Review of The Invasion (2007) by Hotelcentral — 22 Jun 2017

This is a fairly entertaining remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" though, in the words of another reviewer, there's nothing "really scary scary." Kidman is very believable, and, by turns, the competent doctor, the protective mom, the vulnerable woman, and, here and there, a combination of all three. The young Jackson Bond playing Kidman's son puts in a worthy performance, especially in saving mom's life. I'm not sure what Daniel Craig is doing, here or ever, but if he adds little to the film he at least does not seem to detract.

The story itself has enough pace that it seems fast-moving. It's all fairly inevitable as we know where the tale is leading, though there a change at the end to distinguish this film from the original.

Also, for this film, we have dispensed with any need to wonder how it was that Becky fell asleep in the hills and transformed into one of "them" while everybody else seems to have been replaced by a pod person. (Well, that's what I remember of the original.).

A decent film untouched by standard action-film bloat.