A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they buil... Read allA military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
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- 3 nominations total
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- (as Charles Powell)
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Bottom line - if you're a sci fi fan sniffing around for some sci fi you haven't seen but don't want to sit through a total dog, it's not a bad renter.
What is on offer in Screamers is a solidly entertaining 1hr 40mins of sci fi fun, reasonable acting and a great story based on a Phillip K Dick short. The main idea of screamers is a very scary one a war that had been taken over by machines that fight on our behalf a war that can't be stopped.
For sci-fi fans this is a must see, for everyone else it's still solidly entertaining 7/10
Did you know
- TriviaThe strange game board in the opening scene is the "Game of Ur," a game from ancient Mesopotamia. The game is still played in Iraq to this day. The board they're using appears to be a facsimile of the oldest surviving board, discovered in the Royal Tomb of Ur.
- GoofsWhen Hendricksson, Jefferson and David first meet the two N.E.B. soldiers, David is shot and you can clearly see the wire used to lift and pull David backwards into the snow.
- Quotes
Hendricksson: Jefferson, you must be confusing me with someone who gives a shit.
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,711,695
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,904,140
- Jan 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $5,711,695
- Runtime
- 1h 48m(108 min)
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1