Faculty

Some of this is fun in a low-grade Hellraiser sort of way, but it reduces the script’s mildest ambitions to hamburger. In The Faculty, it’s Kevin Williamson’s talent that turns into a pod of itself.

This smart, involving sci-fi picture, set in an Ohio high school, pays homage to several genre faves, notably Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing.

The Faculty consistently draws attention to its own ill-joined cracks and seams.

...compelling subject matter that’s employed to progressively tedious and interminable effect by Rodriguez...