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Screamers (1995)
Director: Christian Duguay
Writers: Philip K. Dick (short story), Dan O'Bannon(screenplay)
Cast: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
About: A distant mining planet, Sirius 6B in the year 2078 that has been destroyed by a long civil war. The war is fought between an Alliance of miners and scientist who live there, and the Earth mining corporation NEB who has polluted the planet with toxic radiation.
In a last ditch effort to save themselves, the Alliance creates Autonomous Mobile Swords (AMS) which are A.I. self-replicating machines that burrow under ground and kill NEB soldiers. They're nicknamed screamers, for the sound they make.
Review: Get your beer and pizza ready, kick back and and have a good time watching 1995's Screamers.
There's nothing to deep about the story, even though it's based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Peter Weller makes for an interesting commander...and there's the usual number of grunts...which ones will get sliced to bits by the screamers? That's half the fun.
The cool thing about this movie is that they filmed it in Canada and the planet looks cold with distant cliffs and snow on the ground. The best thing is the huge, cavernous bunkers that the humans hide out in. It looks impressive because it's not a Hollywood set. The movie was partial shot deep in the bowls of the Montreal Olympic Stadium.
Don't expect anything fresh, just kick back and enjoy the carnage.
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Writers: Philip K. Dick (short story), Dan O'Bannon(screenplay)
Cast: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
About: A distant mining planet, Sirius 6B in the year 2078 that has been destroyed by a long civil war. The war is fought between an Alliance of miners and scientist who live there, and the Earth mining corporation NEB who has polluted the planet with toxic radiation.
In a last ditch effort to save themselves, the Alliance creates Autonomous Mobile Swords (AMS) which are A.I. self-replicating machines that burrow under ground and kill NEB soldiers. They're nicknamed screamers, for the sound they make.
Review: Get your beer and pizza ready, kick back and and have a good time watching 1995's Screamers.
There's nothing to deep about the story, even though it's based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Peter Weller makes for an interesting commander...and there's the usual number of grunts...which ones will get sliced to bits by the screamers? That's half the fun.
The cool thing about this movie is that they filmed it in Canada and the planet looks cold with distant cliffs and snow on the ground. The best thing is the huge, cavernous bunkers that the humans hide out in. It looks impressive because it's not a Hollywood set. The movie was partial shot deep in the bowls of the Montreal Olympic Stadium.
Don't expect anything fresh, just kick back and enjoy the carnage.
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