The Invasion

A mysterious, mind-altering epidemic has infected humankind, and when a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist discovers that the outbreak seems to be extraterrestrial in origin, she struggles to save her son from infection in this sci-fi thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, and directed by ...more

The Invasion must have sounded like a real prestige project to Warner Brothers, featuring both Nicole Kidman, an Oscar winner, and Daniel Craig, a hot property set to become hotter as the new James Bond. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel had also been acclaimed for his work on the Hitler biopic Downfall. But this collaboration resulted in a remake without a pulse, which unintentionally mimics the deadened affect of the pod people. The film underwent rewrites (by the Wachowski brothers), a second ...more