Mars Attacks!

Is Mars Attacks! right for your family?

Movie 1996 106 min

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

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Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. 14 (BR)

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Martian spacecraft surround Earth's cities and the annihilation of the U.S. Congress leads to a call for nuclear retaliation.

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