They Live

Cliche, rather bad acting. Awful fight scene at one point and the film becomes mindless action, rather interesting first 30 minutes but falls apart afterwards, unstable tone

One of Carpenter's better outings, Piper is a star in the lead & has great chemistry with Keith David- who's excellent as well. Nothing about it is subtle, which honestly works against it a little, but the themes it touches on & anti-capitalist agenda it preaches definitely hit the mark. It does feel a little bit jumbled, though, & the last act in particular really could've used more time. The twist at the end is plainly obvious from the start, which didn't help. Still, it's a fun time.

Classic film, and fitting to current events

The strength of They Live is in its daring duo, its shameless one-liners, and the visual execution of the premise; but for an action movie, the pacing is terrible. Meg Foster is completely wooden, and the lackadaisical blues score more or less invites you to drum your fingers; it's entirely inappropriate for the genre, forcing the film to coast rather than drive it forward. Equally... They Live probably contains the single greatest fist fight in movie history.

Longest fight scene ever!

Cheesy but very entertaining

I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass... And I'm all outta bubble gum.

must see

See this Matrix? This here is how you make a movie about your world being and illusion and junk: Add in a long fight scene about glasses and have the hero randomly kill aliens in a bank. Great fun

all you need to know is that this movie is way too badass.

Absurd yet compelling. Began the downturn of John Carpenter's illustrious career, even though it has its own twisted anarchic charm.

I loved! viva los 80's!

They Live is a movie about a professional wrestler uncovering a plot where aliens run the world through the use of special sunglasses. If that sounds absurd to you, then we are probably on the same page. Thankfully, the movie seems to know it is cheesy (even though it's a little dark) and makes plenty of good decisions to subvert the seriousness where it needs to. Good call.

Certainly not a good movie in the traditional sense, but a blast can be had.

It's all about class struggle. And also it is awesome.

I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

What's not to love about a campy 80s cult movie? Sometimes the story drags on but it's worth watching for the quotable lines alone. If there weren't over the top visuals and lines like "You look like your head fell in the cheese dip back in 1957!" I doubt They Live would have the staying power it does.

There are two good things about this movie. The first is the gloriously prolonged sunglasses fight. The second is Roddy Piper's immortal bubblegum line. Apart from that, this is a very forgettable film.

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Similar concept to the Matrix, but infinitely better, with the world's greatest fight scene in. Just put the glasses on!

The themes were presented in a clever yet direct manner. I had read alot about the film before I was able to sit down and watch it so I had a hard time staying interested the whole time. It's a good film for anti-capitalist and those who are against watching TV.

the culmination of carpenter's not taking himself seriously... also ghost detector stars in this

Carpenter has a great idea for a sci-fi movie but doesn't take it far enough.

Rowdy Piper in a hilarious film.