The Invasion

The Invasion

Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep.

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

Produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures

200799 min6.1 / 10

A paranoid sci-fi thriller about an alien plague that strips humanity of emotion, anchored by a mother's desperate race to save her son and stop an unstoppable epidemic.

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

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  • Is The Invasion scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is The Invasion easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does The Invasion end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Invasion sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Invasion violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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