The Invaders (1995) (TV)

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writers (WGA):

Larry Cohen (television series)
James Dott (written by)

Release Date:

12 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

The classic sci-fi series of the '60s returns as one man, Scott Bakula, tries to stop an invasion of the earth by aliens disguised as humans. |

Plot Keywords:

Alien Invasion

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Scott Bakula	...	Nolan Wood
Elizabeth Peña	...	Ellen Garza
Richard Thomas	...	Jerry Thayer
DeLane Matthews	...	Amanda Thayer
Terence Knox	...	Police Lt. 'Mac' Coyle
Shannon Kenny	...	Grace
Raoul Trujillo	...	Carlos Suarez
Richard Belzer	...	Randy Stein
Mario Yedidia	...	Kyle Thayer
Roy Thinnes	...	David Vincent
Erik King	...	Dr. Josh Webber
Debra Jo Rupp	...	Rita
Channon Roe	...	Det. Rudnik
Jack Kehler	...	Monck Patterson
Jon Cypher	...	Sen. Alex Feinman

Runtime:

Brazil:148 min (video version) | 60 min (3 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

1st Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fox Television Network

Goofs:

Factual errors: Nolan Wood as well as the train dispatcher refer to the subway 'driver' as "engineer" when in fact he is either a "motorman" or "train operator." Engineers run railroad trains.

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Invaders" (1967)

Dreadfully tedious

I am a huge fan of "evil aliens" movies, plus I absolutely loved the original TV series from back in the day. So of course I was ready to really enjoy this flick. Egad! What a woofer! Nothing you haven't seen numerous times before -- hey, the premise works! it's entertaining in theory! -- but when you've got such low-quality acting, cheesy effects, a meandering script ... blah! The only thing it had going for it was Richard Belzer practically in a reprise of his "cigarette-smoking man" role in "Puppet Masters." It takes a real conspiracy of incompetence to make a "body-snatchers" themed movie utterly fail, but they managed to achieve it with this one. No surprise they never revived the TV series if this piece of dreck was the pilot.