Screamers Movie Review 1996

In the year 2078, Colonel Joe Hendricksson (Weller) and a small band of survivors fight a civil war on the radiation contaminated planet Sirius 6B. They run up against the screamers--mechanical creatures with razor-sharp claws, originally designed to protect humans. The screamers are bent on destroying all life in the universe while somehow mutating and breeding on their own. Unfortunately, director Duguay doesn't give any indication how this is taking place. Some fine stunt work and special effects redeem standard action adventure. Based on the novella "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick ("Blade Runner").

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Post-Apocalypse, Technology--Rampant, Adapted from a Story, Books to Film: Phillip K. Dick

Screenplay

Dan O'Bannon, Miguel Tejada-Flores

Cast

Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin, Andrew Lauer, Charles Powell, Ron White, Michael Caloz

Cinematography

Rodney Gibbons

Director

Christian Duguay

Music

Normand Corbeil

Producer

Tom Berry, Franco Battista, Fuji Eight Co., Fries Entertainment, Allegro Films, Triumph