They Live1988

Director
John Carpenter

Acters

Roddy Piper (Nada)
Keith David (Frank)
Meg Foster (Holly)
George 'Buck' Flower (Drifter)
Peter Jason (Gilbert)
Raymond St. Jacques (Street Preacher)

“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
A homeless drifter discovers a reason for the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor: a conspiracy by non-human aliens who have infiltrated American society in the guise of wealthy yuppies. With the help of special sunglasses that reveal the aliens’ true faces and their subliminal messages (“marry and reproduce,” “submit to authority”), our hero tries to stop the invasion.
This satire of Reaganomics and the “greed is good” era also has one of the funniest (and longest) fight scenes in American cinema.
“A fantastically subversive film, a nifty little confection pitting us vs them, the haves vs the have-nots.” – Variety
“Carpenter’s ability to fuse the bawdy humor and action with an intelligent script make for a genre film that is both thoughtful and entertaining.” – Cinematic Reflections
“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.” – Boston Globe