Review of They Live (1988) by Matt A — 04 Nov 2009
While some would argue, perhaps successfully, that this isn't John Carpenter's best movie. For my money it's his most entertaining. It's fun, funny and just a little smart. Yeah, I said smart.
Carpenter uses a fun sci-fi motif to open our eyes--like Roddy Piper's Nada's--to the socio-economic inquities of the 80s. The world is not so different, and the themes are only truer in today's over-marketed world.
Who knows what conditioning messages exist under the simple veneer of this Website? Deserves praise if only for one line: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
" Sweet.
This review of They Live (1988) was written by Matt A on 04 Nov 2009.
They Live has generally received positive reviews.
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