It's always a little bittersweet to revisit an actor's work after their death. RIP, Leonard Nimoy. This is also one of the very few roles I've ever seen him in where he was not Mr. Spock in some incarnation or another.Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) works for the Health Department and is desperately infatuated with his co-worker, Elizabeth (Brooke Adams). So when Elizabeth begins expressing concerns that her boyfriend (Art Hindle) has somehow changed overnight, Matthew is more than willing to help her investigate. Unfortunately, the problem goes a little beyond personal matters as Matthew, Elizabeth, and a couple they know (Jeff Goldblum and Veronica Cartwright) discover that spores from space are colonizing the Earth and growing replacement people from pods that look exactly the same but are devoid of all human emotions. They name these creatures...Republicans. No, not really, but wouldn't it have been funny if they had?
Anyway, Matthew and friends must find a way to stop the invasion before the entire world loses its humanity.
I've never cared much for Donald Sutherland as a leading man. His eyes are too sad and they remind me of a basset hound. For those of you who can get past that, he is very good in this. Also, as I mentioned, it has classic Leonard Nimoy, young Jeff Goldblum and Veronica Cartwright.
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