Friday, 6 May 2011

He's come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum-

-But he's all out of bubblegum. Well, that's what the main character claims anyway in this beloved cult classic by none other than John Carpenter starring Rodey Piper, Keith David and Meg Foster. About a drifter who strolls into town, moves into a commune, finds some sunglasses which allow him to see aliens who have invaded and hidden themselves in our society, keeping us in check through subliminal mind control, and goes on a mission to stop them. It sounds like an obscure piece of strung out eighties sci-fi, because it is, but with John Carpenter behind the wheel, some ridiculously ridiculous one liners, surprisingly good social commentary and Meg Foster looking cracked out, it gets raised to EPIC status.

2 comments:

  1. YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    This Film gets an RCM productions thumbs up, and am now taking this to oppotunity to invite you to write a collab review with me on this film for both of our blogs, get back to me soon.

    x

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  2. Not quite soon, but anywho, yes! lets do it! We'll make Jonathan Ross seem like Oscar Wilde...

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