The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "replacement", realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?
A clone appears nude twice. Her breasts are exposed.
A man emerges from a mud bath. His mud-covered buttocks are briefly visible.
violence
Donald Sutherland's alien clone gets his head bashed in with a shovel. This scene would be considered graphic.
You see a man running from a lot of people. Later, you see his corpse lying on the street.
A cloned man's nose bleeds.
A man is stabbed in the back of the neck with throwing darts.
A woman dies and her body is shown shriveling and falling apart.
profanity
Early in the film, Donald Sutherland's character utters the phrase, "son of a bitch".
alcohol
Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams' characters both take 5 pills of Speed to stay awake.
frightening
A man's head is morphed onto a dog's body to surreal effect.
The ending sequence is intended to be extremely jarring.
BBFC - (15): infrequent gory violence, moderate horror.
