Super Mario Brothers
SUPER MARIO BROTHERS (PG)
D: Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel
Lightmotive/Allied/Cinergi (Jake Eberts & Roland
Joffé)
US 1993
104 mins
Fantasy/Adventure
W: Parker Bennett, Terry Runté & Ed Solomon [based on
characters created by Shigeru Miyamoto & Takashi Tezuka]
DP: Dean Semler
Ed: Caroline Ross
Mus: Alan Silvestri
Bob Hoskins (Mario), John Leguizamo (Luigi), Dennis Hopper
(King Koopa), Samantha Mathis (Daisy), Fisher Stevens (Iggy), Richard Edson (Spike), Fiona Shaw (Lena)
Amongst the first films to attempt to transfer the
characters from a popular video game series onto the big screen. It really doesn't work.
The film sees Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as the Mario
Brothers, two plumbers who must save a princess from another dimension ruled by reptilian creatures who have descended from dinosaurs.
Everything about the film is below standard, from the
casting decisions to the atrocious screenplay, the makeup and visual effects to the production design.
Despite all its shortcomings, it managed to do some modest
business at the worldwide box office and also began a short-lived spate for many other video games to get the big screen treatment.
Skip the movie and play the games instead.
2/10
