Review – The Invasion

Once again Invasion of the Body Snatchers hits the big screen. This time around Nicole Kidman stars as a psychiatrist who starts to notice more and more strange behavior going on around her. The film-makers decided to get right to the point, exposing the true nature of the invasion right in the first few minutes. That’s understandable, as most audience members are likely to be familiar with the rules of the game from previous incarnations. However, it’s also a terrible shame, because a big part of the fun of this particular sub-genre is watching the characters figure out that their world is being taken over by pods. The budget is big and production values correspondingly high, but overall it’s no better than earlier efforts. Mildly amusing