Invasion: UFO

Invasion: UFO

An organization called SHADO fights off aliens who are infiltrating Earth by disguising themselves as humans.

Directed by Cyril Frankel, Jeremy Summers, Gerry Anderson, David Tomblin

Produced by Century 21 Productions, ITC Entertainment

198097 min5.7 / 10

A pulpy 1980s sci-fi action film about a secret military organization defending Earth from shape-shifting aliens, built on paranoia and procedural combat rather than character depth.

The Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and even animals and use them for their body parts. In the year 1980 S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization), a highly secret military organization, is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization operates from a secret location beneath the Harlington-Straker film studio in London. S.H.A.D.O. also has a base on the moon with Interceptors as well as an early warning satellite that detects inbound UFOs (called S.I.D.), and operate a fleet of submarines. General James Henderson and commander Ed Straker have a team of highly trained and well equipped females and males to battle the regularly incoming hostile UFOs.

Questions people ask

  • Is Invasion: UFO scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Invasion: UFO sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is Invasion: UFO easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Invasion: UFO violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

  • Does Invasion: UFO end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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