Nov 3rd
The Invasion* (15)
Vue West End, Leicester Square



US 2007. Warner Bros/Village Roadshow. 99m.

Fragments from the Space Shuttle which disintegrated in the Earth's atmosphere also contain alien spores that infect and take over the bodies of human beings.
Another modernised remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (see Sept 5th), continuing on the slightly flawed theme of telling a suspenseful small-scale story in a big scale setting (parts of America and even the rest of the world this time), and with some slightly aggressive aliens, for creatures that are supposed to be "emotionless". Not without its unsettling and interesting moments however, but a certain amount of post-production tampering is evident. Perhaps the aliens got into the bodies of the studio heads.

Written by: Dave Kajgunich (and Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski), based on the novel by Jack Finney.
Producer: Joel Silver.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel (and James McTeigue).
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright, Josef Sommer, Celia Weston, Roger Rees.
Photography: Rainer Klausmann, Michael Barrett.
Music: John Ottman.
Editing: Hans Funck, Joel Negron.