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Screamers (1996)

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Release Date: January 26, 1996
Genre: Suspense, Action, Sci-Fi
Running Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for sci-fi violence and terror, some language and a brief moment of nudity.
Director: Christian Duguay
Writer: Philip K. Dick, Dan O'Bannon
Cast: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andrew Lauer, Charles Powell, Ron White, Michael Caloz, Liliana Komorowska, Jason Cavalier, Leni Parker

For years, Planet Sirius 6B has been a wasteland. A treacherous battlefield for a ten year war between the NEBs and the Alliance, the air is filled with deadly radiation and the landscape vacant of all trees. Only a collection of buildings stand above it all, most destroyed or abandoned. The rest, a bunker packed with depressed Alliance soldiers, and a command center miles away, housed by the NEBs, remain. For six months, there has Read more

Movie Review

Grade: B With an $11 million budget, Screamers will never be considered a blockbuster. However, the director shows that good movies can be derived from a low budget. With good characters, cool backdrops, and a smooth story, Screamers will go down in my book as one of the most impressive sci-fi movies. Read the full movie review

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