RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2015
(3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D)
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
DIRECTOR: Chris Columbus
MPAA RATING: PG-13 (for some language and suggestive comments)
SCREENWRITERS: Tim Herlihy, Tim Dowling
STARRING: Adam Sandler, Brian Cox, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad
GENRE: Comedy, Action
SUMMARY: When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Sandler), now a home theater installer, to lead a team of old-school arcades (Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.
REVIEWS: You need to like sci-fi movies that are silly, like Spaceballs or Galaxy Quest to appreciate this movie. We laughed the whole time. If you are one of those people who like movies like that, you will love this movie. I would not drag your average non-sci-fi person to this movie. They just won't get it. I am not sure if people who did not grow up in the 80's will get it either, possibly? There were a lot of pop-culture references from that era and that made it all the more funny. The cameos were great and the actors chose to play in the movie were great and great together. I love Adam Sandler, and Peter Dinklage was by far the funniest character in the whole movie. I loved it!
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