Invincible (2001) (TV)

Director:

Jefery Levy

Writers:

Carey Hayes (story) &
Chad Hayes (story) ...
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Release Date:

18 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

The Shadowmen are coming...

Plot Keywords:

Female Detective | Katana Sword | Flash Forward | Card Game | Wisecrack Humor

Cast

Billy Zane	...	Os
Byron Mann	...	Michael Fu
Stacy Oversier	...	Serena Blue
Tory Kittles	...	Ray Jackson
Dominic Purcell	...	Keith Grady
David Field	...	Slate
Michelle Comerford	...	White Warrior
David No	...	Shadowman #1
Bren Foster	...	Shadowman #2 (as Bren Ismail)
Kyle Rowling	...	Shadowman #3 (as Kyle Rowlings)
Ray Anthony	...	Shadowman #4
Simone McAullay	...	Mrs. Harrison
Linal Haft	...	Howard Lancaster
Mark Baker	...	Rapper #1
Aki Holloway	...	Rapper #2
Casey Holloway	...	DJ #1
Chris Dodd	...	DJ
Myles Pollard	...	Paul Beck
Matt Boesenberg	...	MP #1
Barry Otto	...	Professor
George Cheung	...	Tojo Sakamura
Carly Movizio	...	Grady's Girlfriend
Iain McGuire	...	Driller
Nandy McClean	...	Geisha #1
Maya McClean	...	Geisha #2
Rodney Power	...	Lancaster Security Guard (as Rod Power)
Craig McLachlan	...	Lieutenant
Karen Pang	...	Anna Chan
Anne Grigg	...	Serena's Mother
Steve Tan	...	Man #1
Kate Mullan	...	Girl at Rave
Fiona Stewart	...	Girl at Rave #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amber Moelter	...	Rave Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Jefery Levy

Writing credits
Carey Hayes		(story) (as Carey W. Hayes) &
Chad Hayes		(story)
Michael Brandt		(teleplay) &
Derek Haas		(teleplay) and
Jefery Levy		(teleplay)

Produced by
Eveleen Bandy	....	associate producer
Steve Chasman	....	producer
Janine Coughlin	....	producer
Bruce Davey	....	executive producer
Mel Gibson	....	executive producer
Lynda House	....	line producer
Jim Lemley	....	producer
Jet Li	....	executive producer
John Morayniss	....	executive producer
Judy Ranan	....	supervising producer
Philip von Alvensleben	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
John McCarthy
Rupert Parkes
Photek

Cinematography by
John Stokes

Film Editing by
Keith Salmon

Casting by
Penny Ellers
Faith Martin

Production Design by
Michelle McGahey

Art Direction by
Chris Batson		(as Christopher Batson)

Set Decoration by
Marta McElroy

Costume Design by
Noreen Landry
Terry Ryan

Makeup Department
Angela Conte	....	makeup supervisor
Troy Follington	....	hair stylist
Mary Georgiou	....	makeup artist
Christine Miller	....	assistant makeup artist
Christine Miller	....	key hair stylist
Simone Wajon	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Dick Beckett	....	unit manager
Anne Bruning	....	unit production manager
John Nabereznyj	....	post-production supervisor
Ramona Ng	....	executive in charge of production
Libby Sharpe	....	production manager
Lynda Wilkinson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guy Campbell	....	second assistant director
Joanne Pearce	....	second second assistant director
Liz Tan	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Shane Aumont	....	lead set dresser
Brett Bartlett	....	construction manager
Zach Becroft	....	assistant art director (as Zachary Beecroft)
Will Colhoun	....	model making supervisor
Ben Collins	....	set designer
John Jenkinson	....	construction foreman
Thomas Kelso	....	lead model maker
Lon Lucini	....	property master
Eamon O'Kane	....	head scenic artist
Denie Pentecost	....	stand-by props
David Russell	....	storyboard artist
Johnny Sella	....	head scenic
Mark Sexton	....	storyboard artist
Glenn Sheridan	....	graphic designer
Kerrie Van Lambaart	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Steph Carrier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michele Cook	....	dialogue editor
Eliot Crackower	....	re-recording assistant
Andy Duncan	....	boom operator
Allan Fung	....	adr editor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Jack Heeren	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pete Kneser	....	sound designer
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Martin Pashley	....	sound mixer
Mark Shnuriwsky	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Dave Roberts	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Larry Adlon	....	digital compositor
Larry Adlon	....	digital effects artist
Ian Britton	....	lead digital compositor
Mark Chong	....	digital artist
Graham Cunningham	....	animator
Graham Cunningham	....	digital artist: Calibre Digital Pictures
Peter Denomme	....	visual effects producer: Calibre Digital Pictures
David Hedley	....	digital artist
Ariel Joson	....	digital artist
Brian Lui	....	digital compositor
Anthony Paterson	....	visual effects supervisor
Che Spencer	....	vfx: line producer
Rainy Venne	....	lead compositor

