Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.... (Full plot summary below)
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Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.
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| Stream on DemandSean Axmaker... inequities and economic hardship is a vivid backdrop to what might otherwise be a simple B-movie about an alien invasion hiding in plain sight, indistinguishable from the humans beside them but for one thing: they are the 1%. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinCredibility isn't the problem with John Carpenter's They Live... but execution is. |
| The ARTerySean BurnsI'm depressed to report that it's timelier than ever. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyCarpenter's primary objective was to make a tough action flick, which he does; it fits snugly into his filmography's subset of urban mayhem movies (alongside 'Escape from New York,' 'Assault on Precinct 13,' and parts of 'Big Trouble in Little China'). |
| Slant MagazineCalum MarshBehold the message as articulated by John Carpenter's sublime sci-fi opus: "I'm giving you a choice: Either put on these glasses, or start eating that trashcan." |
| Slant MagazineCallum MarshIt’s an effective ploy, forcing us to confront certain basic facts about the state of the world around us without sounding preachy, and it articulates a decidedly working-class anger in response to social iniquity without sounding self-righteous. And it does all of this while retaining the surface appeal of its B-movie origins, frequently (and entertainingly) indulging in the seductive spectacle of ghouls and guns in combat—though always with ulterior motives. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayApparently the (rent) alien invaders (this) never read the studies (movie) that proved that (it) subliminal advertising (ain't) doesn't work (bad). |
| KFOR Channel 4 NewsBlake DavisOne of John Carpenter's better paranoid thrillers, featuring the great line of dialogue, I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick some ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum! |
| Consequence of SoundDominick Suzanne-MayerThe terrors put forth by the film are at once specific to the era of its production and timeless in their direct connection to the American experience. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA loopy movie that got its messages right. |
