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Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright
German director, Oliver Hirschbiegel, takes a stab at this, the third film version of the Jack Finney’s novel, Invasion of The Body Snatchers. Kidman’s performance is stiff, as usual, but still good, though some of the supporting cast is not quite up to her standards. The story is fine, but tired, both my earlier Body Snatcher films and, even more so by all the movies since, that have had the same kind of mass impersonation concept.
Nicole Kidman is Carol, a single mother of a young son (Jackson Bond), dealing with an ex husband, and a new boyfriend (Daniel Craig) when, following some kind of space shuttle mishap, people begin to act strangely. Just in case, one or two of my readers don’t know this story, I won’t say anymore, since those of you who do know the story don’t need me to tell you anyway.
Fans of the original(s) will find this Kidman version to be a slightly different, but respectful, addition to the Body Snatcher family. The overall result is a bland science fiction thriller that really lacks punch.
