Production: Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison, 1492 PicturesĬast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Jane Krakowski, Affion Crockett, Ashley Benson, Matt Lintz, Lainie Kazan, Denis Akiyama, Thomas McCarthy, Serena Williams, Martha Stewart The 3D proves undeniably effective in some of the gaming and attack interludes.
With the exception of Monaghan, who seems like a beautiful member of some other species amid this ragtag bunch of comics and slumming character actors, everyone here is doing shtick they’ve long since mastered, underplaying in Sandler’s case, to sometimes mildly amusing effect, and charging ahead like bulls where James and Gad are concerned. For everyone else, including President Christ- … er, Cooper, their misspent youths are suddenly vindicated and rewarded, while the nation can rest easy until the next wave of aliens, monsters and/or giant creatures arises like another ghost from a machine. Gamers finally grasp their moment of glory at the climactic Washington, D.C., showdown, during which agitators currently arguing for the defacement or destruction of certain honorific monuments will no doubt feel a charge of excitement. But since 60 minutes doesn’t quite qualify as a feature-length running time, screenwriters Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling needed to pad things out with a lengthy state dinner that serves two purposes: to allow Sam and lovely army officer/White House insider Violet ( Michelle Monaghan) some non-stressed time together after a marathon of sparring, and to provide big-talking little guy Fire Blaster with his dream: a date with Serena Williams. But the predictable city grid provides an ideal playing field for jumbo Pac-Men to move block by city block, chomping obstructions like so many pac-dots.Ĭhances are that, by this point, most grown-ups will feel they’ve indulged in enough nostalgia for youthful hours frittered away in arcades, at least for one evening. Next on the invaders’ list is New York City, where bad-boy long-ago champ Fire Blaster ( Peter Dinklage) is released from prison to help the cause. admiral ( Brian Cox), who don’t understand that pixels will withstand a nuke much better than will people. When conventional methods prove ineffective, the portly president commands, “Let the nerds take over!” (apparently unaware that they already have), to the dismay of a macho British commando leader ( Sean Bean) and a trigger-happy U.S. Ludlow further deduces that aliens have intercepted a capsule that was sent into deep space bearing copies of video games and have interpreted them as a declaration of war by the planet Earth.Īs have modern monsters from Godzilla to Transformers to Team America, these space invaders harbor a particular attraction to architectural landmarks, so the Taj Mahal gets chomped on before their attention turns to London, where the Allies resolve to take a stand.
While the military is clueless as to the source of the pulsating, glowing cubes raining down on Guam and eating away at soldiers, Sam knows the perfect Sherlock for this case: fellow childhood nerd and full-time conspiracy theorist Ludlow Lamonsoff ( Josh Gad), who recognizes the source at once: Galaga, the beloved ’80s intergalactic shooting game.
Install oneplus driver movie#
Read more ‘Pixels’: 1980s Arcade Nostalgia Permeates Premiere of Adam Sandler’s New Movie
The president remembers Sam’s one brush with greatness back in 1982, when the kid’s brilliance at recognizing patterns in video games made him legendary in Pac-Man circles and earned him second place (behind Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant) in the Donkey Kong championships. As a kid, James’ Will Cooper was the best friend of Sandler’s Sam Brenner, which explains why the latter, a sad sack, life’s-passed-him-by home video system installer, gets called to the White House in an emergency.
0 kommentar(er)
