The Invasion (DVD)

The film was watchable, but very fast and ended as quickly as it started. Seemed low budget, kind of like a B movie, especially the train sequence - Daniel Craig was so wooden it was difficult to tell when he turned into an alien! worth a watch but not great

The Invasion is obviously a remake (of the remake of the remake?) of the classic Jack Finney sci-fi novel Invasion of the Body Snatchers, previously brought to celluloid by Don Seigel (1956), Philip Kaufman (1978), and Abel Ferrera's seldom remembered but simply titled 1994 movie 'Body Snatchers'.
Fortunately for both the directors Oliver Hirschbeigel (Downfall), and James McTiegue (V for Vendetta) and for producers the Wachowski Brothers (Matrix Trilogy, Speed Racer), The Invasion manages to find it's own identity, and as far as this sci-fi mad movie viewing veteran is concerned, The Invasion does a jolly decent job of adapting the story to fit the current times.
Ok, it's not a science fiction tour de force, but nevertheless, it manages to captivate the viewer sufficiently enough to keep them gripped and intrigued throughout.

Without giving too much away, The Invasion is a typical much visited story of extra-terrestrial life form(s) infecting and over-powering their human hosts, with the sole intention of taking over the planets governments, control the governments, control the world!
Nicole Kidman plays a psychiatrist, who (together with Daniel Craig and Jeffery Wright), discovers that the population is being over-whelmed by a mysterious flu-like virus, which is turning the affected into a sinister automaton-like collective (think Star Trek's The Borg, and you won't be far off).
Once certain of this blood chilling threat (and what it represents), Kidman, Craig and Wright battle to save their loved ones, friends, colleagues and mankind itself, from the oblivion of mass obedience and identity assassination.

Good solid acting performances are evident from all of the cast with Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman effortlessly anchoring a fine and talented acting ensemble.

After all the hype, I bought this upon release, and was rather disappointed to be honest. Whilst Daniel Craig is always worth watching, I felt the plot was rather lame, and I kept waiting for the real nail-biting action to commence. The end of the film was a relief. Shame :-(

Good film , should be treated as a seperate film from the original "Invasion of the bodysnatchers" Same names but different slant. I prefer remakes to stick to original cast sex rather than making lead woman instead of man and vice versa however in this case it worked fine. The new slant of a podless take over with slimy vector transferring the alien as a disease. Nicole Kidman's portrayal of Dr Bennell was very good- beauty and ability. The ending was alittle to happy fot a true horror though.