Title: They Live.
Year: 1988
Written and Directed by John Carpenter
Synopsis: They Live is a non-horror sci-fi movie about a drifter who stumbles upon a pair of sunglasses which reveals that aliens are living amongst us.
Review: While I am a fan of John Carpenter movies (Escape from New York and The Thing are my faves), this movie is not his best. Nothing really happens for the first half hour until the sunglasses were discovered. And after that the story becomes an action movie - killing any aliens he comes across.
Probably the highlight of this movie is the famous one-liner ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I am all out of gum") and the long fight scene between the main character and his friend. Obviously this is an excuse to show off the actor's wrestling skills. After convincing his friend, they then join forces with the resistance to destroy the signal that are masking the alien's true identity.
In short, although it is a cool concept, this movie has cult written all over it and therefore, is stricly for fans of the wrestler or John Carpenter.
Other Movies by John Carpenter:
- Pro-Life (2006)
- Cigarette Burns (2005)
- Ghosts of Mars (2001)
- Vampires (1998)
- Escape From L.A. (1996)
- Village of The Damned (1995)
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
- Body Bags (1993)
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
- They Live (1988)
- Prince of Darkness (1987)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Starman (1984)
- Christine (1983)
- The Thing (1982)
- Halloween II (Additional scenes) (1981)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- The Fog (1980)
- Elvis (1979)
- Someone's Watching Me (1978)
- Halloween (1978)
- Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
- Dark Star (1974)
Men in Black II