The Faculty...a long movie review for people with short attention spans.
Spoilers Possible!!!
Director
Robert Rodriguez, who also directed Desperado, El Mariachi, and From Dusk Til Dawn before The Faculty was made.
Starring
THE STUDENTS
Jordana Brewster (Fast and the Furious Saga), Clea Duvall (Can't Hardly Wait), Laura Harris (Suicide Kings), Josh Hartnett (30 Days of Night), Shawn Hatosy (The Postman), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
THE FACULTY
Robert Patrick (Terminator 2), Salma Hayek (Desperado), Famke Janssen (X-Men), Bebe Neuwirth (Frasier), Daniel Von Bargen (Super Troopers), Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)
Plot
A horror tale set in a high school where the students suspect the teaching staff of being aliens after bizarre occurrences.
What I Think
In this iteration, the same feeling is put into the characters but their moods change dramatically. For example, if a person is usually mousey then the invader would be a sex crazed maniac.
Something that I completely forgot about this movie is the amount of stars that were in it. From Jordana Brewster, Dominic Toretto's sister Mia in the Fast and the Furious, to Elijah Wood, Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, there were a lot of stars. Some of the surprises were Jon Stewart who plays the science teacher, Salma Hayek who plays the school nurse and Usher who is a bully football player. This movie was jam packed with all kinds of craziness. The story itself has been done in a way before but telling it with teenagers in high school added a level to it that opened up an emotional time bomb. Another final thing that I didn't remember about the movie is the fact that the F-word is just riddled through out. Personally I cuss a whole lot but watching this movie with my preteen daughter actually made me a bit uncomfortable.
Starring
THE STUDENTS
Jordana Brewster (Fast and the Furious Saga), Clea Duvall (Can't Hardly Wait), Laura Harris (Suicide Kings), Josh Hartnett (30 Days of Night), Shawn Hatosy (The Postman), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
THE FACULTY
Robert Patrick (Terminator 2), Salma Hayek (Desperado), Famke Janssen (X-Men), Bebe Neuwirth (Frasier), Daniel Von Bargen (Super Troopers), Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)
Plot
A horror tale set in a high school where the students suspect the teaching staff of being aliens after bizarre occurrences.
What I Think
In this iteration, the same feeling is put into the characters but their moods change dramatically. For example, if a person is usually mousey then the invader would be a sex crazed maniac.
Something that I completely forgot about this movie is the amount of stars that were in it. From Jordana Brewster, Dominic Toretto's sister Mia in the Fast and the Furious, to Elijah Wood, Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, there were a lot of stars. Some of the surprises were Jon Stewart who plays the science teacher, Salma Hayek who plays the school nurse and Usher who is a bully football player. This movie was jam packed with all kinds of craziness. The story itself has been done in a way before but telling it with teenagers in high school added a level to it that opened up an emotional time bomb. Another final thing that I didn't remember about the movie is the fact that the F-word is just riddled through out. Personally I cuss a whole lot but watching this movie with my preteen daughter actually made me a bit uncomfortable.
Other than the profanity and the dated CGI this movie is actually great. It checked a lot of boxes in my definition of a good movie and was just plain entertaining which is really what it is all about when you go to the movies.
If you are a fan of science fiction, horror, monster movies, or just plain mystery stories look no further than this great piece of cinema.
I give this movie ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ of 5 stars.
Poster, plot, and pictures courtesy of IMDB.com
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