Iron Invader (2011) (TV)

Director:

Paul Ziller

Writers:

Paul Ziller (story)
Paul Ziller (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 February 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Alien bacteria arrives on a meteorite and infects metal, animating a giant iron statue that goes on a killing rampage in a small town.

Cast

Kavan Smith	...	Jake
Colby Johannson	...	Ethan
Nicole de Boer	...	Amanda
Merritt Patterson	...	Claire
Jesse Moss	...	Max
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Earl
Don Thompson	...	Harry
Paul McGillion	...	Sheriff
Chelah Horsdal	...	Deputy Jenny
Chris Gauthier	...	Tony
Alvin Sanders	...	Coroner
Scott McNeil	...	Cowboy
Mark McConchie	...	Farmer Gregoropoulos

Directed by
Paul Ziller

Writing credits
Paul Ziller		(story)
Paul Ziller		(screenplay) &
Gary Hawes		(screenplay)

Produced by
Josée Bernard	....	co-executive producer
Tom Berry	....	executive producer
Lisa M. Hansen	....	executive producer (as Lisa Hansen)
Paul Hertzberg	....	executive producer
John Prince	....	producer

Original Music by
Christopher Nickel

Cinematography by
Anthony C. Metchie		(director of photography) (as Anthony Metchie)

Film Editing by
Christopher A. Smith

Casting by
Candice Elzinga

Production Design by
Bob Bottieri

Set Decoration by
Jacqueline Miller		(as Jacquie Miller)

Costume Design by
Kerry Weinrauch

Makeup Department
Rexford Bangle	....	swing hair/makeup
Tanya Howard	....	key makeup artist
Janie MacKay	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Tia Buhl	....	production manager
Adam Driscoll	....	post-production supervisor
Gilles LaPlante	....	executive in charge of production (as Gilles Laplante)
Jason Macintyre	....	post-production supervisor (as Jason MacIntyre)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yannick Leray	....	second assistant director
Shawn Patrick Murphy	....	third assistant director (as Shawn Murphy)
Andrew Niiranen	....	trainee assistant director
Greg Rousseaux	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Robert Barton	....	on-set dresser (as Bob Barton)
Bardia Garshasebi	....	dresser (as Bardia Garshase)
Ben Krakowsky	....	props master
Kevin Miller	....	dresser
Marc Price	....	assistant props master
Victor Razi	....	dresser
Kris Sandberg	....	lead dresser
Isaac Terpstra	....	dresser
Francis Testa	....	dresser
Martin Testa	....	assistant set decorator
Ivan Lyttek	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kevin B. Barron	....	foley mixer (as Kevin Barron)
Kevin B. Barron	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Kevin Barron)
Jason Cole	....	adr recordist
Jason Cole	....	foley artist
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer
Doug Kerr	....	boom operator
Randy Kiss	....	sound effects editor
Randy Kiss	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Kiss	....	sound supervisor
Dennis McCormack	....	assistant sound effects editor
Tad Nazar	....	sound mixer
Alan Perkins	....	dialogue editor
Alan Perkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Shawn Kennelly	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Allen Benjamin	....	special effects coordinator (as Al Benjamin)
David Griffiths	....	special effects assistant
Brant McIlroy	....	special effects assistant
Ryan Patton	....	special effects best boy

Visual Effects by
Craig Clarke	....	on-set supervisor
Kaelen Cohen	....	junior compositor
Ben Funk	....	compositor
Manley Gage	....	compositor
James Halverson	....	technical director
Bulent Hasan	....	storyboard artist
William Higgins	....	visual effects producer (as William G. Higgins)
Ryan Jensen	....	visual effects supervisor
Koustubha Kaloti	....	compositor
Sitthichok Khunthaveelab	....	animator
Dong Hyun Kim	....	animator
Kevin Little	....	practical effects: miniature
Michael Nicolas	....	modeler
Tim Palgut	....	lighting technical director
Rafael Santos Jr.	....	visual effects coordinator
Alican Sesli	....	compositor
Andy Yi Shen	....	visual effects assistant coordinator (as Yi Shen)
James Spouler	....	modeler
Mike Wearing	....	compositor
Bob White	....	creature technical director
Justin Wiles	....	animator

Stunts
Glenn Ennis	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Araquel	....	still photographer
Bill Baxter	....	gaffer
David Bercovici-Artieda	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as David Bercovici)
Cristian Cretu	....	camera trainee
Nicholas Dent	....	grip
Josh Holmes	....	lamp operator
Elizabeth House	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Liz House)
Bryce Larkin	....	lamp operator
Jason Mah	....	lamp operator
Mike Mahoney	....	best boy
Richard McSweeney	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Rich McSweeney)
Dan Pressler	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Dave Roman	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Emmanuelle Rousseau	....	camera loader
Jeremy Sera	....	grip
Jeff Smith	....	key grip
Pieter Stathis	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jim Swanson	....	generator operator
Todd Thibideau	....	grip
Rob Tucker	....	dolly grip
Spencer Whitney	....	best boy electric

Casting Department
L.A. Hilts	....	extras casting (as LA Hilts)
Penny Perry	....	casting: US
Martina Smyth	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joi Kittredge	....	assistant costume designer
Joi Kittredge	....	set supervisor
Jamie Tedham	....	truck costumer

