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First, Usher was the most annoying singer on the radio. Then,
when he first appeared on the soap "The Bold and the Beautiful",
he became the most annoying actor on television. Finally, with
his motion picture debut in "The Faculty", he has graduated
to being the most annoying movie actor.
Fortunately, his part in this movie is small, but the other
actors are just as irritating, although that's largely due to
the highly flawed script. "The Faculty" wants desperately to
be a serious, intense sci-fi film, yet fails miserably.
Elijah Wood plays the class geek who discovers a "new species"
on the school football field (it appears to be some sort of
amphibian). Later, he discovers that the school faculty is made
of slimy space-alien zombies who obviously intend to take over
the planet. Now, it's up to him to save the world, with some
help from a few other classmates. They include the school drug
dealer, the class snob, the loner lesbian, and a new girl from
Atlanta, who is a total hick (her thick southern accent made
my skin crawl).
The special effects, however, did not, although they were ridiculously
overdone. It's quite evident that the screenwriters tried to
give the characters depth, personality, and realism, but here
they also failed miserably. Mixed with the alien plot, their
personal problems and the psychological explanations offered
for their personalities seemed out of place and silly.
My rating: 1 star
Rating : R
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