Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1 (2017)

An aggressive race of aliens took over Planet Earth and humanity's at its end, living in giant bunkers below ground. Young Military rookie S.U.M.1 (Iwan Rheon) is sent to the surface to save a group of unprotected survivors.

Director:

Christian Pasquariello

Writers:

Christian Pasquariello, Gabrielle Pfeiffer (dialogue polishing)

Stars:

Iwan Rheon, André Hennicke, Rainer Werner

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Iwan Rheon	...	S.U.M.1
André Hennicke	...	Mac (as André M. Hennicke)
Rainer Werner	...	V.A.X.7
Zoe Grisedale	...	Straggler Woman (as Zoë Grisedale)
Niels-Bruno Schmidt	...	Straggler Man
Norman Reedus	...	K.E.R.4 (voice)
Tim Williams	...	Base (voice)
Lesley Suzanne Dean	...	M.A.T.E. (voice)
Nick Baker-Monteys	...	Driver (voice)
Christian Pasquariello	...	V.A.X.7 (voice)
Guy Hoyer	...	Hänschen Klein (voice)

Storyline

An aggressive race of aliens took over Planet Earth and humanity's at its end, living in giant bunkers below ground. Young Military rookie S.U.M.1 (Iwan Rheon) is sent to the surface to save a group of unprotected survivors.

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Plot Keywords:

future war | alien invasion | male vomiting | male rear nudity | rat | 

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Taglines:

Control your fear.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Welsh actor Iwan Rheon [E-wan Rheen)] , best known for playing Ramsay Bolton in GoT and Maximus in the HIGHLY underrated TV show Marvel's Inhumans, carries the film himself (especially in the slow moving first act) , and it's as much of a character study as a tense sci-fi film. Worth watching if you are into a slow-burn drama with poor digital effects.

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Goofs

At the start of the movie, when they're counting down days by showing S.U.M.1 smoking his rationed, numbered, cigarettes, he smokes first #100, then #98, than #99.

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Soundtracks

Invasion
Written by Garry Judd

User Reviews

B Action Movie with a good end (if you're a cynic)

For a plot summary please look at the start of the page.

Film feel: The exposition and and main part of the movie is eerily similar to the likes of Moon and Oblivion. But in contrast, this film drags on much more because there is no funny dialog or a subplot. The dominant grey-blue colour palette doesn't help either. The film wants to showcase the monotonous and boring routine of the main character but takes it too far and bores the viewer.

The film tries to have a twist ending but is to simple to really pull it off. The story is so bland that one can count the possible endings on two fingers.

If you're a cynic (like me) then you will like the ending. More would be spoiler.

Exposition: 1/10 (if you have seen Oblivion and/or Moon you can skip it) Main Part: 1/10 (too bland and simple) Ending: 6/10 (good ending for cynics; I couldn't stop grinning)

TLDR: if this was a 20 min short film it might have been good. Like this it drags on for 90% of the run time.

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Syrreal Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1