Rotten
Based on a short story by the great nutball sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick, Screamers is more like a high-pitched rip-off of Alien.
Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly
Screamers
The last scream you hear will be your own.
1995 · 1h 48m · R
Horror, Science Fiction, War
Directed by
Christian Duguay
Overview
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.
Director and cast
- Christian Duguay Director
- Peter Weller as Colonel Hendricksson
- Jennifer Rubin as Jessica
- Roy Dupuis as Becker
- Andrew Lauer as Ace Jefferson
- Liliana Komorowska as Landowska
- Michael Caloz as David
- Jason Cavalier as Leone
- Ron White as Chuck Elbarak
- Leni Parker as Cpl. McDonald
- Sylvain Massé as N.E.B. Soldier
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A fun, fast-paced futuristic thriller with enough jolts per frame to keep even the most impatient action fan happy.
Brendan Kelly, Variety
Rotten
The design and effects teams have lent scale and impact to the futuristic locations and sets. If only Duguay's flashy, aimless direction had succeeded in filling these barren wastes and antiseptic interiors with something resembling human life.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
Until it succumbs to one cliche too many, Screamers, which was directed by Christian Duguay, does an efficient job of generating a stomach-knotting tension.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
There's nothing exhilarating or enjoyable in any of this.
Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
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