Movie · Sci-Fi · Comedy

When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games like PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Centipede and Space Invaders as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.

2015 · 1h 46m
Director Chris Columbus

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When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games like PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Centipede and Space Invaders as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.

COMMON SENSE

Action, crass/raunchy humor in alien-attack sci-fi comedy.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4
Reviews 204
Fresh 37
Rotten 167

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Studio
Happy Madison Productions
Released
2015
Run Time
1 hr 46 min
Rated
PG-13 for some language and suggestive comments.
Regions of Origin
United States, China mainland, Canada
© 2015 Columbia Pictures Industries , Inc. , LSC Film Corporation and China Film Co. , Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

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English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.