(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...
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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 | |
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Michael Caloz | ... | David |
| Liliana Komorowska | ... | Landowska | |
| Jason Cavalier | ... | Leone | |
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Leni Parker | ... | Cpl. McDonald |
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Sylvain Massé | ... | N.E.B. Soldier |
| Bruce Boa | ... | Secretary Green | |
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Tom Berry | ... | Technician |
| Henry Ramer | ... | Screamers Crawl Narration (voice) | |
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(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 But man's greatest weapon has continued to evolve without any human guidance, and now it has devised a new mission: to obliterate all life. Col. Hendricksson (Peter Weller) is commander of a handful of Alliance soldiers still alive on Sirius 6B. Betrayed by his own political leaders and disgusted by the atrocities of this never-ending war, Hendricksson decides he must negotiate a separate peace with the New Economic Bloc's decimated forces. But to do so, he will have to cross a treacherous wasteland where the deadliest threat comes from the very weapons he helped to create. Written by Nicolas LeBlanc <ei952859@uqac.uquebec.ca>
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The silence of space is about to be shattered. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for sci-fi violence and terror, some language and a brief moment of nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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26 January 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
JPY 25,895,600 (Japan), 29 November 1996Gross USA:
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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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Music by Jerry Devilliers
Lyrics by Dwight Druick
Vocals by Loulou Hughes
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The NEB command center was filmed at the Montreal Olympic Stadium. At around 1:02:00, you can see the blue canvas roof in the background. See more »Goofs
When we first meet Becker on the snow, a close up of his "Oakley Blades" shows, very clearly, the reflection of the camera crew. See 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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NayaMusic by Jerry Devilliers
Lyrics by Dwight Druick
Vocals by Loulou Hughes
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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