Critic Reviews

Besides its surefire pacing and startling moments, "Invasion" features a promising cast.

[It has] a tick-tick-tick pace almost as intense as that of 24.

An effective and well-wrought drama, with enough cinematic flair and energy to paper over some of its more obvious faults.

A slick production.

"E-Ring" is sometimes kind of silly, sometimes tightly drawn, and sometimes it's fun.

We don't really learn anything new about the military or its operations, of course, but with the slick scenes and snappy one-liners coming in rapid succession, who really cares?

The half-tense dramatic payoff is a pleasant surprise, but the bluster -- oh, the bluster and machismo are palpable.

It pulsates with the requisite flash and dash we've come to expect of a Bruckheimer outing, in this case rather like "JAG" on steroids. But at the end of the day it rings emotionally hollow.

Anyone who saw Team America, the movie send-up of all things Bruckheimerian, will find E-Ring hard to take too seriously. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]

Hopper [is] so misfitted for this role that he seems perversely perfect.