Invasion (2007)

Before you read this review on The Invasion, read my review on Invasion by Dr. Robin Cook. Note the number of stars that Dr. Cook’s book received. Then come back here and take a guess what this movie will receive.

“But!” you may argue, “this is a movie with Nicole Kidman! And totally different.” Poppycock, I say.

This, like Invasion, was a bad adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which in its time was an outstanding shock sci-fi film. Trying to make it more modern, whether you use modern medicine or Nicole Kidman, is an exercise in futility.

The movie also gets the “yuck” factor going, with the preferred method of passing the alien lifeform from host to host being vomit. Yes, vomit. In drinks, in many cases.

There were some interesting points, such as the scene with the person falling from the roof. Those who cried out were seen as normal humans. Those who showed no emotions were obviously part of the hive of vomit spewing infected.

But, just like Invasion by Dr. Robin Cook, the movie ends so abruptly it’s silly. Suddenly a cure is found, it’s spread all over by the world, and everyone smiles and forgets about the dead in the streets, the vomit they drank, etc.

Fin.