Invasion

I didn't read any reviews for this movie before watching, and I'm glad I didn't. Although it might not be your classic si-fi, I believe it was marketed like this for a reason to keep you guessing. The acting was brilliant by the boys. Their performances are genuinely one of the most realistic for children I have seen. It clearly isn't for people who are after a shoot-em-up alien flick (see the 1 star reviews), but much more a commentary on mental health, treatment of ex-soldiers, and the lack of empathy from the general system. This movie is not a no-brainer.

Its like modern reincarnation of BBC original films - cheap modules with few famous actors to just fill empty place in TV-schedule. But this is much worse because its separate product and try in false advertisement and direct scam of potential viewers who pay money to see actual SCI-FI, but there is no sci-fi. If film pretend something other and then BUM - you have your main attraction. But THIS like one to one copy of Christian dramas that loves pretend sport movies, but without sport. I think its scam and I be sentenced to watch like 60 minutes of boring generic thriller about kidnapper against my will. And I give for this treatment nice 1/10. And film soooooo cheap that all locations: few houses, two gas station two stores and junkyard. Even Hallmark invest more money in they films. And the final was nonsensical drama only for drama and this is actually make me cringe. Script is horrible.

Not an "encounter" movie at all. It's another American Soldier PTSD trope drama. The kids were good actors but the rest is just blah and been done 1000 times in the past 5 years.

I honestly tried, the 3 stars are for the first half, the second half is so bad it becomes ridiculous. Acting is terrible, the end is so absurd that there's no way to describe it without a spoiler. Don't watch, redundant.

We make genre choices by mood, maybe we had a hard day and just wanted to chill out to a sci fi thriller. Instead we get tricked into watching yet another ptsd movie, not that I don't appreciate and support the mental health issue. Half way through the movie you realise you weren't in the mood at all for this drama.

It was a great movie. Fantastic performance from Riz Ahmed as expected but the father-son bond was beautifully captured by the kids, especially the older one.