Invasion: Earth
by Patrick Lau, Richard Laxton
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Actor: Anton Lesser, Fred Ward, Maggie O'Neill, Phyllis Logan, Vincent ReganDirector: Patrick Lau, Richard Laxton
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: PAL
VHS Movie Reviews of Invasion: Earth
Movie Review: Good entertainment for scifi fans.
Summary: 4 Stars
Good sci-fi feast for fans of invasion dramas. My only complaint is the lack of closed captioning - not only for those who have hearing issues but also for those who have difficulty with British dialogue. It would have earned 5 stars had they added that one simple feature. The BBC tends to produce quality material with a focus on character development rather than expensive special effects; this is no different. It is worth watching - even owning - if this is the kind of stuff you like to see. Movie Review: Great Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been waiting a long time for this to be available on DVD. I only saw part of it when it was on the Sci-Fi channel. Well done!Movie Review: engaging drama
Summary: 5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this series. There are not enough interesting science fiction shows/movies. I think this one has much more intelligence than most. It may not be perfect, but I didn't notice. I'm only halfway through (3 of 6) and thoroughly enjoying it. I already want a sequel.Movie Review: Painfully disjointed
Summary: 1 Stars
I hate giving bad reviews and generally avoid it, but I think this one deserves mentioning. I should start out by saying that I am a huge fan of the genre.
The characters were not compelling to me. The plotline was very contrived. The romance unbelievable. I could not imagine why anyone would want to be with either of these two. Perhaps that was intended - a sort of nod to the idea that there is someone for everyone.
However, it is the plot holes that really spoiled it for me. We have a civilian consultant who has apparently unrestricted access to a military base. In one scene she is in the military hospital being examined and the general in charge demands to know from the doctor what she has found wrong with her (she's been changed by the aliens) as if knowing that is the key to the mystery. The doctor replies that she'll keep him informed of each new batch of tests, saying that they only have two hours (or somesuch) of data. It is very intense, and I got the impression that they are drawing blood every hour or so. Then, they cut to the village where the patient in the last scene is now walking freely about helping to look into the problems there. Apparently they did not need her in the hospital to keep running the tests as ordered.
The show was full of things like that, where I was left going 'huh?' Perhaps it was meant to be a few hours longer and had to be edited down? Either way, poking fun of it became a way to make it bearable - like our own Mystery Science Theatre... We managed to sit through the entire thing, simply because my husband is the sort that has to know how a story ends.
Movie Review: Good Solid Drama
Summary: 4 Stars
An RAF pilot shoots down a UFO and the pilot is recovered. This sets in motion an escalation of a war that had been going on for fifty years without humans being aware. There are two alien races. The Echo are peaceful and want to warn the Earth about the dimension-hopping NDs. A NATO General gets put in charge of the escape craft and its occupant. While he is quickly convinced of the existence of aliens, there is no real hard proof that his superiors accept. But if the General is right, the NDs have been tainting the Earth's water supplies for the past fifty years but with the downing of the Echo craft, they are stepping up the campaign.
The NDs civilization is based upon the manipulation of living matter. They take over worlds where life is present. Earth may have an intelligence but that means nothing to the NDs. They will go about harvesting humans as they need them. Finally the extent of their plans is revealed and NATO command accepts the existence of the alien threat. But it is still up to a small handful of people to develop the strategies against the aliens and carry them out.
Although the plot is similar and the title is identical to Harry Harrison's novel INVASION: EARTH, there is no credit given and the story soon deviates drastically from Harrison's. While the special effects are good, it is the solid acting and drama that drives this mini-series. I really enjoyed the acting and the way the plot unfolded. The way some people bought into the alien story and some did not seemed very plausible to me. I was just a little disappointed in the ending although it made a lot more sense than many movie endings. If you like your science fiction filled with solid drama then this one is for you.
Summary of Invasion: Earth
This ambitious miniseries, a coproduction between the BBC and the American cable entity the Sci-Fi Channel, is an unusually intelligent and demanding example of the genre. The story begins when a cocky pilot shoots down a UFO inside British air space, but the following revelations only hint at the scope of the predicament. A few soldiers and civilians, led by an American general with the NATO forces (Fred Ward), find themselves in the middle of an intergalactic war and discover they are the next target of a mysterious civilization that has already conquered most of the galaxy. Working with a limited budget, the filmmakers concentrate on creating a palpable sense of fear of the unknown while punctuating the story with sparse but startling effects: dimensional portals that open out of nowhere, a hellish otherworldly land where prisoners appear to be digested in a monstrous stomach, our first and only glimpse of the demonic-looking enemy as it lays waste to an Earth laboratory. These eerie moments only intensify the moody dread that permeates the series. Though an unconvincing romantic subplot occasionally slows the pace, the consistently smart writing and dense, delirious plotting makes this unusual epic compelling viewing right through to its jaw-dropping conclusion. --Sean AxmakerScience Fiction & Fantasy Video
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