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2/10. One of John Carpenter's worst movies. It could've been better had it not been a gripe session about commercialism and Reaganomics. Surely Carpenter didn't think Jimmy Carter's economic policies were better, did he? Now as to the gripe about commercialism, that's funny. This from a guy who, without it, wouldn't have the mega box office successes that he'd had with "Assault On Precinct 13","Halloween","The Fog", and "Escape From New York. "I admittedly like Roddy Piper in this but even he knew it was probably not very good. This maybe why he really didn't do any more big movies outside of the small B movie"Hell Comes To Frogtown. "Aliens living among us, having taken over, and secretly sending us subliminal message was interesting and could've been great were it not for Carpenter's personal gripes. If he'd avoided putting his views into the movie it would've been much better.

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Continuity mistake: In the big fight scene, Roddy Piper and Keith David are wrestling and struggling about and land so the black guy's pants are getting soaking wet. In the very next shot as the fight continues, his pants are dry. (00:58:55)

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Nada: I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

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Trivia: The big fight scene is spoofed in "South Park" when the crippled kids Timmy and Jimmy fight, instead of the film's Nada and Frank. The episode is called "Cripple Fight".

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Answer: As part of the alien takeover, they're suppressing any resistance and discussion of the plot. They know there's a group, led by the preacher, who are onto the conspiracy and that they're somewhere in the camp. They destroy the camp to disburse them and prevent word from getting out.

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