Liquid Sky

1982

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 30 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 7451 7.5K

rape heroin bisexuality cocaine punk rock alien

Plot summary

An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during an orgasm.

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932.74 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 3
1.78 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 37

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CHendri887 7 / 10

This is a good movie

In my opinion, this is one of the more interesting movies made in the last twenty years. It has the quality of being both cheesy and profound at the same time. What I mean by that is: Although the visuals and "special effects" (if you even want to call them that) are obviously done in the Ed Wood-like low budget way, the dialogue is incredibly realistic as is the portrayal of the human relationships. Anne Carlisle's portrayal of Margret/Jimmy and Paula Shepperd's Adrian are especially poignant. I find myself empathizing with all of these characters at various points in the film. I also liked the fact that the director (and Carlisle) linked (even if it was indirectly) all of these characters' lifestyle choices and use of drugs to painful family baggage. I guess I feel that most films don't make this connection clearly or if they do, it's done in a hokey, almost put-downish way. What else? I like portrayal of the New York punk/new wave scene circa 1980. I also like the anti-hippie sentitment in some of Carlisle's monologues. When I first saw this film at 18, I found it incredibly disturbing. I still do, but I appreciate its realism and I actually find this film much less offensive in terms of violence than something like the remake of "Charlie's Angels" last year. It's sad to me that most people in this database give this film a 5/10 rating. Sorry, but I have to disagree with you big time.
Reviewed by jfgibson73 7 / 10

80's Personified

Eighties New York New Wave scene. Here it is, in a perfect time capsule. You can watch Boogie Nights or 200 Cigarettes if you want, but they can't recreate the atmosphere that this film lives and breathes.It is a low budget movie, which will put some viewers off. The story jumps around and can be confusing, which will bother even more. Put on top of that the odd music and disjointed visuals, and you have an acquired taste of a film which is loved dearly by a cult following and reviled by anyone with preset notions of what a movie should be.The story follows Margaret, an aspiring model, over a day or two as she goes clubbing, gets high, and prepares for a fashion shoot. Meanwhile, aliens are setting up camp nearby, searching for heroin. However, it is explained in a subplot involving a German scientist, that the aliens have found a substitute for opiates: a chemical in the brain produced during sex. And so, Magaret's sexual partners begin to die to feed the aliens.I think it is worth noting that the actress who plays Margaret gets a writing credit on the project. For me, it gives her performance another dimension. It is unusual storytelling, but remains a fascinating document for those who allow themselves to be transported to another time and place.
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