The Invasion
– Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two peop..
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.
17 Aug 2007
English, Russian
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
David Kajganich (screenplay), Jack Finney (novel)
Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond
While returning to Earth, the space shuttle explodes and the fragments bring an alien virus that recodes the human DNA. In Washington, the psychiatrist Carol Bennell observes the modification of the behavior of one of her clients first, then in her former husband and finally in the population in general. Together with her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll the researcher Dr. Stephen Galeano, they discover that the extraterrestrial epidemic affects human beings while sleeping and that her son Ollie, who had chickenpox when he was a baby, is immune to the disease and may save mankind from the outbreak.
1 win & 2 nominations.
$15,100,000
Warners Bros. Pictures