Stunts
Chris Anderson	....	stunt coordinator
Roger Anthony	....	stunts
Keir Beck	....	stunts
Mark Campbell	....	stunts
Nan Cao	....	stunts
George Cheung	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Nicole Downs	....	stunts
Mark Duncan	....	stunts
Mike Duncan	....	stunts (as Michael Duncan)
Nigel Harbach	....	stunts
Alex Kuzelicki	....	stunt double
Alex Kuzelicki	....	stunts
Dennis Lundin	....	stunts
Nick McKinless	....	stunts
Chris Mitchell	....	stunts
Ray Morgan	....	stunts
Leroy Page	....	stunts
Puven Pather	....	stunts
Tove Petterson	....	stunts
Cathie Small	....	stunts
Brit Sooby	....	stunts
Darko Tuscan	....	stunts (as Darko Tuskan)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jason Binnie	....	assistant camera
Paul Booth	....	gaffer
Stephen Gray	....	best boy
Warren Grieef	....	key grip
Paul Heidke	....	grip
Benn Hyde	....	key grip
Pim Kulk	....	camera "b" second assistant
Luis Olivares	....	video assist operator
John Radel	....	assistant camera
Matt Slattery	....	gaffer
Marc Spicer	....	Steadicam operator
Marc Spicer	....	camera operator
Jan Thijs	....	still photographer
Luke Thomas	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Mark Wareham	....	cinematographer: action sequences

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adam Dalli	....	costume buyer
Ivana Daniele	....	stand-by costume

Editorial Department
Jennifer Macleod	....	post-production coordinator
Alex Marquez	....	first assistant editor
Anna McClelland	....	first assistant editor
Eric Whipp	....	telecine colorist

Music Department
Michael Lustig	....	music consultant

Other crew
Deborah Alleck	....	production secretary
Amy Barclay	....	script supervisor
Bob Barr	....	post-production accountant
Russell Boyd	....	location manager
Brandee Brooks	....	unit publicist
Siu-Tung Ching	....	martial arts choreographer (as Tony Ching)
Kerry Fetzer	....	caterer
Martin Flower	....	location manager
Paula Jensen	....	production coordinator
Dina Kolokotas	....	set assistant
Christine Moran	....	production accountant
Annalisa Pascoe	....	production coordinator
Bruce Shapiro	....	dialogue coach
Judy Whitehead	....	script supervisor
Ming Beaver Kwei	....	personal assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Alliance Atlantis Communications
• Icon Entertainment International
• Qian Yian International

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Communications
• RCV Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• TBS Superstation (TV)

Special Effects

• Calibre Digital Pictures

Also Known As:

Runtime:

UK:90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12 | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bare Island, La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

The large Chinese character used in the film's logo does not mean "Invincible" at all; it actually just means "water".

Quotes:

Os:The five of you working together are the only thing that can stop Slate.
Ray Jackson:Hey, Os, I only count four. Where's our fifth member?
Os:[pause] I killed him.

Movie Connections:

References Action Jackson (1988)

Captain Planet and Highlander shouldn't be mixed.

I expected much more from producers Mel Gibson and Jet Li. Each of them should know enough about movies to avoid the stinkers, and Invincible is definitely a stinker. The plot seems to be a weird mish-mash of Captain Planet and the Planeteers and Highlander, but isn't as entertaining as either one (and Captain Planet isn't very entertaining to begin with). Billy Zane, who I'm pretty sure has some talent, is wasted. Establishing his "evil" persona in the first minute does his character harm. We would have been better off with a five or ten minute intro to better establish the history of the shadowmen and especially Zane's part in that history. The fight scenes were pathetic. I've seen better choreography in a high school production of Romeo & Juliet. Sure it may look flashy, but this is only because of camera manipulation. Good fight choreography uses as little editing as possible, while Invincible's fights are so jumpy that it is impossible to tell what's really going on--other than the good guys beating up the bad guys.

Poor. Very Poor.