← Back to Reviews
in
Spaced Invaders (1990)
Director: Patrick Read Johnson
Writers: Patrick Read Johnson & Scott Lawrence Alexander (screenplay)
Cast: Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards
Genre: Comedy Adventure Sci-Fi
This was fun and I thought it was very well made for it's audience, which I'm guessing is a family movie as it's rated PG. Nothing wrong with family movies either, as kids need movies that they can watch too. There was nothing graphic in it, nothing violent, not even the Martian being vaporizes by the Enforcement Drone was too scary for little tykes. So I'll give the movie points for that.
Director: Patrick Read Johnson
Writers: Patrick Read Johnson & Scott Lawrence Alexander (screenplay)
Cast: Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards
Genre: Comedy Adventure Sci-Fi
"Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".
This was fun and I thought it was very well made for it's audience, which I'm guessing is a family movie as it's rated PG. Nothing wrong with family movies either, as kids need movies that they can watch too. There was nothing graphic in it, nothing violent, not even the Martian being vaporizes by the Enforcement Drone was too scary for little tykes. So I'll give the movie points for that.
I'll also give it some Bonus Points for including my name sake in the movie! Loved hearing good ole Orson's voice as he read the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast from 1938...so cool!
I liked the way the different Martian's had different personalities based on movie stars. Definitely I heard Jack Nicholson and Cary Grant being done by the little green men....I'm not sure who the other Martians were based on? Or maybe they weren't based on other known actors? Anyway the Martians all had their quirks which made them different from one and another.
The kid actors, the girl and the boy were both good and likable, and that's important when the leads are kids. Spaced Invaders is something the whole family can watch...and watch it just for some silly fun.
+
I liked the way the different Martian's had different personalities based on movie stars. Definitely I heard Jack Nicholson and Cary Grant being done by the little green men....I'm not sure who the other Martians were based on? Or maybe they weren't based on other known actors? Anyway the Martians all had their quirks which made them different from one and another.
The kid actors, the girl and the boy were both good and likable, and that's important when the leads are kids. Spaced Invaders is something the whole family can watch...and watch it just for some silly fun.
+