Review of They Live (1988) by John P — 26 Jul 2009

Edit: I only gave this 4 stars my first time around. I've since learned the error of my ways.

How'd I manage to pass up this one? John Carpenter is the master of making low-budgeted movies seem and look better than most Hollywood money-hemorrhages, and this one proves it. It's Badass with a capital 'B' in size 72 font, and 'adass' in 12 font.

Roddy Piper kicks the shit out of alien people with his badass sunglasses. That's all you need to know. Oh, and there's a 15-minute fight scene between him and Keith David. No kung-fu, no wire-fu, no bullet-time. Just two dudes punching and smashing each other in an alley for 15 fucking minutes. Well, it felt like 15, anyway.