DVD Review "THEY LIVE" Score B- 82%

Ah John Carpenter and cheesy Sci Fi. Roddy Piper's only decent movie (that I can remember) but its a classic. Its a loosely strung together story of an everyman who figures out that the aliens are living among us, and controlling us with there subliminal advertising that is everywhere. With the help of the underground revolution's super sunglasses that he finds he, can see it all including the alien's weird scary faces. Why can't anyone else see, well a constant beam is pulsating across the land that is masking their look to look like us and cover their commands with regular advertising. So now the mission is to get his buddy to put on the sunglasses and help him. In a prolonged and unneeded alley fight, almost like a wrestling match.... his buddy doesn't want to put the sunglasses on. After the match is over he does. Then he helps him find the master signal so they can shut it down and everyone can see the Aliens for what they really are. SPOILER: he dies blowing up the signal tower but still manages to flip off the aliens before his last breath. This is pure camp and fun for what it is. Don't expect much, but its classic down to bizarre lines like"I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubblegum" then he blows all the nearby aliens away with a shotgun.