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Synopsis: Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant all played classic arcade video games as teenagers. But now they have to use their skills to try to save the world from aliens. The aliens watched video feeds that they thought was a declaration of war. So they send down the classic arcade games to destroy earth. They also get help from a military specialist. They have three lives and if all three get used then earth will be destroyed, and every time they lose a live the aliens take someone's life. Who will win, us or the aliens? It's an all-out battle to save our planet and everyone on it.
Director(s): Chris Columbus
Production: Sony Pictures
  4 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
27
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
PG-13
Year:
2015
105 min
$66,412,009
Website
6,125 Views


You human freak with the huge...

Inhabitants of earth...

...we are a race

from the planet Volula.

We came to you in these

familiar earth forms...

...to tell you

we've received your vessel.

And in it,

your hostile challenge.

We accept your offer to compete

in winner take all battle.

Gather your bravest warriors

to face our bravest warriors!

The winner takes

the losers planet.

You've already lost the first battle.

And for our victory,

we've picked a trophy.

I'm okay, Momma.

I love you.

That's not the real Madonna!

You will get three lives.

You have two lives left.

Losing both will lead to the

total destruction of your planet.

The next battle

is in 15 hours...

...at coordinates 27-24'-79".

I got lost about half way through.

Why does Madonna want to

take over our planet?

These moron aliens think that the footage

NASA sent up to space...

...of us playing video games in 1982...

...was a declaration of war.

Intergalactic war, Mr. President. Isn't that crazy?

Isn't that unpredictable?

Lud, listen, you helped unscrambled my

Cinemax when we were kids.

I think you can call me Chewie.

What do they mean

by three lives?

- What is that?

- If I may. That's just it.

It's like the video games of old,

Chewie Mr. President.

One quarter, three lives.

This is clearly not a quarter, this is far

more valuable. May I keep this?

- Put it back on the desk.

- Fair enough.

We lost the first one, "Galaga".

Two more losses, and...

It's game over.

Now...

- That's not happening.

- Fair enough.

Assuming that alien Madonna numbers

are latitude and longitude

...then we can safetly assume the next

attack should happen somewhere...

...in Northern

India tonight.

If you can get your guys from the NSA

to clean up the signal...

...then we can pinpoint exactly

where the attack is going to be...

...and maybe even which game

they are going to use to attack us.

I can't authorize

a military response...

...based off a video that looks like it was

made by a couple of high school kids.

You've got to at least warn the people

of India something could be coming.

The whole country thinks I'm

a buffoon as it's.

I can't risk it, Brenner.

I just can't!

Don't sweat the whole Taj Mahal thing.

It's probably better to have only

six Wonders of the World now.

You know what, I get it, I screwed up.

It won't happen again.

Shut up.

Good morning,

Mr. President.

What's "Radio Shack Robbie" doing here?

And this other...

...fellow?

Hi.

Ludlow Lamonsoff.

We've actually met before

but you wouldn't remember...

...because it was the back of Brenner's van,

and I was watching through the window.

You smell so nice,

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Tim Herlihy

Tim Herlihy (born October 9, 1966) is an American screen actor, film producer, screenwriter, and Broadway show author.Films written or produced by Herlihy have grossed over $3 billion at the worldwide box office. He frequently collaborates with Adam Sandler, who played a "Saturday Night Live" character, "The Herlihy Boy", in honor of Tim Herlihy. more…

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