Invasion Review: First Three Episodes A Sophisticated Apple TV + Series That Powers Intense Drama Over Sci-Fi

Cast: Sam Neill, Golshifteh Farahani, Shioli Kutsuna

Creators: Simon Kinberg, David Weil

Streaming Platform: AppleTV+

Invasion Stars: 3.5/5 (three and half star) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

First three episodes of Invasion is available on AppleTv+ with the suggestive images of the beautiful opening still in the eyes, conquered by the painful imagery they convey. The series, available with its first three episodes on Apple TV + from October 22, and then continue weekly until December 10, had intrigued us since the first trailer and did not disappoint expectations with this incipit that confirms the goodness of the work it is bringing. forward the platform. As already for the Foundation, the investment made in this new production is evident, including exteriors in different locations around the world, a rich cast and a visual system of great impact.

Invasion Review: Episode 1 to 3 The Story

The title speaks for itself: Invasion tells an alien Invasion and does it in a subtle way, we would dare to say on tiptoe if it were not for some sequences of great impact already from its first episodes. It does so indirectly, through different points of view and perspectives, taking us to various locations around the world, from Tokyo to New York, London or Kandahar, to allow us to gradually reveal what is happening, through more or less events. mysterious and more or less explicit events: among flocks of maddened insects, children with bloody noses, explosions and interference, the alien presence on our planet is becoming more and more evident.

Different perspectives because there are many and varied looks that intercept and in some way investigate these phenomena. Individuals of all kinds scattered around the globe, whether it is the communications officer of the Japanese Space Agency, Mitsuki, played by Shiori Kutsuna or Sam Neill’s sheriff John Bell Tyson or even the soldier Trevante Ward of Shamier Anderson and Aneesha Malik of Golshifteh Farahani with his family problems. Simon Kinberg and David Weils immerse us in their lives and use them as a veil through which to perceive fragments of the invasion we are undergoing, investigating the souls of the protagonists, their problems and their difficulties, even before the global drama in the making, which it becomes a filter to observe these different declinations of humanity.

This last decision invites the viewer to get closer to the stories, to try to understand what happens with one and the other, without forgetting the end of Invasion: The Earth is in danger. Under this idea, the actors respond in a remarkable way; especially its protagonists: Anderson, Farahani, Kutsuna and Barratt offer a variety of registers that enriches everything that happens because they facilitate different emotional paths. While some productions travel to other planets, Invasion reminds that interaction with others is also a journey.

Invasion Review and Analysis

There is no lack of spectacle and visual ambition, because Invasion does not renounce an elegant staging, suggestive in photography, commendable in the care of settings and situations. Thanks to the in-depth scripts, but also to the two directors Jakob Verbruggen and Amanda Marsalis, who manage the timing of the scripts well in perfect balance between atmosphere, analysis of the characters and their dramas, new clues about the alien invasion, suggesting more than showing. On the atmosphere front, merit must certainly be attributed to the soundtrack composed by Max Richter, which supports and emphasizes the events, capable of being present but not intrusive.

A promising start then for Invasion a series that tells the alien invasion in contrast to what has been done by many blockbusters of the past, evoking, without visual excesses and with a reasoned rhythm, guiding us into the heart of the story and of the characters.

Ward offers one of the most prominent transformations in Invasion , with a sequence that seems almost a manifesto by the writers: the soldier giving up his weapon to save a handful of lives. As the series progresses, each person’s searches begin to integrate them with others. This is also the case with Barratt, who plays one of Invasion’s most poignant leads Casper Morrow. Through a resource that recalls details from Stranger Things, Morrow has a strange connection to what threatens the earth. But the most dangerous thing for him, at first, is not that relationship but bullying.

Through him some seam of the series is discovered, since his relationship with the aliens is not entirely clear. If aliens can alter their shape and handle different elements, how do they get into the child’s mind? Invasion as well as those questions, leaves different doors open. Within them are the roles of Farahani and Kutsuna. The richest weight of the story falls on them, with feminism, motherhood, love tensions and the representation of the LGTBIQ + community in complex circumstances.

Invasion Review The Final Words

In conclusion of the review of the first episodes of Invasion we reiterate the satisfaction for the first steps of the new Apple TV + series, capable of telling us about an alien invasion without relying on the mere visual show, rather putting the characters, their personal drama at the center and proposing clues. and details little by little, composing a composite and rich image, which promises to be composed during the entire first season. A setting that works both for the writing of the two authors, and for the rehearsals of the various performers who are able to effectively communicate the emotions of their respective characters, without neglecting the poignant soundtrack of Max Richter.

Positive Sides

• The choice to tell a global event focusing on specific and personal points of view.
• The characters and their respective performers, who act as a bridge between the viewer and what is happening.
• Atmosphere and reasoned rhythm …

Negative Sides

• Which can discourage those who prefer a more spectacular and noisy setting to the genre.