MARS
ATTACKS!
With
Jack
Nicholson,
Glenn
Close,
Annette
Bening,
Lukas
Haas,
Natalie
Portman,
Pierce
Brosnan,
Danny
DeVito,
Martin
Short,
Sarah
Jessica
Parker,
Jack
Black,
Joe
Don
Baker
Directed
by
Tim
Burton
Made
after
his
Ed
Wood
biopic,
this
is
a
far
cry
from
the
quick
and
thrifty
Plan
Nine
From
Outer
Space,
and
a
great
counter
strike
to
the
more
mainstream
Independence
Day
(also
released
in
’96).
What
you
get
is
a
slick,
funny,
crazy
and
highly
entertaining
homage
to
the
classic
flying
saucer
invasion
B
movies.
Based
on
a
series
of
trading
cards,
the
bulbous
head
men
from
Mars
invade
earth
with
a
shaken
up
president
trying
to
contain
the
situation
(played
by
Nicholson
in
one
of
two
separate
roles).
Several
storylines
run
throughout,
including
a
range
of
other
characters
from
washington
to
Vegas,
like
the
first
lady
and
first
daughter,
a
scientist,
a
reporter,
a
young
man,
his
gung-ho
soldier
wanna-be
brother
and
his
grandmother,
as
well
as
a
new-ager
and
a
woman
with
two
kids
whose
ex-boxer
dad
has
an
undignified
job
in
a
casino
hotel.
Even
Tom
Jones
pops
in!
With
conventional
weapons
proving
useless,
it
takes
something
quite
out
of
the
ordinary
to
defeat
the
invaders.
A
spaced-out,
fantastic
ride
indeed.
5
/
A
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PB
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2
3
4
5
6
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B
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C
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