Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

Nice planet. We'll take it!

Rating

3.0 (3)

Release Date

12/13/1996

Runtime

106 mins

Overview

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$70,000,000

Revenue

$101,371,017

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How It Feels

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A gleefully anarchic alien invasion film that uses wide-eyed horror-comedy to skewer American politics and Cold War paranoia. It's a maximalist, rollicking romp through total planetary chaos that treats the apocalypse as the ultimate punchline.

Mood

AbsurdExhilaratingDefiant

Themes

PowerSurvivalTechnology

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Heads up

Graphic violence

Reviews

stormaciousd

Look at all of these A-list actors having a super silly and fun time! Is this the best ensemble ever? Maybe!

I saw this in the theater as a kid, and I loved it so much I bought the junior novelization, and then it was also my favorite book.

Tim Burton Ranked

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