· "Is there a Razzie Award for worst casting? If so, it's one of several that can be reserved early for this fourth, spectacularly lousy screen version of Jack Finney's 1954 novella The Body Snatchers." [LA Weekly]
· "The movie isn't terrible; it's just low-rent and reductive...This is just a glorified zombie movie: 28 Days Later with monsters — they even spread the virus by vomiting! — that look like you and me." [EW]

· "While it's impossible as a viewer to tell where one person's work ends and another's begins, it's clear that all those voices and influences have resulted in a film that feels truncated, rushed, unfocused and—worst of all—not the slightest bit scary or suspenseful." [AP]
· "Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers haunts you for years, whereas The Invasion is forgotten before the end of the credits." [CBS5.com]
· "All good things must come to an end — in this case, the lucky streak that's made every adaptation of Jack Finney's 1955 sci-fi novel "The Body Snatchers" distinctive and effective, until now." [Variety]

• Previously: The 'Invasion' Accident: What Just About Everyone Involved Didn't Want You To See [Defamer]
• Nicole Kidman In Accident On Set; Status Of Ravenous, Below-The-Line Zombies Unknown [Defamer]

Paparazzi were staking out the downtown set of The Invasion at the precise moment a car chase shot went awry, sending the entire rig careening into a lamppost. Corroborating initial reports, several stunt-zombies are clearly visible in the video hanging from the windshield at the moment of impact, though they appear to have sustained no serious injuries as they climb off the wreck, presumably to get their Undead Local 181 union heads on the phone. Nicole Kidman emerged and was quickly whisked away for a precautionary trip to the hospital; while a team of doctors determined that there was nothing physically wrong with her, it was only after she passed a battery of psychological tests measuring her emotional response to photos of a variety of lamposts she might later encounter during shooting that she was discharged.

[Photo: SplashNewsOnline.com via TMZ]

• Nicole Kidman Crash — Caught on Tape! [TMZ]
• Previously: Nicole Kidman In Accident On Set; Status Of Ravenous, Below-The-Line Zombies Unknown [Defamer]

A Jaguar carrying the actress, her co-star, Jackson Bond and several crewmembers hit a pole and a garbage can after the driver towing the vehicle took a turn too quickly, witnesses tell Access. [...]

"All parties" were complaining of injuries, Police say.

Kidman walked away from the scene and was taken back to her on set trailer sources say. Shortly thereafter she was taken in a SUV to a hospital.

At least two stunt men believed to be playing zombies in the film, were on top of the car at the time of impact. It is not known if they were injured.

Studio protocol dictates that any movie set mishap first address the welfare of its A-list stars, followed by unknown child co-stars, stunt zombies, crew, and, whenever they can get to it, P.A.s. It may seem an unjust pecking order, until you consider the fact that Kidman's knee injury on the set of Moulin Rouge ended up costing $61 million in insurance claims, and her role in Panic Room. That's a figure that was sure to be echoing inside the skulls of Warner Bros.' executive bean counters and lawyers, who were probably too preoccupied with the fate of their delicate and accident-prone leading lady to worry about the status of the undead, brain-craving background players.

• Nicole Kidman In Accident On Film Set [AccessHollywood.com]