11 Movies Where The Reshoots Were Painfully Obvious

9. The Invasion

This near forgotten remake of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers starred Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig and it underwent a severe facelift during post production. The original director intended it to be a slow paced psychological thriller; one that would play on the audiences creeping dread. And initially the studio was completely onboard with that direction. Until they saw his cut and decided it was just too damn slow.

The producer brought in the Warchowski Siblings to rework the movie, especially the ending and a new director was hired to sex up the action including a huge car chase towards the climax. Some glimpses of the original ending can be found in the trailer.

They also gave the movie a happy ending that seems completely implausible, although it does argue that maybe humanity was better off with the invaders after all. The behind the scenes issues are clearly evident in the final cut.

It's a Frankenstein mash-up of slow thriller and noisy zombie movie; where quiet horror suddenly gives way to a jarring jump scares. There's clearly a better version of it somewhere and what they added is distracting instead of exciting.