Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Practical Effects
Pixel creature effects are genuinely fun when not buried.
Costume
Peter Dinklage's mullet and leather—committed chaos.
Production
Taj Mahal Pac-Man set piece: expensive nonsense.
Director
Chris Columbus
Adam Sandler
Brenner
Kevin James
Cooper
Michelle Monaghan
Violet
Peter Dinklage
Eddie
Josh Gad
Ludlow
Matt Lintz
Matty
Brian Cox
Admiral Porter
Denis Akiyama
Professor Iwatani
Sean Bean
Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
Jane Krakowski
First Lady Jane Cooper
Dan Aykroyd
1982 Championship MC
Affion Crockett
Sergeant Dylan Cohan
Lainie Kazan
Mickey Lamonsoff
Ashley Benson
Lady Lisa
Tom McCarthy
Michael the Robot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a 2010 French short film that took 2 minutes and had zero Adam Sandlers.
Released the same year as Mad Max: Fury Road, somehow both qualified as 'action movies' that year.
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