It is almost a prototypical action picture; there is never a moment when something isn't happening or about to happen, and the fact that most of the action makes no sense doesn't matter much when events move this fast. [27 Sep 1985, p.D7]
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Washington PostPaul Attanasio
Washington PostPaul Attanasio
Invasion USA might actually be fun in a campy way if it weren't so dourly exploitative.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
A numbingly stupid actioner, Invasion U.S.A. has one of the most laughable villains ever committed to film.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Invasion U.S.A. is a brain-damaged, idiotic thriller, not even bad enough to be laughable.
Though in his last movie, Code of Silence, Mr. Norris, the karate champion-turned-movie actor, seemed on the verge of becoming a kind of benign Clint Eastwood character, he loses all credibility in this awful film.