Rating: Half-Full

Studio: Hollywood Pictures/Lightmotive/Allied Filmmakers/Cinergi Pictures

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Cast: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, Fisher Stevens, Fiona Shaw and Richard Edson

Directors: Annabel Jankel and Ricky Morton

Writers: Parker Bennett, Terry Runte and Ed Solomon

Based on: the Nintendo game

Producers: Jake Eberts and Roland Joffe

Music by: Alan Silvestri

Rated: PG for sci-fi action, mild language and sensuality

Release Date: 05/28/93

Favorite Character: Mario Mario

Tagline: This ain’t no game.

Quote: “No. It’s Luigi Mario. See because we’re brothers, we gotta have the same last name.”- Luigi Mario

Fun Facts: Bob Hoskins didn’t know who Mario was when he signed on to play him (and he also regretted playing him later)

Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo were drunk most of the time.

The ‘De-Evolution’ gun was a Nintendo accessory ‘Super Scope’

Listen carefully, there were a few sounds from the original game.

Summary: In the universe where there are two dimensions, two plumbers must rescue the princess from the world where people evolved from dinosaurs.

The Review: I wouldn’t say this is the best (by a long shot) but Hoskins performance, the special effects and its story does seem to be entertaining and (mostly) silly enough to keep the film from being ‘Game Over’