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"The Faculty" (1998) is an underrated sci-fi film directed by Robert Rodriguez that contains a who's who cast of some of the top hollywood youth of the day and some other great actors, including: Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Salma Hayek, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Christopher McDonald, Robert Patrick, Jon Stewart, and Usher. (see what I mean!)
The story is about an alien invasion where some type of amphibious, replicating, alien parasite starts taking over bodies of the faculty of a high school and then the faculty begins putting the alien parasites into the students, slowly taking over the town. A group of high schoolers figure out what is going on and try to fight back and stop the invasion before the aliens take over the world.
Click on the box above to view the trailer. Lots of star power packed into this flick which I sum up as "The Body Snatchers meets The Breakfast Club." The acting is very, very good by all that are involved. This is a sometimes overlooked masterpiece from director Robert Rodriguez. The special effects were pretty awesome too for the time period that experimented with CGI.
One of the most chilling scenes in the movie is when a student comes across the football team all standing on the field looking up into the sky as it rains down on them and alien antennae are sticking out of their eyes and faces, soaking up the rain. The movie has a few twists and turns, like in "The Thing" where you don't know who is still human and who is now an alien. I found it very suspenseful at times. It's a great, fun, sci-fi flick. I hadn't seen it since it had originally played in theaters in '98 and it was great to revisit it. A modern classic! Check it out!
- Patrick Shawn Bennett Broadcasting from the teacher's lounge. Or am I an alien broadcasting from the teacher's lounge?
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