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Non-topical 'Invasion'

Christian Toto
August 17, 2007

NICOLE KIDMAN stars as Carol in Warner Bros. Pictures´ and Village Roadshow Pictures´ suspense thriller “The Invasion,Ó distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film also stars Daniel Craig.

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The 1956 science-fiction classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" used alien spores to comment on our collective fear of communism.

Turn the dial ahead two-plus decades, and the 1978 thriller of the same name used the motif as metaphor for our fear of public officials post-Watergate.

So it's a cinch "The Invasion," the latest spin on Jack Finney's novel, would tackle terrorism, the biggest fear of our era.

Nope.

Avoiding terrorism in a modern "Body Snatchers" remake is like doing a zombie picture without the undead or a vampire flick without faux blood.

"The Invasion" uses a flu pandemic as its entry point, but really it's about a mom (Nicole Kidman) trying to rescue her son from an alien infestation.

Not a terrible theme on which to hang a thriller, but what a waste given the ripe subject matter.

Miss Kidman plays Dr. Carol Bennell, a District psychiatrist trying to be a good mom to her son, Oliver (Jackson Bond). When her ex-husband, Tucker (Jeremy Northam), calls to request that Oliver stay with him for a few days, Carol gets suspicious. Tucker never makes such suggestions.

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