Review of Mars Attacks! (1996) by Rachel W — 17 Sep 2011

Nice campy take on 50's campy sci-fi.

This review of Mars Attacks! (1996) was written by Rachel W on 17 Sep 2011.

Mars Attacks! has generally received mixed reviews.

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$100 million that could've been spent curing cancer instead gave me cancer from watching this awful, sadistic movie…

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By Thatcher H (35) on 26 Nov 2018

Un clasico. Excelente . Nac... nac.. nac... Attack…

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