19 January 2009

The Invasion (2007)

I wonder who decided that Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (the book that gave us the term ‘pod people’) needed to be filmed again. Nicole Kidman (The Stepford Wives) is trying to save her son and her boyfriend, Daniel Craig (James Bond), from being taken over by an alien spore. This version plays like a zombie movie, with the “heroes” on the run from the pursuing aliens, and is yet another War On Terror (how do you tell who the enemy is) piece of paranoia. I must be watching real krud lately because I thought it was okay, despite Nicole’s usual wooden acting and the film lacking any sense of suspense or dread. I wonder if Nicole is a replica human.

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