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Release Date: 02 December, 2003 Retail Price: $24.98 OUR Price: $22.48 You SAVE: $2.50! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
The Invitation Reviews
Predictable
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This movie was OK. It wasn't all that good, but it wasn't terrible either. It was predictable. Throughout the film, I kept thinking "there is no way this guy would bring his friends to the island and then poison them. Just no way. I bet he's given them something that mimics death, and they'll wake up and realize they've had a mind-blowing trip with insights into their lives". Yep, sure enough, that's what happens. "Even then, I kept thinking, "he (Roland, Lance Henriksen's character) must be dying. How else would he not be worrying about MASSIVE lawsuits?". Sure enough, he dies in the last scene, or at least is dying. I watched it and don't hate it, it had some good scenes and I did sniffle a bit, but I don't particularly like it either. Watch it on cable like I did.
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS....
THE INVITATION's premise is fairly simple: Lance Henriksen stars as a man who invites eight of his friends to his remote island getaway. In the spirit of TEN LITTLE INDIANS with somewhat of a twist, he informs them that he has been "born again" and also, by the way, he's poisoned each of them. He will give them the antidote if they all confess to some hideous secret they all share that involves each other. The script is so shoddily written, however, that it takes a long time to fully understand just what it is each of these people have done. Also asks the question, who died and made Lance Henriksen God? He says he's doing it for their own good, to allow them "freedom in their lives". His method of freeing them however is ultimately cruel and sadistic; also the ending is predictable and the little dog is the clue to the esoteric climax.
An unusual premise given shoddy treatment. Henriksen does fairly well, but the rest of the cast is only average at best. Don't expect a horror movie, just a philosophical psychobabble.
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