a review of 极度空间

As a long-time John Carpenter fan, I had a certain degree of expectation, while keeping in mind that They Live is a campy cult film. The first 20 minutes or so were quite boring actually, with amateurish B-acting and a repetitive country-style soundtrack going on and on. Then the moment arrived that the protagonist put on some magical sunglasses, and suddenly there was this very cool Orwellian twist in the story, with a wink to 1950s pulp sci-fi. That concept is actually too interesting to be ruined by caricatural characters, bad acting, a messy plot development and ultimately a fairly ridiculous ending. John Carpenter and his crew undoubtedly had fun creating this pulp movie, but I prefer his masterpiece The Thing.