After the death of his young daughter, Thomas Dunn is a man who has lost his faith. His life has crumbled and his confidence is shattered. Yet, on this day he wakes to discover that Mandy, his loving wife is finally pregnant again.
Maybe this is their chance to move away from the tragedy of the past and for him to find his faith again.
But also on this day, a large alien mothership appears in the heavens and the people of earth are suddenly plagued with visions about the end of civilization.
Invasion Planet Earth Review
Many, many years in the making Invasion Planet Earth is certainly an experience. A cheesy opening television show segment shows kids watching the infamous Kaleidoscope Man a fictional half man- half robot who saves the world.
The film title was initially Kaleidoscope Man until it was recently changed.
I think this move was for the best as it’s really the only time we see Kaleidoscope Man in action so the film wouldn’t make much sense being named as such.
The movie as a whole is very well shot, it’s certainly a step up from most indie flicks I’m sent. For some reason thou, the entire film is shot like a TV show with oh so cheesy CGI interludes. It’s a very strange mix of cinematography direction.
The TV-style shots and the CGI sequences don’t mix well together. It separates the story as well as being visually uncomfortable to watch.
This film was years in the making but some of the decisions chosen throughout seem very last minute and rushed. It’s all a bit confusing and convoluted at times.
There are audio cut-outs in certain places where some characters are barely audible. I was there checking my headphones but alas it was the film itself and not my audio. When CGI sequences occur they’re very unusual. Think 80’s / 90’s Kids TV show CGI unusual.
About 20 minutes into the movie nothing of substance has been established. It takes a while to come to grips with what is going on here.
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You can see the ambition and scale of this movie. The scope of what the filmmakers were trying to achieve here on a low budget is admirable. Sadly, however, it doesn’t hit home.
I think ambition has overtaken the core basics of filmmaking here. The story, characters, dialogue and more take a backseat. It’s all a bit of a confusing mess at times.
It feels as thou there were too many fingers in the pie when relating to creative decisions and it’s all so jumbled. An alien movie (I think it was that) has completely alienated me from the events on screen.
What plays out as a low-budget episode of Dr.Who this film had me asking myself who, what, why and how this film was allowed to be released like this.
Rushed, poor from start to finish and clearly not a labour of love for anyone involved. I certainly would avoid clicking the Amazon purchase button in the article if you want to save those pennies!
Invasion Planet Earth Review by Sean Evans
Our Rating
Summary
My heart ached writing this review. A team who have spent years trying to get this film out there and seen. Such admiration and respect to everyone involved for what I’m sure was long hours, lots of stress and more but sadly the finished product just wasn’t something I could rate positively regardless of the colossal effort involved by Simon Cox and the team to get this film seen.
