The Puppet Masters1994
The Puppet Masters (1994)
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Cast
as Andrew Nivens
as Sam Nivens
as Mary Sefton
as Holland
as Graves
as Jarvis
as Ressler
as President Douglas
as Viscott
as Culbertson
as Gidding
as General Morgan
as Hawthorne
as Brande
as Vargas
as Greenberg
as Jeff
as Mr. Barnes
as Mr. Higgins
as Miss Haines
as Doctor
as Technician #1
as Technician #2
as Operator #1
as Lt. Abbey
as Infantryman
as Captain Earley
as Soldier
as Soldier
as Soldier
as Slugged Woman
as Anchorwoman
as Vince Hayward
Critic Reviews for The Puppet Masters
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Only the most undiscriminating monster-pic buff will come away satisfied.
There's no suspense (ETs rampage from the word go); no frissons (loud hailers telegraph the shocks); and it's insufficiently bright to be an hommage.
A choppy, unsuspenseful succession of chases, melodramatic showdowns and routine special effects.
The Puppet Masters occasionally lives up to its reputation, but the delay between story conception and celluloid conversion has clearly wilted its power and potential.
Attempts at detailed characterization don't work particularly well, and there's a love story that feels as forced as it is superfluous - although even that isn't as unnecessary as the film's final ten minutes.
Despite accomplished special effects and a coolly intelligent script, this paranoid thriller never follows through on its eerie promise.
Audience Reviews for The Puppet Masters
A captivating paraniod sci-fi thriller well directed by Stuart Orme, that features a outstanding lead star performance by Donald Sutherland, as Andrew Nivens the shrewd, sardonic head of a secret top-level U.S. Security Agency who leads his team consisting of agent Sam Nivens his disaffected son, Dr. Mary Sefton a specialist on alien biology from NASA, both roles are well played by Eric Thai & Julie Warner and agent Jarvis, nicely played by comedian and character actor Richard Beizer into an investigation of a alleged UFO landing in a small midwestern town, they quickly discover that small parasite-like extraterrestrials creatures have indeed landed and are taking control of the town residents and manipulating their bodies and minds like they were puppets, now Sutherland and his team face an escalating crisis as the creatures multiply and keep spreading to the point the the U.S. Army has to be brought in to stop the seemingly unstoppable alien menace. Solid supporting performances by Keith David, Will, Patton, Yaphet Kotto, Sam Anderson, Gerry Bamman and Marshall Bell, but its Sutherland superlative turn in itself that makes this motion picture worth watching. The film has several superbly staged action sequences, and an intelligent screenplay by Ted Elliott, Teau Russio, and David S. Goyer, which is based on Robert Heiniein's original story. Excellent visual effects with remarkable animatronic slug-like alien parasites creatures by Gred Cannorm, A solid piece of science fiction that has some genuinely creepy moments. Highly Recommended.
Super Reviewer
Conspiracy sci-fi in which the human race is being infiltrated by aliens who can control the bodies of their human victims. On their trail are two FBI agents, one male, one female. One is a believer, the other a sceptic. Any of this sound familiar...? Yes, it's a total rip off of the X-Files, but it's adequately done, and Donald Sutherland is always worth watching.
Super Reviewer
Standard-issue alien-invasion thriller.
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