Editorial Department
Georgia Milroy	....	first assistant editor
Alissa Roode	....	on-line editor
Seán Travers	....	color timer
Ismael Ribeiro	....	director of engineering (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Peggy Archibald	....	driver: HMW
Michael Davidovitch	....	driver
Scott Delaplace	....	driver: cable truck
Ron Gavin	....	transport captain
Laurie Morris	....	transport coordinator
Lindsay Morris	....	driver
John O'Toole	....	driver: cast (as John O'Tools)

Other crew
Grant Gabriel Baldwin	....	electronic press kit (as Grant Baldwin)
David Costello	....	key production assistant
Vicki Egilsson	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Farias	....	key production assistant
Marty Fitzgerald	....	assistant: Lisa Hansen
Lara Fox	....	script supervisor
Alex Galanis	....	location production assistant
Adam Gordon	....	assistant: Paul Hertzberg
Than Hadjioannou	....	security coordinator
Breanne Hartley	....	head of business and legal affairs
Michi Hayashi	....	assistant production coordinator
Beth Henderson	....	location production assistant
Harry Kemball	....	security guard
Sue Kittler	....	location scout
Genevieve L'Ecuyer	....	financial services (as Geneviève L'Écuyer)
Boris Machula	....	security guard
Valerie Massicotte	....	business affairs assistant
Daniel McAlister	....	post production coordinator
Jim McKeown	....	production coordinator
Lindsay Moffat	....	production accountant
Carlos Oliva	....	security guard
Christina Ollson	....	location production assistant
Katie Peoples	....	assistant: Tom Berry
Allan Plante	....	security guard (as Alan Plante)
Ricky Regnier	....	security guard
Nicole Reid	....	business affairs assistant
John Rollins	....	key production assistant
Cherish Sampson	....	stand-in
Leah Tanafranca	....	post-production accountant
Teresa Toews	....	assistant production coordinator
Teresa Toews	....	second assistant production coordinator
Alberto Urrea	....	security guard (as Alberto J. Urrea)
Richard Urrea	....	security guard
Dory Vanderkuip	....	craft service
Dory Vanderkuip	....	first aid
Scooby Vincent	....	assistant location manager
Lilly Warkentin	....	assistant chef: Rolling Chef
Karen Zajac	....	location manager
Michael Zwart	....	chef: Rolling Chef

Thanks
David W. Hamilton	....	the producers would like to thank: Front Row Insurance Brokers, Inc.
Sharon Smyth	....	the producers would like to thank: Steele's Travel World

Production Companies

• Cinetel Films (presents)
• Reel One Pictures (producer) (as Reel One Entertainment)
• Movie Network, The (TMN) (produced with the participation of) (as M The Movie Network.ca - Astral Media Networks)
• Super Écran (produced with the participation of) (as SÉ Super Écran - Astral Media Networks)
• Movie Central Network (produced with the participation of) (as Corus Entertainment Inc., through Movie Central)
• Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC (produced with the participation of)
• Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) (produced with the participation of)
• Syfy (produced in association with)
• Iron Pictures

Distributors

• Cinetel Films (2011) (worldwide) (all media) (excluding Canada)
• Syfy (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (as "Metal Shifters")
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (as "Metal Shifters")

Special Effects

• Lux Visual Effects (animation and visual effects)

Other Companies

• Services Juridiques Claire Benoît  legal services provided by
• Rolling Chef  catering
• North West Digital  post production services by (as Northwest Digital)
• Pinewood Sound  sound services by
• National Bank of Canada TV and Motion Picture Group  interim financing by (as National Bank of Canada - TV and Motion Picture Group)
• Front Row Insurance Brokers  the producers would like to thank
• Steele's Travel World  the producers would like to thank
• William F. White International  the producers would like to thank (as William F.White)
• Union of B.C. Performers  made possible with the support of the membership of (also as U.B.C.P.)
• DGC  acknowledgment (as DGC Directors Guild of Canada - British Columbia District Council)
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG)  acknowledgment

Also Known As:

"Metal Shifters" - Canada (English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violent images

Runtime:

USA:87 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Singapore:NC-16 (Blu-ray)

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Cinetel Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: The people from the bar use high proof alcoholic beverages to kill the alien bacteria. Yet when they pour these very flammable liquids on the burning pieces of the blown up sculpture the fires go out. The fires should have gotten bigger instead of being put out.

Soundtrack:

Till The Danger's Past

Not so bad coming from SyFy, but not particularly good either

A vast majority of the time, I intensely dislike SyFy's output, but there have also been some surprisingly tolerable if not great projects. Fortunately for Iron Invader, it falls into the latter category. The acting while not great is decent, likewise with the special effects with the Golem creature actually quite good, and the film with a somewhat intriguing concept starts off quite well. Sadly, the film loses it at the halfway mark, with the camera work becoming increasingly dizzying, the limited production values becoming more obvious and the pace becoming sluggish. While intriguing and starting off fine, the story is too thin to sustain the running time, the characters are rather shallow and the script is laughable in places. In conclusion, not good, not awful, just alright. 4/10 Bethany Cox