‘They went for help but must fight to survive’
Invasion Earth is a 2016 British science-fiction feature film about a group of addicts in therapy who are threatened by an alien lifeforce.
Written and directed by James Twyman (Lead Me to the Dark), the Greenway Entertainment-Welsh Film Institute production stars Charlotte Gould, Phoebe Delikoura, Tony Fadil, Jon-Paul Gates (The Howling), Nigel Thijs and David Shaw. Prolific filmmaker Steven M. Smith (director of Dead Again; Doll Cemetery; The Haunting of Borley Rectory; The Doll Master; et al) produced.
Plot:
Famous self-help guru, Doctor Carson (David Shaw) travels to his new rural facility with eight young addicts with the aim of helping them through their troubles and integrating them back into society. Meanwhile, a cynical self-interested TV journalist joins the group to try and expose the therapy as a fraud.
Unfortunately, for them all, society is about to be dismantled as a military force, not from this world, begins a hostile take-over. Can these youngsters escape the facility and if they do, will it even make a difference?
Reviews [click links to read more]:
“If this was a short it would be incredible. As a feature, it’s just not working for me. A wonderful ending cannot make up for what was as a whole, a rather dull and lifeless movie. Sorry guys but maybe that film title needs a changing or that cutting room needs to get chopping away.” Back to the Movies
Release:
In the UK, Invasion Earth was released on DVD by 101 Films on 3rd October 2016. It was released on Amazon Prime worldwide in 2017 (it is now no longer available on Prime USA).
In the USA, Midnight Releasing will release Invasion Earth On-Demand and DVD on August 4, 2020.
Cast and characters:
• Charlotte Gould … Ada
• Phoebe Delikoura … Vicky
• Nigel Thijs … Thomas
• David Shaw … Doctor Carson
• Sammy Johnston … Kelly
• Cameron Bell … Simon
• Darren James King … Derek
• Colette Hughes … Tina
• Cavan Holsgrove … TBC
• Jonathan Jules … Tyrone
• Jon-Paul Gates … Johnny Pierceson
• Tony Fadil … Robert
• Steven M. Smith … Helicopter Pilot
Technical details:
106 minutes
Working title:
Into the Light
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