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review: the invasion (2007)
By vrtualme | August 19, 2007
Invasion of the body snatchers gets another face lift this year with The Invasion (2007). But unlike its two predecessors from 1956 and 1978, this version gives a fairly plausible answer to what and how. It also makes a valid statement about what people may be willing to give up in order to achieve world peace. Would you be willing to give your soul? What essentially makes you human? Originally this film was under the helm of German 
director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Experiment, Das 2001 - which i have in my collection, but have not seen yet.) marking his first American movie, but Warner Brothers was unhappy with the final cut. They then gave it to the Wachowski brothers (the Matrix trilogy) for a rewrite and let James McTeigue (V for Vendetta 2005) direct the new scenes. Sadly, it’s hard to know who to give credit to for this 
provocative film. Starring are Nicole Kidman (Oscar winner for The Hours 2002) and Daniel Craig (the new James Bond) both doing outstanding work. But honorable mention also needs to go to Jeremy Northam (The Net 1995), Jeffrey Wright (Syriana 2005), Veronica Cartwright (In the Bedroom 2001), Roger Rees (“Cheers” 17 episodes, 1989-1993) and the impressive Jackson Bond (“In Case of Emergency” 13 episodes, 2007). Who all gave very strong supporting performances. The official website offers the general stuff, but if you click on “promotions” it looks like you can enter half a dozen contests too.
August 19th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Great review! Thanks for the background information on how it was made too! I had no idea that it was a remake. Interesting that there was so many different hands involved too, now that I think about it you could kind of tell. Some scenes were shot very differently from others. The camera angles and posture shifted every now and then, I had just thought it was intentional - but perhaps not.