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An economic crisis brings unemployed Nada (Roddy Piper) to L.A. in search of work. What he finds instead is that the ruling elite of the world are aliens in disguise, their aim being to keep humans in a state of mindless consumerism. His discovery comes when he dons a pair of special sunglasses made by a resistance group and sees for the first time reality unadorned. Billboards, store signs, magazine covers--all bear subliminal messages to OBEY, to CONSUME, to have NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT. Money itself says THIS IS YOUR GOD. But worst of all, with these glasses you see which of us are really hideous, bug-eyed aliens. The conceptual breakthrough is hilarious while keeping its roots in darker matters. Although some fault the film for settling into its action plot, the ending has a great payoff. And the direction by John Carpenter is handled with superb workmanlike aplomb. One unforgettable set piece has Piper in a back-alley fistfight with a friend who won't put on the glasses that goes on and on, and just when you think it's over it goes another round. One of the most subversive films ever made in Hollywood, They Live was released on the eve of the 1988 elections. The first TV ads had two hideous alien politicians debating, then one accusing the other of being "No John Kennedy!" --Jim Gay
One of my favorite movies from back in the 1980's, "They Live" is unique, interesting and suspenseful.
Down and out, unemployed Nada(Roddy Piper) stumbles on to a plan of complete take over and domination of aliens from another planet posing as humans. Piper does an admirable job of playing the tough, working class hero. Keith David and Meg Ryan are also great in their respective supporting role.
While the movie drags along for the first half hour or so, the action picks up at a dramatic pace afterwards, including one of the greatest fight scenes in movie history between Piper and David. Producer Shep Gordon, of Alive Enterprises, ensures the story has a concise dialogue and a straight forward story line of alien invasion of earth.
"They Live" is definitely recommended for fans of John Carpenter("Halloween", "The Fog", "The Thing") or anyone who enjoys a good sci-fi, action flick
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
They Live was about what I expected. It may have been a little better. It is just a short entertaining film. I have to say that They Live does start off a little slow, but once Nada gets his shades we get on a thrill ride. I enjoyed the humor mixed in with this Sci-Fi thriller. The humor used at the end was especially nice. John Carpenter, as expected, pulls of some nice shots. I have to say that I did not care for the fight scene. It was a little too long for me. I thought most of the acting was decent. None of the actors were amazing, but none of them failed miserably. The score was great for the film. It fit the film nicely. John Carpenter teams up with Alan Howarth and came up with a unique score. Overall, They Live is not a masterpiece. It works as a fun Sci-Fi thriller but, that is all. The fight scene and acting could have been a little better. If you want a nice way to spend an hour and a half then you should give this Carpenter flick a try.
They live, really!
I enjoyed this movie not only because of the imagination, but because to me, you gotta think, are they really talking about aliens, or is there an insight of how our Government is shifting us toward useless information from things that really matter. I just found it fasinating.
The B picture lives on in the films of John Carpenter. Prince of Darkness weds supernatural horror with quantum weirdness, when a group of theoretical-physics students, led by their professor, Birack (Victor Wong), joins forces with a priest (Donald Pleasence) to forestall the coming of the Dark Lord. His Darkness has been imprisoned in a cylindrical container as a swirling green plasma since time immemorial, and is now beginning to find his way out. All of this is bolstered by a lot of fancy science talk (all of which is real, I can assure you--someone did his homework), which allows us to settle down, say okey dokey, and enjoy the thrills that this presages. As the title character spreads his contagion through the group of students, holed up in a church to study the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Donald Pleasence - Lisa Blount Director(s): John Carpenter DVD Release Date: Released the 07 October 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Howard Hawks's original 1951 production of The Thing from Another World can be glimpsed playing on a TV that fateful October evening in John Carpenter's blockbuster hit, Halloween (1978). A few years later, Carpenter reteamed with his Escape from New York star Kurt Russell to do a remake. But while the first movie version of The Thing was in atmospheric black and white, Carpenter's 1982 version is in widescreen, full color, and features some of the most revoltingly explicit, surreally imaginative special effects (courtesy of FX-meister Rob Bottin) that have ever been seen on the screen. Researchers in the remote Antarctic dig up the remains of a spacecraft that has long been frozen in the ice. But the alien life unthaws and infects the living (not only humans... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Kurt Russell - Wilford Brimley - Keith David - Richard Masur Director(s): John Carpenter DVD Release Date: Released the 26 October 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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There's a power-mad space slug slithering among (and through) the innocent citizens of L.A., and it's up to a hardboiled cop and a detective from way up north to stop it in this wonderfully straight-faced sci-fi action flick. The basic plot may be nothing new, but this remains one of the most underrated testosterone fests of the '80s, with a plethora of amazing stunts (there are more expensive cars smashed here than in the entire oeuvre of Hal Needham), characterizations far beyond the call of duty by Michael Nouri and the otherworldly Kyle MacLachlan, and a startlingly creepy denouement. Babylon 5's Claudia Christian has a memorable role as a stripper with a high-caliber fetish. Essential viewing for audiences in the mood for something slimy. --Andrew WrightMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Kyle MacLachlan Director(s): Jack Sholder DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Before making the original Halloween into one of the most profitable independent films of all time, John Carpenter directed this riveting low-budget thriller from 1976, in which a nearly abandoned police station is held under siege by a heavily armed gang called Street Thunder. Inside the station, cut off from contact and isolated, cops and convicts who were headed for death row must now join forces or die. That's the basic plot, but it's what Carpenter does with it that's remarkable. Drawing specific inspiration from the classic Howard Hawks Western Rio Bravo (which included a similar siege on disadvantaged heroes), Carpenter used his simple setting for a tense, tightly constructed series of action sequences, emphasizing low-key character development and escalating tension.... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Austin Stoker - Darwin Joston - Laurie Zimmer Director(s): John Carpenter DVD Release Date: Released the 11 March 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The mind-bending worlds of author H.P. Lovecraft have long interested horror directors, but the films have rarely successfully captured his nightmarish mix of madness and mythology. John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness is not directly based on Lovecraft's work, but screenwriter Michael De Luca draws his inspiration from Lovecraft's Cthulu mythology and then adds his own ingenious twists. John Trent (Sam Neill), an insurance investigator recently fitted for a straightjacket, tells his story to a psychiatrist. Hired to track down the missing pop-horror phenomena Sutter Cane, a Stephen King-like author whose fans are literally made for his books, Trent finds the supposedly fictional Hobb's End. He watches the town collapse into madness, murder, and monstrous transformations: the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Sam Neill - Jürgen Prochnow Director(s): John Carpenter DVD Release Date: Released the 08 February 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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