The Invasion

** – If I was a 6 year-old kid and my mother was Nicole Kidman and she walked around the house in a skintight nipple-exposing t-shirt and see-through pants revealing a skimpy thong, I think I would need some major psychiatric counseling. If I was the 6 year-old kid in “The Invasion” I’d be in luck, because my scantily clad superhot mother would also be a psychiatric counselor! That really has nothing to do with the plot of 2007’s “The Invasion”, but I thought I would point it out as it seemed rather odd to me. In any event, this is a pretty cheesy film. It has all the conventions of the action horror thriller genre, but never truly succeeds in creating a tense atmosphere or an interesting story. It also has a whole lot of chase scenes - mostly on foot but also in cars and even helicopters – which get pretty tedious. The worst thing about the movie is probably the startling number of convenient coincidences – such as Kidman’s lab technician friend inexplicably showing up to rescue her in a helicopter with a bunch of military guys. How’d he hook up with the army, and where’d he get the helicopter? Oh well, I guess I don’t really care.