Invasive (2024) User Reviews

Fun twists!

[BandSAboutMovies · 5/10 · 11 May 2024]

Directed and written by Jem Gerrard, who also made Slay for Tubi, this starts with Kay (Khosi Ngema) and her friend Riley (Matthew Vey) sneaking into the home of pharma king Pierce Patton (Francis Chouler) and his girlfriend Jessica (Alex McGregor). Much like Parasite, they seemingly live in the spaces where rich people leave behind during the day, remaining hidden and enjoying the comforts of life that their jobs could never afford.

Except there's some way strange things going on in this house.

You can tell that Pierce is insane right from the beginning, as when he sees a photo that a journalist (Grant Ross) has used for his cover story, he instantly reacts like it's the biggest slight ever. It takes Jessica to calm his nerves and make him settle down at his party.

Spoilers from here on out...

When you buy an entire mountain so no one else can be near you, you're probably the kind of maniac that is conducting secret body horror experiments in your basement. That said, I was surprised several times by this movie, as characters aren't what they seem and the lure of power, money or medical innovation start to be more important than being a human being. Only Kay emerges as someone who just wants to escape and tell the world about what she has seen. There's a good chance that no one is going to allow her to be so altruistic.

This is the second movie by Gerrard that I have enjoyed and I hope that Tubi keeps them coming.

A little bit of "American Psycho" vibes...

[xxmisssvxx · 7/10 · 18 May 2024]

I stumbled across this film and decided to give it a chance. At first, it does appear low budget and the first "test", which we would come to learn about later felt a little cheesy but passable. As the film carries on, we meet three lead characters, one of which is rich but has an odd, sort of dry humor/douche like dismissive nature to him. Strange but observant as you watch him. Then we meet the two other leads, one of which we learn some backstory on (female) and the other (male) we only learn little things about as it's revealed.

Now, watching this film you wouldn't really know what the plot is about but we see these characters live their best life by taking advantage of others with reason. And this is where things start to unfold because of what is first seen followed by what is eventually found. At this point, this is where the film feels more solid. The rich, odd man oddly resembles actor Jeremy Sisto and Christian Bale, and there's moments where you get a little bit of "American Psycho" vibes in the disturbing portrayal of himself.

When the secrets are revealed behind what's really happening in this house, the drama unfolds between multiple characters. The film holds your attention pretty decently to its end. I rate this one a 7/10.

Forced myself to finish watching

[rainzacket · 2/10 · 20 May 2024]

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.

Good Watch!

[EyeSeesMovies · 9/10 · 18 May 2024]

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.

Good premise for the first 10 minutes, then gets silly

[Xavier_Stone · 2/10 · 17 May 2024]

The entire premise of this movie has two young kids working as caterers to gain access to their wealthy client's homes. This doesn't work anymore since the invention of security cameras and alarm systems.

We are supposed to believe that this billionaire that owns the entire island doesn't have cameras. Ok, I guess maybe he's a bit paranoid. But then he also doesn't have an alarm system on his house. The house that is absolutely filled with expensive items, and also has a full on lab in the basement. Hmmmm.

But then it gets better. As he somehow doesn't have a home alarm, but also has a complete house lock down system activated on his phone.

The plot armor is heavy with the film. Extremely poor writing. Zero thinking needed.

Then having a teen girl somehow smash a glass sensor to free herself. Nevermind that it's underwater and smashing it bare handed would be impossible for her. Then she escapes the home by means of -- I kid you not -- knocking out a window air conditioning unit. I guess the multi million dollar home builders didn't think to add central air to all the rooms

And on and on it just gets sillier and sillier. Writer/Director Jem Garrard has not done anything but made a few episodes of tv shows and was most logically a substitute for when someone got sick.

It's called proof reading a script Jem. If you gave your script to any adult who has read more than 4 books they could have pointed out all of your mistakes and silly plot armor. Your whole movie is just this needs to happen cause our characters have to get from A-B-C.

2/10 for the intro 10 minutes which got me hooked, then it just collapses in on itself. Go back to creating shorts Jem, please.

Dark For A Tubi Thriller

[ladymidath · 8/10 · 19 May 2024]

I do enjoy the Tubi originals. The movies are usually well filmed and acted. This is no exception. Okay the premise does demand that you leave your brain at the door. Some of the scenes are a little over the top but that is the fun of it.

A tech bro billionaire who is also an evil amoral genius (gee what a surprise) is doing mad scientist experiments in his mountain side mansion. Two squatters, I think it's called phrogging decide to stay there and after the tech bro discovers his guests, or rather guest, hijinks ensure.

This is a pretty dark little film for a Tubi movie, but no complaints from me. This was an intense thriller with some real high stakes involved.

This is reasonably well acted with some pretty good music. The people who he experiments on are so mutated they look barely human which really ramps up the terror. In fact this would be closer to a horror than a thriller, in my book anyway.

This is one of the better offerings on Tubi.

Painful to watch !!

[schrilax · 1/10 · 24 May 2024]

IMDB should allow users to rate a movie 0.

Painful to watch seriously. Horrible acting, especially by the Kayleigh character. I saw this movie only based on the positive reviews for this movie on IMDB but sampling bias is to blame I guess.

There is no story to be honest. You could shoot this movie in 30 minutes and still it would be the same. The antagonist and his monologues are so irritating. The director wanted to make it seem profound but it was lame. He keeps on saying about people wasting his time and he keeps wasting his. After a point, it became predictable and I blurted out laughing.

This is the type of B-grade (or is it C-grade or even D-grade) movie which requires you to leave your brain at home. The first 5-10 minutes seemed promising and OMG did the movie go downhill after that or what. You cannot relate to any of the characters. Repeat any of the characters. Be it the two couples or the policeman or the experimental subjects. Predictable is another adjective which aptly describes the movie. I could predict the twists and turns (which seemed to impress some of the other reviewers) in the movie a mile away. Yawn !!

Sometimes you get the idea of a movie and do not make it. This movie belongs to the above category.