“Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep.”
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Nicole Kidman
Carol Bennell
Daniel Craig
Ben Driscoll
Jackson Bond
Oliver
Jeremy Northam
Tucker Kaufman
Jeffrey Wright
Dr. Stephen Galeano
Veronica Cartwright
Wendy Lenk
Josef Sommer
Dr. Henryk Belicec
Celia Weston
Ludmilla Belicec
Malin Åkerman
Autumn
Roger Rees
Yorish
The Invasion is a horror, mystery, science fiction, thriller film released in 2007 exploring themes of escape, sleep, flu, alien, remake, doctor. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, it stars Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jackson Bond. Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
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