The Invaders (or The New Invaders) is a two-part television miniseries revival based on the 1967-68 original series The Invaders. Directed by Paul Shapiro, the miniseries was first aired in 1995. Scott Bakula starred as Nolan Wood, who discovers the alien conspiracy, and Roy Thinnes appears very briefly as David Vincent, now an old man handing the burden over to Wood.
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Plot
Former Air Force officer Nolan Wood, an inmate in prison for manslaughter charges, meets David Vincent (from the original TV series) while both are in prison. Vincent tells Nolan a fantastic story about the alien conspiracy to control the world. Wood begins to have visions about aliens and UFOs.
Later, Wood (Bakula), now a recently released convict, is taken over by aliens. He thinks he is able to throw off their control with the help of nurse Garza (Peña). In fact, the control and Wood's apparent successful resistance and visions are part of a plot by the aliens to kill a Harvard ecologist.
The aliens, which have infiltrated society, plans to cause an ecological disaster to get rid of humanity.
With knowledge of their plot, Wood must save a presidential candidate on a train that is out of control.
Cast
Scott Bakula as Nolan Wood
Elizabeth Peña as Ellen Garza
Richard Thomas as Jerry Thayer
DeLane Matthews as Amanda Thayer
Terence Knox as Lt. Coyle
Raoul Trujillo as Carlos Suarez
Shannon Kenny as Grace
Mario Yedidia as Kyle Thayer
Richard Belzer as Randy Stein
Roy Thinnes as David Vincent
Erik King as Doctor Josh Webber
Debra Jo Rupp as Rita
Todd Susman as Capt. Johnson
Jon Cypher as Senator Alex Feinman
Channon Roe as Rudnik
Jack Kehler as Monck Patterson
Jon Polito as Whitley
Production
The premise was used as the basis for a four-hour television miniseries on Fox. The miniseries has been released in some countries on home video, edited into a single movie. The first part aired on November 12, 1995; part 2 aired on November 14, 1995 (both in two-hour time slots).
The miniseries was in essence an extended television pilot, and there were plans for Thinnes to be a recurring character, although Bakula's participation was thought to be limited should it have made it to a series.
Reception
Creature Feature gave the movie 2.5 out of five stars, finding the beginning to be promising but devolving into standard fare.