Pixels (2015)

Release date: 2015-09-15
Country: USA|China|Canada
Language: English|Hindi|Japanese
Director: Chris Columbus
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Rating: 5.6/10
Length: 1h 45min

Storyline

Sam has been one of the best arcade gamers of his time. Once in an international tournament NASA sent the video recording of all the games to space for intelligent beings to find and know more about humans. However the aliens interpreted the games as a challenge and began attacking Earth using the video game data. It's now up to Sam and other old time arcade game champions to save the Earth from the video game alien invasion.

Plot Keywords

arcade game, alien, product placement, nerd, geek, humanity in peril, inanimate object comes to life, alien contact, playing a video game, based on short film, scientist, driving in reverse, chase, firefighter, fire truck, laboratory, satire, training, mission, good versus evil

Short Review

There are scenes in the surreally lazy, occasionally funny Pixels in which Sandler's face slips into the exact same weary, disgruntled expression he wears in Funny People.