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Practical Effects
That practical tsunami wave set piece — absurd, wet, magnificent.
Score
Carpenter's guitar-driven synths slap harder than the plot deserves.
Acting
Kurt Russell's permanent sneer carries this entire ridiculous enterprise.

Director
John Carpenter
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