jeffrey Wright or Veronica Cartwright, but neither has the space nor opportunity to do more. Technically, it's a movie with a lot of pros and cons. The cinematography is really great, elegant, with excellent colors and an intelligent mastery of shadows and light to create the right ambience for each scene. Special effects, visuals and sound are an essential part of this movie, which has a strong sci-fi component. There is a large investment in these effects, but the result achieved is frankly good. On the other hand, the film has a soundtrack that doesn't stay in the ear and seems weak, the editing seems to have been done in a hurry and the film is very long and could have been cut or shortened in several places without prejudice to what we're going to appreciate.

How does this have more positive than negative critic reviews is beyond me there is nothing creepy or scary about this piece of trash may as well saw better suspense in the mindless chuck norris action veichle invasion USA as a better invasion horror remake than the daniel Craig/nicole Kidman remake version which **** big Time Daniel Craig can’t act worth crap and proves once more why he is the worst bond actor of All time I don’t get any of the praise given to him he is so unlikeable in this movie as are all the other Zombified beings this is a perfect movie to show what phoned in acting is and it’s the happening level predictable the best part was the car on fire whip that alone can’t even save it from being the worst movie ever avoid

It has some tension and potential, but terrible dialogues, predictable scenes, so full of cliches, stupid speeches. Disappointing overall.