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Los Angeles, Nada (Roddy Piper) finds a pair of special sunglasses that strip away the "mask" of reality.

: The film’s visual style—black-and-white "truth" vs. colorful "illusion"—critiques the neoliberal ideologies and mass media manipulation of the 1980s. They Live

: Through the glasses, seemingly normal people are revealed to be skeletal-faced extraterrestrials. Glossy advertisements and magazines are shown to contain blunt, black-and-white subliminal commands such as "OBEY," "CONSUME," "MARRY AND REPRODUCE," and "STAY ASLEEP" . Los Angeles, Nada (Roddy Piper) finds a pair

: Armed with the truth, Nada teams up with a fellow laborer, Frank (Keith David), to find the source of the alien signal and expose the conspiracy to the world. Iconic Elements : Through the glasses, seemingly normal people are

: One of the most famous quotes in action cinema occurs when Nada enters a bank: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum" .