Rating: NR
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 12/03/2002
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 79 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Image Entertainment
Originating during the
science-fiction/Red-Scare boom of the '50s,
Invaders From Mars is an entertaining little picture that holds up reasonably well.
David MacLean (
Jimmy Hunt) is a 12-year-old astronomy buff who is stunned to see a flying saucer landing in the sand pit beyond his backyard. His father,
George (
Leif Erickson), ventures out to look the next morning and mysteriously disappears.
David's mother,
Mary (
Hillary Brooke), worriedly calls police, but they are quickly swallowed up by the sand in the backyard. Later,
George and the two cops return, but their personalities are markedly different having been taken over by the Martians. As
David tries to find help, everyone around him comes under the frightening zombie-like spell. He finally encounters two believers in
Dr. Blake (
Helena Carter) and
Dr. Kelston (
Arthur Franz). Discovering
David's shocking story to be true, the doctors call in the military setting up a confrontation that escalates when
David and
Dr. Blake are taken captive within the Martian craft. The soldiers race to save the pair from the green menace leading to an explosive finale that involves bullets, grenades, TNT, and a spectacular alien ray gun that can melt stone.
~ Patrick Legare, All Movie Guide
;)
