Invader
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Invasor
Directed by	Daniel Calparsoro
Screenplay by	Javier Gullón Jorge Arenillas
Based on	Invasor by Fernando Marías
Produced by	Juan Gordon Emma Lustres Borja Pena
Starring	Alberto Ammann Antonio de la Torre Karra Elejalde Inma Cuesta Luis Zahera Bernabé Fernández
Cinematography	Daniel Aranyó
Edited by	David Pinillos Antonio Frutos
Music by	Lucas Vidal
Production companies	Vaca Films Morena Films Mandarin Cinema
Distributed by	Buena Vista International ( es)
Release date	30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) (Spain)
Countries	Spain France
Languages	Spanish English Arabic

Invader (Spanish: Invasor) is a 2012 Spanish-French action thriller film directed by Daniel Calparsoro which stars Alberto Ammann, Antonio de la Torre, Karra Elejalde and Inma Cuesta. It is based on Fernando Marías's work Invasor.

Plot

Pablo, a Spanish military physician, suffers an attack in Iraq that leaves him badly wounded. Upon returning home with his wife Ángela and daughter Pilar, a recovering Pablo begins to cast doubt on the official version of the events.

Cast

Production

Based on the novel Invasor by Fernando Marías, the screenplay was penned by Javier Gullón and Jorge Arenillas. ^{[1] [4]} The film was produced by Vaca Films and Morena Films in co-production with Mandarin, with the participation and collaboration of TVE, Canal+, Ono, TVG, and Xunta de Galicia. ^[5] The film was shot in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (in the Canary Islands) as well as in A Coruña ( Galicia). ^[5]

Release

Distributed by Buena Vista International, ^[1] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 30 November 2012.

Reception

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing the conspiracy-heavy film to "go all in in the action side and falling halfway in the thriller side", featuring "action scenes perfectly choreographed and sized to the needs of the story, making for an enjoyable time", with the story losing credibility as it delves into the protagonist's moral dilemmas. ^[6]

Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, considering that the backdrop (involving plots and corruption) in which the mishaps of the protagonist take place is not sketched adequately enough, while citing some action scenes and the cast's soundness to be among the best things about the film. ^[7]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film—"a Spanish contribution to the burgeoning genre of Iraq-themed anti-war movies"—to be a "highly charged, good-looking but deeply flawed thriller about governmental spin". ^[1]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored 70 out of 100 points ("good"), considering the "fabulous" cinematography as well as the choice of camera shots to be the best things about the film, while singling out the film's failure to thrill (or convince) in its central section and the way information is provided to be the worst things about it. ^[8]

Accolades

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2012

References

External links

• Invader at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol