A-Ron-2 Review of Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars (1986)

Not as good as the original, but OK

[5/10 · 7 August 2001]

Now, I am not a huge fan of this film, but I think that Tobe Hooper

has brought about a pleasant re-imagining of the original film with

updated special effects... the main problem is that this film is a bit

too graphic for the child audience at which it is aimed. I respect

Hooper's odd desire to make a sci-fi film for kids, but I think that he

compromised this vision by aiming the action scenes at older

kids... the only people I think that will really like this movie are

those who saw the original film as children and loved it, and those

older kids who are really into special effects and can ignore the

lame acting and plot...

Aside from that, I think that most older kids will find this film to be

lame and most younger kids would be too scared by the aliens

and some of the violence... overall, I would recommend showing

your younger kids the original film (as I think that it really plays to

the fears of children in a non-threatening manner) and maybe

turning them onto this film when they get a bit older... as a sort of

initiation into more sophisticated action/horror films.