Screamers 1995

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Until it succumbs to one cliche too many, Screamers, which was directed by Christian Duguay, does an efficient job of generating a stomach-knotting tension. Read more

Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times: There's nothing exhilarating or enjoyable in any of this. Read more

Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly: Based on a short story by the great nutball sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick, Screamers is more like a high-pitched rip-off of Alien. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Screamers oozes atmosphere. It's a dark film that borrows heavily from the likes of the Alien films, Dune, Blade Runner, and John Carpenter's updated The Thing. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's not exactly a bad movie; it's made with a certain imagination and intelligence. But its future is so grungy and grim it makes our current mess look like Utopia. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: In its last minutes Screamers becomes the last thing it intends to be -- laughable. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: The design and effects teams have lent scale and impact to the futuristic locations and sets. If only Duguay's flashy, aimless direction had succeeded in filling these barren wastes and antiseptic interiors with something resembling human life. Read more

Brendan Kelly, Variety: A fun, fast-paced futuristic thriller with enough jolts per frame to keep even the most impatient action fan happy. Read more