AniInterview
Sorry, this movie sucks
Verity Robins
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Rosie Searle
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Leofwine_draca
HOME INVASION is a straight-to-video B-movie thriller that openly copies PANIC ROOM but comes across as far inferior to the David Fincher film. This one sees an ageing Natasha Henstridge playing a mother who is forced to take refuge her own home alongside her child when it is invaded by a bunch of criminals looking for loot. Her only ally is a security operator on the outside, played by a tired Jason Patric in one of those sitting-at-a-desk type roles. Truth be told, this is a typically cheap and overwrought production, with Henstridge failing to impress and the story piling on one cliche after another. I laughed out loud during some of the attempts at more serious moments. The one highlight is the presence of martial arts expert Scott Adkins in the cast, but sadly he's not enough to save the film - and he doesn't even get to fight.
hkytoire
I really don't understand why movie makers can't come up with a common subject and twist it to make it different. Also, why not make it 100% realistic or close to it. This motion picture wasn't too bad till it was. Without listing many examples, around halfway through the two captives are hiding in the garage after catching and tying up one of the intruders, the other intruders are in the house. The mother says to the security agent - who the whole time is monitoring the house and on the phone - they can't exit the garage because they will be heard - DAHHHH - so what, they will be out of the house and free. Also, even after they didn't't run, they go back in the house, confront a gunman who lets them be, out of kindness, but still don't escape when the front door is right there - their second chance for freedom. Then they proceed to run upstairs into yet another gunman - LEAVE THE DAMN HOUSE. At that point I LEFT THE DAMN MOVIE because it was/is stupid garbage and an insult. Maybe there is a spectacular ending that explains this crap but other films, that are almost exactly like this, haven't so why would this end differantly? I can fix these things but who would listen to an avid movie viewer and a chef.
plasticpig72
This is the most incredibly badly acted, slow moving, poorly scripted, abysmally directed drive I have ever had the misfortune to watch.It would not even be good enough to rate as a B movie it is that bad.I find it hard to understand why anyone would rate this higher than 1 and this is happening more and more often that reviewers are giving completely false reviews.I cannot find one redeeming quality in this film, there not even as much as 10 seconds of even mediocre acting in the whole film. The story line is fairly standard and may have been worth watching if the actors had any ability at all. Please, I implore you, do not waste your life.
quincytheodore
Right from the door bell, the movie bears an eerie resemblance to Panic Room, a mother and her children trapped in a stormy night with several intruders. This is not a good sign as audience would remember a much more superior title. Granted,"Home Invasion" has a decent choice for location, but nevertheless only used as bland routine of insipid cat-and-mouse game.Chloe (Natasha Henstridge), the woman from Species, is home alone with her son when few burglars with sordid intention come and start blasting. This home invasion might go better if the hide-and-seek struggle was better crafted, but the mother and son duo are simply running about in least spectacular way, while any altercation looks unconvincing to say the least, the fast editing tries to mask it to less effective result.The angle on home security operator, whose only interaction is with phone, is far from compelling. Audience would find it hard to relate to Chloe, let alone the operator who's having a bad day. One of the better parts comes from the setting, which the movie invests for quite a bit in the beginning. Its sense of isolation can be atmospheric, yet the prolonged heist overstays its welcome.The team of invaders is honestly mismatched made for prison. For one, there's Scott Adkins, and he's not roundhouse kicking anyone, although he wears suits on the break in then starts yelling randomly. The others are some shady henchmen wearing full gears and shady woman wearing assassin sleeveless attire. They have carnival masks, which they eventually discarded. It's just too confusingly outlandish to be believable, not to mention they wander around the house for half the runtime.Home Invasion delivers just as the title advertised, although in witless and uninspiring manner, making audience wishes it would leave already like an unwanted guest.
