The Invasion

PG-13

Released Aug 17, 2007

1 hr. 39 min.

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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20%

164 Reviews

Tomatometer

40%

100,000+ Ratings

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Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

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Critics Consensus

The Invasion is slickly made, but it lacks psychological insight and thrills.

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Dan R

2007's 'The Invasion' was another imagining of the original 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' story. SYNOPSIS: 'As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.' With a packed cast 'The Invasion' should've really delivered a lot more than it ever did. Although this film does deliver in taking a different spin on a tried old story it becomes a muddled mess in it's second half It doesn't really carry the tension or even the horror of the three previous films but it's certainly a lot more polished overall as a film. It also gives Kidman and Craig the chance to exercise their acting chops in a genre of film we never see them in. The fourth movie incarnation of Jack Finney's novel is hardly a disaster. It's a watchable but unnecessary film. 6/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/12/24

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Colin M

People starting to act strangely suggests something may be affecting humankind.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Vincent D

Looks like a movie made in the 70's. No dialogue, no surprise, bad acting

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Justin T

There was no closure in this story. It ended too happily. It was not scary at all either. I just didn't care if they lived or died. The horror was lacking much too much. It was just too boring to ever be interesting. The lighting looked good. I wanted more scary monsters and big alien battles or something. Something violent anyways. Or something scary. Or epic. Basically anything could have made this better. It wasn't as good as the late seventies version called Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Probably wasn't as good as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) either but I don't remember that film. Basically, this version was pretty boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Snow K

After shooting infected in pharmacy, main character can just drive away pretending to be infected. But noooooo, Hollywood need to be extravagant. They think that audiences want them to Michael Bay the entire ending scene. Burning car chase is stupid and unnecessary. Thank God it was a relatively short movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/03/23

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Kau M

A good idea and concept wasted to give us a failed attempt of social criticism, giving us a failure.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/21/23

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Oliver Hirschbiegel

Director

Nicole Kidman

Carol Bennell

Daniel Craig

Ben Driscoll

Jeremy Northam

Tucker Kaufman

Jeffrey Wright

Dr. Stephen Galeano

Veronica Cartwright

Wendy Lenk

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Rated: D

Jan 24, 2012

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Cliff Doerksen

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Rated: 1/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Paul Arendt

BBC.com

Having established an effectively creepy mood in the first half, the film eventually degenerates into a muddled mess, with Nicole and Daniel Craig dodging zombies while popping amphetamines in a desperate effort to stay awake. We know how they feel.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 16, 2007

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

Audiences pretty much ignored this film in 2007, but way too much of it feels far too resonant in The Now, and it plays like the sharpest and coldest of prophecy.

Sep 10, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's a safe bet that The Invasion will be invading local video stores in the not so distant future.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 12, 2020

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Nick Pinkerton

Stop Smiling

As straight-ahead, propulsive, reptilian-brain action, it "works" as often as not. But it's unworthy to stand with its predecessors.

Dec 12, 2015

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Synopsis

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Executive Producer: Bruce Berman, Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Steve Richards, Susan Downey
Screenwriter: David Kajganich
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Silver Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros., Vertigo
Rating: PG-13 (Terror|Disturbing Images|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 17, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.1M
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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