The insomniac’s nightmare personified. With out sleep, you feel like a zombie. But with a strange disease on the prowl, will sleep actually make you a zombie? Are zombies all that bad if they can finally bring peace to the human race?

Invasion is the sleek adaptation of the classic, Invasion of Body Snatchers. Invasion of the Body Snatchers was good enough for later audiences to enjoy. That is why it survived B-grade horror movie obscurity. Invasion has a real idea behind the plot.

Invasion proposes a good question to the protagonist Nicole Kidman. The world wages wars with numerous deaths for what purpose? If you loose your emotion or desire; are you still human? Does the human race really crave turmoil and destruction? Invasion hints at these ideas with a modern and sophisticated view of personality.

Invasion is a good adaptation of the original movie because it breaths life into an old idea. Invasion gives the audience enough science to make the idea believable. Invasion revised the original in theory and science, but preserved the theme. That is my definition of a good remake.

While you may just pick Invasion as a semi worth-while answer to the Saturday night rental question, if offers the horror/drama you fix may be craving. Hey, at least Invasion is a better remake compared to what they could have done with the Creature from the Black Lagoon.