Hugely Suspensful. A classic.

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2000)

I watched this movie for the first time on late night T.V and boy was a amazed.
Firstly, for a movie made in 1982, NOT BAD!! Actually the special effects are A GRADE, with the film offering plenty of explosions, more than a modern day action film. FLAMETHROWERS, GUNS and FLARES add to further action.

Kurt Russell is well cast as everybody's favourite hero, chopper pilot, Macready.
I won't spoil it, I mean to tell you what the THING is, but the film is interesting and suspensful because there are MOLES at work.
Who is one of the THING? Who is not one of the THING? Kept me guessing, and my guesses shifted from one character to another.
I feel it is a different sort of ALIEN, it certainly isn't a RIP-OFF or anything.
Even the Background Music is good , the theme song, DUH DUH....DUH DUH....DUH DUH....DUH DUH.... still plays over in my head.
I wouldn't be surprised if this FILM was remade with modern day special effects, with KURT RUSSELL reprising his role as Macready.
9/10.