You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.
You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote...
Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.
A fantastically subversive film, a nifty little confection pitting us vs them, the haves vs the have-nots.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
4 Jun 2007
fresh:
The joke is in the material; the idea itself is funny and daring. And some time soon, They Live suggests, with grim, knowing wink, the joke may be on us.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct 2012
fresh:
They Live is the looniest movie of the season and also one of the most engaging.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Oct 2012
fresh:
John Carpenter's They Live has cult favorite written all over it, and part of the reason is the way it regenerates the cheap, juicy, surprisingly potent sci-fi of the 1950s.
– Jay Carr,
Boston Globe,
6 Aug 2013
rotten:
As a movie, They Live is lethargic. As election propaganda, it's terrific.