In the TV series "Invasion" about the invasion of aliens, there is almost no fiction. But he still captures
Miscellaneous / / October 22, 2021
The stories of ordinary people will be close and understandable, and the landscapes of different countries will amaze with their beauty.
On October 22nd, The Invasion, featuring X-Men writer Simon Kinberg and David Weil, who worked on The Hunters with Al Pacino, kicked off on Apple TV + streaming service.
This fantastic series tells about the invasion of the Earth by dangerous and aggressive aliens. When creating, the authors were partly inspiredInvasion Crosses Babel With War of the Worlds / TOR by H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. However, they got a completely independent work, in which the aliens are almost never shown. Rather, it is a story about people from different countries who deal with a difficult situation in different ways. As a result, Invasion can be called a leisurely drama with interesting characters.
Mosaic from different stories
Earth is invaded aliens: they attack cities and attack people. Their motives are unclear, and the very nature and appearance of the aliens have remained a mystery for some time. But most residents don't care much about it. After explosions, power outages and other terrible incidents, panic begins in many countries.
"Invasion" tells five stories at once about heroes from different parts of the world. An aging Sheriff Tyson (Sam Neal), who is preparing to retire, discovers strange footprints in the fields. Anisha (Golshifte Farakhani), an emigrant from Syria, who lives in the United States, goes to seek asylum with her husband and children. A detachment of the US military in Afghanistan collides with an alien ship. The only survivor is Trevante Ward (Shamir Anderson), who is now trying to get out of the desert. In Japan, another aircraft is launched into space, but it stops communicating. Mitsuki (Shiori Kutsuna), who works at JASA, understands the incident. And in the UK a bus with a group schoolchildren falls off a cliff, and children have to cope with disaster without adults.
It might seem like Invasion has too many characters and storylines. But in this case, such a spread is the basis of the story itself. The creators of the project call the film "Babylon" one of the sources of inspiration. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, built in much the same way. In addition, Kinberg's work has another plus: it is a series for almost 10 hours. That is, each line can be given enough time.
And the authors really cope: the plot does not jump from one event to another, but gradually reveals new stages in the fate of some heroes, after which it switches to others. There is even a "bottle" episode about Anisha and her companions, all the action of which takes place in one house.
Moreover, you need to understand that in such a construction there is almost no detective component. The storylines will not converge suddenly, the heroes will not turn out to be relatives. But through these few stories, the viewer will be able to assemble a complete picture of the alien invasion. After all, some heroes will face enemies face to face, others will study them in the laboratory, and others will try to understand the speech of aliens. Gradually, a detailed story will be formed from scattered parts.
The drama of the common people
Surely from the previous description it is already clear, but still it is worth clarifying: in "Invasion" there is very little action and collisions with aliens. Therefore, for those who want to see an action movie with special effects, it is better to reconsider some “The war of the future». The trailer for the series includes excerpts from almost half of the most dynamic scenes.
Apple TV + writesApple TV / Twitter in the commercial for the series: "Feel what it's like to survive the invasion of aliens." And this best reflects the essence of the project. The authors put in the center of the plot the most simple and understandable people with their everyday worries. A married couple is experiencing a crisis of relations, as the husband has got himself a young mistress. A timid, chronically ill child suffers from bullying at school. Even a military man dreams not of saving the world, but of meeting his family, and the girl-scientist is more concerned with personal loss than contact with aliens.
It is easier for the viewer to get involved and believe in such stories than in the next superherowho will scatter enemies with his bare hands. The Invasion characters are afraid, hysterical, and commit low deeds to save themselves. That is, they do everything that the most ordinary person is capable of in such a situation.
Of course, the series does not completely turn into "Signs" by M. Night Shyamalan, where the heroes of the entire alien invasion just sat in the house and waited for new information. As a result, some characters will even influence global events. But still, their behavior will be as believable as possible until the very end.
Aesthetics and slowness
As mentioned above, there are not so many large-scale battles and cool special effects in the series. Strictly speaking, when the aliens are shown in large, their appearance can even be a little disappointing. The creators of Invasion did not come up with anything fundamentally new, and monsters not too memorable. However, all this does not prevent the series from capturing its visuals.
First of all, the variety of locations pleases. Invasion was filmed in four countries: the United States, Britain, Morocco and Japan. Therefore, in different storylines, individual landscapes: for example, a hot desert, a cloudy English sky, skyscrapers of an Asian metropolis.
And the unhurried development of the plot allows you to add long beautiful scenes dedicated to the experiences of the heroes into the action. This is best handled in Mitsuki's story. The only moment when a girl falls asleep inside a huge radio telescope, and David Bowie's Space Oddity sounds in the background, is simply mesmerizing with its beauty.
"Invasion" can only disappoint those who expect from him the next action movie about battles with evil aliens. But everyone who loves drama and the unhurried development of the plot, the project will surely conquer the touching simplicity and interesting elaboration of the characters. The only drawback is the gradual release: Apple TV + releases three episodes on the first day, while the rest will air once a week. And it is better to watch such a project in its entirety at once.
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