The Puppet Masters
Dir: Stuart Orme
Star: Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Will Patton,
Donald Sutherland
[18] Hell, if Lord of Illusions
looked like an adult X File, this one starts even closer to the
mark, with a government agency investigating a crashed UFO near a
country town. The first ten minutes or so are cracking, a great
monster and Sutherland whipping up a storm as the agency
head. Sadly, this doesn't last and it degenerates into a routine
action movie, in which the aliens are hardly seen. Though Sutherland
continues to try his best, he just doesn't get enough screen time;
no-one else in the cast has the stature to provide the necessary
memorable moments. The Hidden did far more with just two aliens.
D-
