Mars Attacks!

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Kamurai2021-02-23T16:52:21.762Z

6/10

Good watch, could watch again, but it's hard to honestly recommend.

This is one of those movies that is good because it is bad, whether or not that is done on purpose, for the purposes of parody. Otherwise it's just a good old jump in "The Way Back Machine" to see a...

FilipeManuelNeto2023-07-06T00:02:57.072Z

7/10

A film full of black humor, and for that very reason difficult to digest for many people.

Black humor is doomed to be understood by very few, and this film, which is drenched in black humor from beginning to end, paid the price, becoming a minor failure. I believ...

Wuchak2025-10-21T20:56:31.002Z

7/10

Tim Burton’s spoof of ’50s sci-fi flicks with an outstanding cast

Shot in 1996 and released at the end of that year, Burton used the Mars Attacks trading cards from the ’60s as the template for his extraterrestrials. The film plays like the Mad magazine version...

misubisu2026-02-16T00:00:49.726Z

8/10

Score: 8/10 — A Gleefully Deranged, One-of-a-Kind Satirical Spectacle

Mars Attacks! is the cinematic equivalent of a sugar rush from a radioactive candy bar—bright, chaotic, and utterly unforgettable. It is a film that **goes places only Tim Burton would dare t...

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