Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3679 in DVD
• Released on: 1998-05-11
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Turkish, Hungarian, Polish, Icelandic, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Greek
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 102 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in cinemas. The idea of invading aliens ray-gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humour seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones and Pam Grier. --Jim Emerson

Special Features
Wide Screen
English
Region 2
Dolby Surround 5.1 English
Dolby Surround 5.1
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Arabic\Croatian\Czech\English\Greek\Hungarian\Icelandic\Polish\Turkish

Synopsis
Director Tim Burton unleashes MARS ATTACKS!, a vicious, affectionate, brightly-colored homage to 1950s alien invasion movies. When a shiny silver flying saucer lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians exit the gleaming craft. Although they claim to be peaceful, they promptly "vaporize" a gathering of unfortunate Earthlings, kicking off a bizarre high-tech war with wild special effects. This studiously campy sci-fi spoof, based on a series of Topps bubble-gum cards, gleefully parodies not only schlock B-horror movies, but also overblown blockbusters such as INDEPENDENCE DAY. This subversive film is helped along by an all-star cast including Jack Nicholson in dual roles as both a clueless U.S. President (with First Lady Glenn Close) and a Las Vegas sleazebag. The film follows the wacky WAR OF THE WORLD--like proceedings from the points of view of numerous colorful characters, from the inane U.S. Press Secretary (Martin Short) to a trailer-park family (Lukas Haas and Sylvia Sidney), singer Tom Jones (as himself).

Customer Reviews

It a Tim Burton film nuf said!!
this is really fun to watch and really funny as well especially SJP when she has the body of a dog and Brosnan's head danglen on sum wires!!

also i would seriously recomend this to people who either like Burtons films or if they like spoofs and sci-fi's

Way
There's a reason why you rarely see this in shops, simply put, it's so good that it probably sells out every time it goes on the shelves. I saw this at the cinema and wanted to leave to bring all my friends in - it's that good. Its so funny, it's `satire' of the highest level, and definitely hits the mark, and most of the actors give awesome performances, which isnt suprising considering the cast and the great script this film has.

If you think this is good, may I recommend Independence Day? Another great flick...

No way
There's a reason why you rarely see this repeated on TV or even in shops, Simply put, it's crap. I saw this at the cinema and wanted to leave. Its not funny, it's `satire' if you can call it that, doesnt hit the mark, and most of the actors give lacklustre performances, which isnt suprising when they are faced with the amount of stupid props, bad effects and the appalling script this film has.

If you think this is good, may I recommend Independence Day? Knock yourself out.