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Invasion Earth - The World War Has Begun

starring: Vincent Regan, Fred Ward, Phyllis Logan, Anton Lesser, Sara Kestelman

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767086134
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767086139
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 271 minutes
Sales Rank: 17437
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 1998



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Description:
The time is the 1990s. The place is the fabled Scottish highlands. The players hail from different worlds. The dimensions are countless. At stake is the planet Earth. From the BBC and the Sci Fi Channel comes INVASION EARTH, an ambitious, thought-provoking sci-fi epic on DVD for the first time. When an ace pilot and a beautiful scientist investigate a UFO crash, they discover two alien races at war with each other, the peace-loving Echos and the dimension-hopping nD's. It seems Earth is the battlefield and Time (another dimension) is running out. It's up to a small band of humans save us all. INVASION EARTH is sci-fi of the highest order, filled with inventive plots, startling special effects and gut-wrenching cliffhangers. Starring Vincent Regan (Troy), Fred Ward (The Right Stuff) and Maggie O'Neill (Under Suspicion) in all six episodes of the original hit miniseries. DVD Features: Production Notes; History of Alien Invasion Films; Cast Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

Amazon.com:
This ambitious miniseries, a coproduction between the BBC and the American cable entity the Sci-Fi Channel, is an unusually intelligent and demanding example of the genre. The story begins when a cocky pilot shoots down a UFO inside British air space, but the following revelations only hint at the scope of the predicament. A few soldiers and civilians, led by an American general with the NATO forces (Fred Ward), find themselves in the middle of an intergalactic war and discover they are the next target of a mysterious civilization that has already conquered most of the galaxy. Working with a limited budget, the filmmakers concentrate on creating a palpable sense of fear of the unknown while punctuating the story with sparse but startling effects: dimensional portals that open out of nowhere, a hellish otherworldly land where prisoners appear to be digested in a monstrous stomach, our first and only glimpse of the demonic-looking enemy as it lays waste to an Earth laboratory. These eerie moments only intensify the moody dread that permeates the series. Though an unconvincing romantic subplot occasionally slows the pace, the consistently smart writing and dense, delirious plotting makes this unusual epic compelling viewing right through to its jaw-dropping conclusion. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good entertainment for scifi fans.
Good sci-fi feast for fans of invasion dramas. My only complaint is the lack of closed captioning ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Movie!
I've been waiting a long time for this to be available on DVD. I only saw part of it when it was on ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - engaging drama
I thoroughly enjoyed this series. There are not enough interesting science fiction shows/movies. I think ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Painfully disjointed
I hate giving bad reviews and generally avoid it, but I think this one deserves mentioning. I should start ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good Solid Drama
An RAF pilot shoots down a UFO and the pilot is recovered. This sets in motion an escalation of a war that ... Read More

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