An entertaining film, marred by a ridiculous ending. What's
that you say? Hmmmm...let's make like the parasitic aliens and
tune in on Sam's thoughts: "Yeah Dad, I'll obediently comply with
your orders and go off to stoke my relationship with Mary, while
ignoring that I had only recently, and of necessity, fired a bullet
into you, and then to effortlessly eradicate any pressing concern
for your welfare as attendants cart you off to the hospital, in
inexplicable contrast to what I had experienced emotionally a few
minutes earlier as you lay on the ground bleeding and me thinking
that you might possibly be dead. And I so wish you could be here
now, watching me and Mary walk down the street as One in the final
shot".
But what the heck, I liked this movie for the most part - as
I did "Predator" with it's absurd ending. "The Puppet Masters", as
Maltin has said, had lost some of it's potential edge due to it's
well-worn theme (intially made in 1958 via the low-budget, unauthorized film "The Brain Eaters"), but it's nicely paced, with
good performances, convincing, if revolting special effects, and a
script at least moderately faithful to the Robert A. Heinlein 1950
classic novel bearing the same title.
Maltin awarded "The Puppet Masters" with 2&1/2 stars out of a
possible 4. Me too. - AH
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Topic - "The Puppet Masters" - 1994 : A Review. - AudioHead 08:11:18 08/28/01 (6)
- The novel is one of my all-time favorites. - dbecker 12:34:47 08/28/01 (1)
- Mine Too! (Nt) - AudioHead 06:28:57 08/29/01 (0)
- Re: "The Puppet Masters" - 1994 : 3 Stars from me - Ed M 09:27:11 08/28/01 (3)
- Re: "The Puppet Masters" - 1994 : 3 Stars from me - AudioHead 07:44:44 08/29/01 (0)
- Julie Warner (nt) - Joe Murphy Jr 18:23:39 08/28/01 (1)
- Re: Julie Warner - Thanks! - Ed M 10:10:51 08/29/01 (0)