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Screamers is a canadien film of genre Science fiction directed by Christian Duguay released in USA on 8 september 1995 with Peter Weller
Screamers (1995)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 8 september 1995
Length 1h48
Directed by Christian Duguay
OriginCanada
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Sur une planète fictive, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Dystopian films, Space opera, Robot films, Disaster films
Rating62%
Screamers is a 1995 dystopian science fiction film starring Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, and Jennifer Rubin, and directed by Christian Duguay. The screenplay, written by Dan O'Bannon with a rewrite by Miguel Tejada-Flores, is based on Philip K. Dick's short story "Second Variety", and addresses themes commonly found in that author's work: societal conflict, confusion of reality and illusion, and machines turning upon their creators. Although critical reaction to the film was generally negative at the time of its release, it has gained a cult following. A sequel — Screamers: The Hunting — was released in 2009, to equally mixed reviews.
Synopsis
The year is 2078. The planet Sirius 6B, once a thriving mining hub, has been reduced to a toxic wasteland by a civil war between the mining company, known as the New Economic Block (NEB), and the Alliance, a group of former mining and science personnel. Five years into the war, Alliance scientists created and deployed Autonomous Mobile Swords (AMS) — artificially intelligent self-replicating machines that hunt down and kill NEB soldiers on their own. They are nicknamed "screamers" because of a high-pitched noise they emit as they attack. Screamers track targets by their heartbeats, so Alliance soldiers wear "tabs" which broadcast a signal canceling out the wearer's heartbeat and rendering them "invisible" to the machines.Actors
Peter Weller
(Colonel Hendricksson)
Roy Dupuis
(Becker)
Jennifer Rubin
(Jessica)
Andrew Lauer
(Ace Jefferson)
Liliana Komorowska
(Landowska)
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