Filmed by a 7 member crew, this incredible film rolls out each scene with an intense mixture of action, comedy, satire,
and the ever present desire to be heroes – even if only for a day.

“One of my lifelong reoccurring dreams was to see the educational institute that I was attending being blown up.

From my childhood days, I would paint stories of great adventures with my classmates; how the aliens would come to our school, how we would discover some hidden alien technology on the school grounds, how we would be able to turn their cool weapons back at the galactic monsters, and how we would save our school building and friends (saving the teachers was a debatable issue then).

It was our grandest dream to be heroes for a day (and skip class while we’re at it).
When my university requested for a proposal for “something different” to play at their first ever graduation ceremony, I submitted the poignant combination of heroic battles and mass destruction set to a Singaporean flavor of humor, and presented the risky concept to the board.

“It, ah, urm, ahem, it certainly is different.” The graduation ceremony director said as he compared my concept to the string of other corporate-video concepts that were presented to the committee earlier. I waited for him to kick me out of the presentation room.

“What are you going to call it?” He asked.

“The Alien Invasion?” I hazarded. I supposed I could have called it, “The Return of the Flying Saucers” but I didn’t think of it then, and I suspect that it has already been taken by some unknown B-grade film. “It’s a working title.” I tried to rectify and resumed waiting to be kicked out.

“I need to know what to put in the program sheet.” He said.

“I’ll let you know once I got it.” I promised.

I never gotten round to thinking of a better title. The film itself presented enough challenges from the writing to the execution. Working with a cast of over 80 non-actors who are real life students, staff and professors of Singapore Management University was an interesting experience (They found it easier to execute stunts and comedy than actual acting.)
The volunteer crew also struggled with many firsts from driving with the back of the van open to procuring weird green plastic for a green screen.
On the day the movie was released, I listened to the audience cheer, shout, and laugh along with the action and realize that even if only for this day, it was all worth the while.
I hope you would enjoy the film as well, if not, punch the person beside you. If you do, kiss the person beside you. Either way, some violence is bound to ensue and I will be safely 2 continents away.”

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