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Screamers (1995) -- (SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding...
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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Philip K. Dick (short story "Second Variety")
Dan O'Bannon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 January 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
The silence of space is about to be shattered. more
Plot:
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding... more | add synopsis
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3 nominations more
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(12 articles)
Killer sharks and fog rolling Down Under
 (From Fangoria. 9 September 2009, 4:07 PM, PDT)

Screamers 2: The Hunting (2009) Movie Review
 (From SciFiCool.com. 12 April 2009, 2:06 PM, PDT)

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Underrated Sci-Fi Classic more (110 total)

Cast

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Peter Weller ... Joe Hendricksson
Roy Dupuis ... Becker

Jennifer Rubin ... Jessica Hanson

Andrew Lauer ... Ace Jefferson (as Andy Lauer)
Charles Edwin Powell ... Ross (as Charles Powell)
Ron White ... Chuck Elbarak
Michael Caloz ... David
Liliana Komorowska ... Landowska
Jason Cavalier ... Leone
Leni Parker ... Cpl. McDonald
Sylvain Massé ... N.E.B. Soldier
Bruce Boa ... Secretary Green
Tom Berry ... Technician
Henry Ramer ... Screamers Crawl Narration (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Claw (USA) (working title)
Screamers - L'armée souterraine (Canada: French title)
Sukurîmâzu (Japan)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sci-fi violence and terror, some language and a brief moment of nudity.
Runtime:
108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
Australia:M (re-rating on appeal) | New Zealand:M | Australia:MA (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:18A
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Trivia:
At one point Hendricksson refers to someone sarcastically as "a real Perky Pat." This is a reference to the short story "The Days of Perky Pat" and the novel "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch." Both were written by Philip K. Dick, who wrote the short story "Second Variety" on which "Screamers" is based. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Hendricksson is the last one running out of Richard Cooper's command bunker, he falls in a large puddle of water, however, once he gets up, he is not wet. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Screamers Crawl Narration: [voice over narration] For the last fifty years, the new economic block, the 'N.E.B.' Corporation, has controlled mining operations throughout the known solar systems.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Hard Luck Solution more

FAQ

Why don't the higher-numbered types of Screamers appear to be more advanced than the lower-numbered types?
Sirius is 8.6 light years from Earth, so how . . .
If a "tab" will work only for one person, how is Jefferson able to use his to protect Ross?
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57 out of 62 people found the following comment useful.
Underrated Sci-Fi Classic, 28 December 2005
7/10
Author: no-skyline from Rochester, England

OK this film has virtually no budget for a sci-fi movie and no real stars to speak of other than Peter 'Robocop' Weller but that doesn't matter because what it does have is a good story well told. It's a shame that bigger budget sci-fi productions never seem to remember that sci-fi should be have an interesting premise and not just throw a few explosions at the screen every few minutes.

What is on offer in Screamers is a solidly entertaining 1hr 40mins of sci fi fun, reasonable acting and a great story based on a Phillip K Dick short. The main idea of screamers is a very scary one a war that had been taken over by machines that fight on our behalf a war that can't be stopped.

For sci-fi fans this is a must see, for everyone else it's still solidly entertaining 7/10

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