The old series and the old series. 7 series. Invaders. My childhood and adolescence were in the 90s and early zeros. I didn’t have the internet at the time, and one of the main entertainments was television. At this time, the air grid of many channels was filled with foreign TV series. Well, soap operas like Santa Barbara or Just Maria didn't interest me. I preferred American TV series. Detective, fantastic, adventure, comedy. This is a series of nostalgic reviews.
The theme of aliens among us has become popular in Western film fiction since the 50s. Not least of all, it was about fear of the communist red threat. A classic example was the film Invasion of Body Snatchers, which later had several remakes. In the 60s appeared on the American TV series “Invaders”, which became the prototype of all sorts of “X-files”, “First Wave” and other “Visitors”. It came to us much later and, in principle, even now it will be quite interesting.
The main character architect David Vincent accidentally witnessed the landing of an alien spacecraft. Aliens take the form of humans and infiltrate everywhere, preparing a full-scale invasion. But David, gathering information bit by bit, single-handedly tries to thwart their plans. And every time the evidence of an alien presence in the final of the next investigation disappears.
The series is well shot and abounds in a variety of gadgets, which will later be used in an updated form by subsequent generations of movie aliens. However, too monotonous scheme of series begins to get pretty annoying.
For Roy Tinnes, the role of David Vincent became perhaps the most famous (he, incidentally, will later star in the role of an alien healing touch in the finale of season 3 of “X-Files”). Among the secondary characters, there are many actors familiar from Hollywood movies of the 50-70s. In 1995, there was a sequel with Scott Bakula in the title role, where Tinnes again played this role, however, already in the episode. But beyond the 4-part TV movie, very mediocre, I must say, it did not go.
Overall, a little naive and monotonous, but quite charming series for fans of the genre.
7 out of 10