The Invasion
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Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Subtitled
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 17 August, 2007
DVD Release : 29 January, 2008 |
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The Invasion Customer Reviews
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NEVER TAMPER WITH A CLASSIC
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jack Arnold's 50s B Sci gem is and always be the definitive version of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, The dismal Donald Southerland remake was long and tedious. Now we have Nichole Kidman in a faster paced (and that is the only strong point of this movie) and this time around it is more high tech. A space shuttle crashes to earth bringing a deadly virus that instead of replicating humans, invades their DNA and turns them into the previous "pod people" incarnations. The sudden flash and pan of reactions truly hurts this movie and leaves it without an emotional center as she searches for her son whom may be immune to this virus transmitted this go around through body fluids.
Veronica Cartwright who played a strong supporting role in the remake is very good in the cameo and is able to convey more emotion in her short screen time than Kidman who dominates this tale.
Again, if it wasn't for the faster pace (which made the original so enjoyable--along with the unique premise at that time), this movie would just be another inadequate remake.
I am not endorsing it. Again, never fix something that isn't broken. Hollywood is running low on ideas, they are crafting big budget comic book movies, remakes of TV sitcoms (Kidman was seen in the movie version of "Betwitched") or tamping with classic movies.
The movie does boast some special features--which isn't say a great deal, they are pretty standard for the newer films.
Worth a watch through a rental, but definitely not worth buying.
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