Despite some impressive casting, this wa a notorious box office bomb and it's not difficult to see why. Robert Heinlein's objections to adaptation of his work meant that despite its three year head start over the similarly themed The Body Snatchers there had been three well received film versions - one of course very recent - of the latter before this hit the screen. Donald Sutherland plays the leader of a government agency fighting the alien menace alongside is son Sam ( Christian Slater lookalike Eric Thal) and sexy scientist Mary. The other big issue is how badly structured the film is , throwing you straight into the struggle with a garbled explanation by Sutherland and back story restricted to little snatches of dialogue in between the frantic gun battles. The film then has to slow down and can't avoid a perception of sagging; - how can Sam and Mary slope off for a bonk with human civilisation hanging by a thread ? - and never really recovers its momentum.
Julie Warner ( as Mary )
Sex : Mary tries to seduces Sam when under alien control
Death : Survives
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Julie is from New York and made her first screen appearance at 16 in the soap The Guiding Light. Further roles eluded her until the end of the eighties and she worked as a a waitress . making her film debut in 1990 with a minor role in Flatliners. This film's failure and her short stature precluded any more leading roles but marriage to director Jonathan Prince stabilised her career and she has enjoyed success in character parts such as Barbara in Little Women, Big Cars.
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