Invasion Earth

I viewed Invasion Earth this year. In 2022. The same year of mass protests in my home country, when millions of people marched in protest of the militarization of the police and said police's killings of unarmed civilians. Do you see now why portraying the mass slaughter of civilians as a good thing comes across as tasteless? I'm certain the movie did not mean to come across this way: the filming apparently wrapped in May of 2019, long before the protests began. But given the context of what's been happening in the world, The Blackout: Invasion Earth has already aged like milk left out in the sun. There are certainly good things about Invasion Earth, but I can't in good conscience recommend it.

Acting is not good but Jon-Paul Gates and Charlotte Gould whose over-the-top performance is just about entertaining. It's all far too rehearsed. The characters act like they have self awareness but in reality they really wouldn't have any understanding of why they do what they do. Pacing is actually tolerable, so much stupid stuff happens it's actually more entertaining than most low budget garbage. The visual effects wouldn't look bad twenty years ago... Now they don't look good. Overall I didn't hate it but I would also say not to waste your time, watch Evil Aliens (2005) or maybe Attack the Block (2011). It feels like an interesting exploration into the nature of addiction set to the backdrop of a cheesy alien invasion. The aliens looked terrible, leather outfit with a bad mask.

I couldn't watch this movie. It was like whoever made it, didn't want me to watch it. I'm not sure why someone made this. Maybe it was part of a tax shelter. Maybe it is money-laundering. Remember the plot for The Producers? They were trying to make a Broadway play, which would fail, so they could keep the investment money. Maybe that was the plan of whoever made this movie. Seen on Tubi, the free streaming site; which has many indie films, foreign films, older major studio films, and now, live TV.

I love bad sci fi movies. Revel in the worst of the horror films. this one, however was so boring I had to give my first one star review. We follow the addicts while waiting for the alien invasion to mix things up. We wait ... and we wait ... and we wait..... ad nauseum. Give this one a pass.

As a lover of sci-fi and independent movies I found this little gem to be thoroughly enjoyable and lots of fun. The characters are pretty well fleshed out and the plot trots along as a slower pace than most of today's TV and movies, which is a refreshing break.

Having found out how much the budget actually was,lower than previously thought, it is brilliantly made and the limits do not spoil anything. The outside shots are well thought out and the backgrounds are well though out and do not detract from the characters/story line.

I would strongly suggest giving this a watch and have brought it myself.