Invasion, also known as Attraction 2 (Russian: Вторжение, romanized: Vtorzhenie), is a 2020 Russian science fiction action film directed and produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk‘s company by Art Pictures Studio and Vodorod.[3][4][5][6][7] The action of the film unfolds after the events described in Attraction (2017). The film stars Irina Starshenbaum, Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander Petrov, Yuri Borisov, Oleg Menshikov, and Sergei Garmash.Invasion 2020.
Invasion is Bondarchuk’s third film and the eighth Russian film shot in IMAX format, the film premiered in preview from the end of December 26, 2019. A wide distribution of the film was released in Russia on January 1, 2020 by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR). It was the final film distributed by WDSSPR before its dissolution between Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing. Sony will continue to produce and distribute their films in Russia.The action takes place three years after the events of Attraction. Julia (Irina Starshenbaum), who was saved from death with the help of extraterrestrial technologies, has unusual abilities now. The girl has become the object of the research conducted in secret laboratories of the Ministry of defense. Julia’s new abilities attract not only people on Earth, they are becoming a threat to extraterrestrial civilizations – because of that the Earth is threatened with invasion. Hekon is back to save her. This time with the help of Sol.
In March 2017, the project director Fyodor Bondarchuk officially confirmed the continuation of the project;[8] The budget for the second part was planned in the amount of 645 million rubles.[9] The preparatory process went on for a year and a half.[10]
Unlike the first film, events do not take place in the Moscow district of Chertanovo, but in the central part of Moscow, including the territory of Moscow State University and beyond. As in the first part, the shooting took part in modern equipment of the Russian Armed Forces, including the Aurus Senat car in the sedan version, which was created as part of the Cortege project.