The Puppet Masters (film)
- Donald Sutherland: Andrew Nivens
- Eric Thal: Sam Nivens
- Will Patton: Dr. Graves
- Keith David: Alex Holland
The Puppet Masters - threat from space is an American science fiction film from 1994 The film is based on the book The Puppeteer by Robert A. Heinlein. .
Content
Andrew Nivens and his son Sam Nivens should look along with some employees in the city Ambrose following an alleged UFO. When they attacked a resident of the city, they have to shoot this and then discover a parasite on its back. This seems to have taken control of the body. It is an alien life form which has already propagated to the dismay of Professor Niven and his entourage. The whole city seems to fall into the hands of the invaders, by transforming all residents in dolls.
Their goal is world domination.
Criticism
Prisma -online: Robert A. Heinlein ( " Starship Troopers " ) incurred in 1951 novel is the prototype of all paranoid invasion stories. Director Stuart Orme ( " The Sculptor " ) thus created excitingly staged utopian horror film without unnecessary Ekeleffekte, but. Well with the calculated moments of shock with which the director also plays a little Film composer Colin Towns made in the meantime with his big band "Mask Orchestra" furore among jazz fans.
Encyclopedia of the International film: Pure Effect cinema that does not reach the numerous genre models and also fuels by the unthinking adaptation of the original xenophobia.
Awards
The film was nominated in 1995 fiction film for the Saturn Award for Best Science, but could not win the prize.