Invasive

This movie was much much better than I expected and I am happy about it! I put this movie on for background noise, thinking it was gonna be a goffy script and even goofier acting, but surprise surprise!

I have to say.that I low key hoped that the villain would be a vampire.lol Yes, there are a few things that happen that require suspected reality or better yet, for the viewer to not take the movie as non-fiction...no different than any other fictional movie. That said, there was also a part of me that kind of wanted the heroine to have a change of heart and join the villain, buuut that desire did not last long at all, more like a brief thought. Kudos to every actress and actor. Kudos to the director and every person that made the movie possible. I have no complaints.

Staying late after a party, a woman looking to squat in a billionaire's elite mansion home inadvertently discovers the shocking secret to his fortune when the revelation that his life-saving medicinal cures are tested on other random strays like her and must try to get out of the situation alive.

This was a generally disappointing thriller without much going for it. The main aspect that this one has for it is the idea that there's a shocking secret unearthed within the lab and the survival instincts to get out alive before everything falls south. This is handled incredibly well with the initial reasoning for her being there and staying at the property only to find everything upended when the owner returns ahead of schedule and sets out carrying on the day-to-day life he normally leads unaware of her presence until trying to get away alerts them that something's going on. This starts a thrilling and generally intriguing series of chases around the house where the gruesome nature of the experiments being performed and how it all takes place inside the cramped confines of the one location makes everything feel all the more tense with some surprising revelations at play helping to enhance the experience. It's what pretty much makes this one enjoyable overall. There are some issues here holding this one down. The main detriment of the film revolves around the lack of macabre shenanigans for much of the running time. With so much of the first half revolving around the two sitting around the house enjoying their time alone in a lavish technologically-impactful mansion that allows for a lighthearted feeling until it gets to a point where they have a more distracted idea the more they stay there. Very little of this tends to be dark or thrilling which makes for a sluggish time to get going as there's barely anything going on that makes for a generally tense time until halfway through so it all comes together rather lackluster. That also highlights the series of twists present highlighting the overlong finale where it keeps introducing plenty of additional elements to keep everything going for little payoff which is what holds this one back.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, and Brief Nudity.

So this isn't a movie worth a high rating by any means, some of the "rEvIeWs" have it as a 9 or 10 LoL.

This movie isn't bad at all, it's fairly well done actually with a good plot and the actors and actresses done well, it's entertaining and has a couple of little twists thrown in there that keep everything moving along at a good pace, get some popcorn, relax and just watch it for what it is and you'll find that you will enjoy it. Tubi has done well here (as they have done with many other Tubi Originals) with good visual effects to top it all off this one definitely doesn't disappoint at all.

One of the things I love about Tubi being free is that I love bad movies. I go online to search for stuff I think is going to be bad and see if it is as bad as it looks or sounds. And sometimes I find a gem. Other times... I find something as unpleasant as "Invasive." It is not the type of bad that I am looking for.

I am surprised a lot of other reviewers on this site enjoyed the film, because I couldn't stand this movie. Through a combination of bad dialogue and poor acting choices, the characters in this film are unbearable. Special mention goes to our villain Pierce, played by Francis Chouler. Pierce is a tech bro, and he is written in a way that he is supposed to be hated. However, with his pretentious and nonsencial dialogue and Chouler's strange acting, Pierce comes across as a carciature of what the writer thinks a "detached" mad scientist is meant to be. Obviously, when Pierce says something that is supposed to be "profound," it is supposed to be arrogant and pretentious.

Unfortunately, for a film like this to succeed, your villain needs a certain charisma to them. Since this is a character you will be seeing throughout the film, he at the very least needs to be entertaining, even if he is irredeemable. And Pierce is not that. He is obnoxious. He is the kind of villain you want dead at the halfway point at the latest. Pierce bogs down the entire film, it is difficult for me to appreciate the good parts of this film that other reviewers seem to like.

Excellent. Captivating. The lead actress is extraordinarily talented. She was similarly great in the Blood and Water series also filmed in South Africa.

The movie does contain disturbing images but it didn't give me nightmares.

Very topical subject and lots of high tech gadgetry.

Please check out the Netflix series Blood and Water. Khosi Ngema is definitely one of my favorite actresses. Very beautiful. Toughtful and expressive.

This was filmed in Capetown South Africa. 🇿🇦 Professionally done. Well acted. Good story.

I would watch anything this actress is a part of...she's THAT good.

10 stars.