SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.
There's nothing exhilarating or enjoyable in any of this.
– Jack Mathews,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb 2001
rotten:
Until it succumbs to one cliche too many, Screamers, which was directed by Christian Duguay, does an efficient job of generating a stomach-knotting tension.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
The design and effects teams have lent scale and impact to the futuristic locations and sets. If only Duguay's flashy, aimless direction had succeeded in filling these barren wastes and antiseptic interiors with something resembling human life.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A fun, fast-paced futuristic thriller with enough jolts per frame to keep even the most impatient action fan happy.
– Brendan Kelly,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Based on a short story by the great nutball sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick, Screamers is more like a high-pitched rip-off of Alien.