After seeing clips of this film on a special effects YouTube program my sweetie-wife and I became interested in seeing Attraction. This was the same show that sparked out interest in the WWII Russian movie T-34 which was silly but fun.

Attraction is about a large alien spacecraft that crashes to Earth causing massive destruction and loss of life in the Chertanovo district of Moscow. The protagonist is Julia daughter of s senior military leader from whom she is estranged over the death of her mother. When Julia’s friend is killed in the alien’s crash landing, she and her boyfriend, along with his street gang, become fixed on the ‘invaders,’ though the aliens have remained unseen and taken no overt hostile actions.

What follows is a decent SF movie that manages to avoid most of the over used tropes while exploring Julia’s relationship with her boyfriend, her father, and herself. The movie at point looks to be retreading the tired excuse that the aliens are ‘here for out water,’ but then manages to subvert that expectation. With decent acting, writing, and impressive special effects Attraction is well worth the two hours of screen time. We watched it in the original Russian language