Invasion Planet Earth cannot be faulted for its ambition, and the fact that a low-budget crowdfunded British sci-fi movie not only managed to be completed but also become available to view is to be commended. The film itself is an extraordinarily mixed bag in almost every way: it has too many half-realised ideas crammed in, yet dialogue and character development are stretched very thinly; some scenes have less visual appeal than most TV soaps, yet other location shooting is spectacular; effects work ranges from some truly impressive shots for low-end CGI to the downright shoddy; and whilst the story's big reveal is easy to spot very early, when it comes it actually services the third act quite effectively. It feels as if there is a solid 45-minute TV sci-fi episode buried in here, but in spite of its glaring inconsistency as a viewing experience, it bears repeating that the scale of ambition is evident.
