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Invasion

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

Hideous, stupid, boring, FPS viewpoint irritating beyond patience. NOT SCARY at all. My kids and I came up with a special word for movies this bad, since, alas...negative rating are unavailable; This movie is SUCK-NORMOUS!

INVASION is an experiment in SciFi and Horror that reintroduced the "found-footage" film years before CLOVERFIELD or REC. It is entirely unique in that it tells its story in a single, continuous shot that is taken from the dashboard camera of a police cruiser. Deputy Brick is dispatched to investigate a meteor landing. Upon arrival, it is learned that the meteor is host to a parasitic alien, which begins infecting anyone it comes in contact with deep within the remote state park. What is most interesting about this shooting style is that it forces the viewer into a first-person account of the events, while offering a variety perspectives as different characters enter the vehicle and assume the role of the narrator. INVASION'S greatest strength also becomes its greatest weakness, in that the static camera is strictly focused on the road the entire duration of the film while the characters exchange dialog over the radio. Conceptually, this is a brilliant move in securing the film's integrity, but the average viewer is not likely to be entertained by watching an hour of actionless driving on an empty road. It does manage to successfully create a large-scale invasion on a non-existent budget, however, and is an interesting watch for SciFi fans.

-Carl Manes
I Like Horror Movies

The worst B movie I have ever seen!!! 3 bad actors, 1 camera mounted to the dashboard of a cop car. Even worse than the Blair witch project, utter TRASH!!! Invasion

This is a very unique experimental film, more like a prototype. Classic horror/sci-fi story, completely original in how it gets told. I read the review on the link below before watching it and I'm glad I did because this movie isn't for everybody.
http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_reviews_3240.htm

I sure hope Pyun uses what he figured out from this film to make another one-shot movie.
Invasion needs to be viewed at night without interuption because the film watcher has a part to play. Your imagination has to be intact. Invasion is not for passive film watchers expecting mainstream or blockbuster movies.

It's extremely low budget, but that's part of what makes it so entertaining. I hate it when 150 mil get splashed on the screen and it fails to entertain and I'm impressed when something as inventive and clever as this entertains for pennies on the dollar.

The story unfolds in front of a police car dash-cam and relies heavily on the sound (excellent) because often nothing happens in front of the camera, which makes the concept that much more believable. A police officer (Brick Bardo) is cruising through his usual nightly rounds on prom night. This night just happens to have meteor showers falling on his town. There is something inside the meteors that could potentially destroy the world. Officer Bardo just happens to meet a town resident who had the misfortune to encounter whatever was inside of one of the meteors. These and more happenstance occurrences take place in front of or near the dash cam.

I've watched enough of those 'cop' shows with police officers searching and busting criminals on the hoods of their cars, in front of their dash cams, to be able to follow a film like this without becoming impatient and the view is a lot better on Invasion. I liked that my imagination could fill in some of the mystery. But I did wish, over and over, that more could happen in front of the camera.

Mr. Pyun, please do this again, only better next time.

Worst si-fi yawner I have ever seen.The cover box describes it as "A risky tour de force,a stunner,challenging,hypnotic".A 80 some minute vuew of a lonnnnng dirt back road(TOUR de farce).A STUNNER,(budget $25,4 gallons of gas and batteries for the spotlight.CHALLENGING(to anyone who can actually watch this dreck for longer than 15 minutes). HYPNOTIC as watching a cat sleeping.I suspect that reviewers that gave this thing 5 and 4 star ratings were the actors that were in this camcorder made zzzzzzz grade god awfull spamola.Not worth watching this thing(even as a free rental).

OK, if you take into consideration that it's a very low-budget sci-fi movie, then the film is pretty passable about a meteor shower containing organisms that turn people into puppets of alien parasites. Having taken the low budget into considertation, there are a number of shortcomings to the movie. First, it's a one hour film, followed by 20 minutes of credits---WTF? Second, A LOT of the time is dead time, with nothing happening; that amount of time could have been cut down, or better yet, additional material added. Third, I kept hoping that the foul-mouthed, self-centered bimbo was going to get it.

dont wast your time here dont buy it or rent it this movie suck big time ....
no plot at all movie does not make any sense at all .....

A real stinker. Read the reviews. High Definition Dash Cam,..huh?
Almost a living dead movie,.. but not a little bit as interesting
if you think living dead movies are that. Meteors carrying
catapillers from outer space which are somehow getting into human idiots.
Teen prom queen driving a police car endlessly on bad roads in some park
crying and screaming,... seeing zombies of her boyfriend and others
including her self. Uh duh,...save your coins. Hope I did not spoil
the flick for you.

Great scary movie without the needless gore! Its so refreshing to see that there are still talented movie makers willing to make scary movies without needless blood and gore. This movie grabbed my attention from the beginning and did'nt let go until the end.

Do not, I repeat, do not buy this movie. I paid twenty bucks for it (which appears to have been what was spent on the entire budget of the film) and it looks like it was made by high-schoolers. No, I take that back, by elementary students having their worst day ever. Horrible directing, acting (what little there is of it), and plot (been there, done that). Please, save your money...there are so many better movies. Seriously, anything else picked at random would be better. Take my word for it - throw a dart at your next selection. I promise, you'll not only make a better choice, you'll sleep better at night.