Really Great B movie 10 out of 10 to bump this above 6.5.
Carpenter has done some questionable films, but this one is really great. He manages to make an excellent film using a wrestler as the lead character. That's almost as difficult as using a Rap star. Second, he makes excellent social commentary on the 80's/Me(Reagan) era in the guise of upper-crust parasites as alien overlords. There are a few plot holes but it's great entertainment.
Prior to Reagan we had no significant budget deficit, we may have had a recession during the Carter era, but that is nothing to the d**th-scape that King George is handing our kids today. I only wish it was aliens selling us out. In the words of Ripley (Aliens), "You don't see them f**king each other over for a g**d**n percentage!".