The Faculty | | Cast : | Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall | | Director : | Robert Rodriguez | | Studio : | Dimension Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 25, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | June 01, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 30, 2005 | | Summary | Fantastic Teen Movie WIth A Great Soundtrack | Content
 | The Faculty is a very enjoyable and clever film with wel written multi-dimensional characters, great effects and a brilliant mood setting soundtrack.
I'm sure by now you've read the plot so there's no need for me to write it.
The Soundtrack doesn't seem to have a great deal about it which is a surprise as I thought the soundtrack was one of the top qualities of the film and really set the mood with each song and the covers of both ANother Brick In The Wall parts 1&2 by Class Of 99 a brlliiant.
This movie doesn't rely on using CGI so the effects look great.
Good line-up of actors from various other teen films like Clea Duvall from She's All That, Josh Hartnett from Halloween H20, Shawn Hatosy from Down To Earth and Elijah Wood.
The Elder Actors of this film include the Brilliant Robert Patric who plays the villain T-1000 in Terminator 2, Piper Laurie who played Carries sociopath Mother in Carrie and the sexy Famke Jannsen from Goldeneye.
All up this was a really fun film with good actors a great soundtrack and great effects and I highly reccomend this to anyone looking for something a litle more clever than usual. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 02, 2005 | | Summary | A Grea Monster Movie ! (And Ms. Jansen Is Beautiful Too!) | Content
| In this movie we see a group of High School teenagers who believe that some kind of Evil Entity is taking over the bodies and minds of their fellow students. To prove to each other that they are "normal" the teenagers then all snort drugs!!! Sadly, this is happening all over the world. Due to intense Peer Pressure High School kids DO take drugs to prove that they are "normal" and "accepted".This movie stars the beautiful Famke Jansen who plays an English teacher. Gee. I wish my old High School English teacher looked as good as her!!!I would have asked for some "After Hours Tuition" and hopefully she might have given me an "A " on my Oral Presentation!!!(of my Book Report that is) |
| Rating | | | Date | March 24, 2005 | | Summary | Nice to watch when you're bored. | Content
| There's nothing outstanding about this movie, and it was never going to be something that people will rave about in the horror movie world. I like it however. It's fun to watch, even typically, most of the teenagers, are played by 'kids' in their twenties, and Josh Hartnett as the worst hair ever!
The best actors in this are definitely the lovely Shawn Hatosy & Clea Duvall, although I dunno what to make of Clea's hair - is it greasy, or as she overdone it with the gel? Love the eyeliner too!
During the cast pictures at the end, the science teacher who was 'killed' in the film is shown very much alive with a patch over his eyes and bandages over his fingers.The female teacher who was decapitated only to have her alien-controlled head rejoin her body, is seen (also very much alive) wearing a scarf
around her neck, presumably to hide the scar.
Near the end of the movie, Marybeth refuses to take the alien drug test by saying she's allergic. Jordana Brewster's character Delilah says, "Yeah, and I'm Portuguese." In real life, Brewster can speak fluent Portuguese.
Jon Stewart plays Prof. Edward Furlong in this movie. Actor Edward Furlong played John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, chased by the T-1000 Terminator played by Robert Patrick (Coach Joe Willis).
Look out for Salma Hayek as a very ill school nurse in this, and Piper Perabo as an unrecognisable teacher.
This is a good movie, better than some teen slasher flicks that Hollywood keeps churning out every so often. This film could become reality . . . :) |
| Rating | | | Date | February 09, 2005 | | Summary | Our teachers really are from outer space.... | Content
| The Faculty is an amazing film. Period. With enough swearing in it to make your mother get pissed off and a whole load of brilliant young actors (including Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett and the sensational Clea DuVall), this is a film for keeps.
Six misfit teens that don't really fit in with each other end up having to join forces when they realize that their teachers really are psycho aliens from outer space! There's Casey (Elijah Wood), the Steven King-esque nerd, Delilah (Jordana Brewster) the cheerleader/newspaper editor, Stan (Shawn Hatosy) the jock who wants to focus on his grades, Stokely (Clea DuVall) the goth, possibly a lesbian and the fountain of all knowledge on science fiction, Mary Beth (Laura Harris) the new girl from Atlanta, and Zeke (Josh Hartnett) the bad-boy who's the school's local drug dealer.
This film is pretty scary on the first viewing, and pretty gruesome at bits, but in a good way! The best performance out of the senior members of the cast has to be that of Robert Patrick as the Coach. ("I've always wanted to do that...." To understand it, watch the film!) |
| Rating | | | Date | December 22, 2004 | | Summary | First the Teachers, Students, Town, World | Content
| A star studded cast stars in this sci-fi/horror send off. Paying tribute to classic science fiction this film does an excellent job of starting fast and picking up speed.
A small town school that rests on the merits of its football team becomes the target of an alien invasion. Symbiotic aliens (mistakenly called parasites) take control of members of the school faculty. From there they move on to assimilating the student body and the local authorities. Soon it seems as if the whole town has been taken over except a small group of students.
While trying to maintain their own identity, the students realize that if they do not act offensively the invasion will quickly spread across the state and then the world. Their only hope lies in stopping the invasion now.
The story, while not completely original, comes right out and says it is a tribute to Heinlein's The Puppet Masters. But this is not just a remake. An extra dimension is added. It could be possible that the public is the target of a huge conspiracy aimed at making them more accepting of the idea of aliens and extraterrestrial life. This film also maintains a level of action and suspense without turning sappy at some point as so many do.
Definitely a fun movie with a lot going for it and very little against it. Check it out. |
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