When you think of Pixels, you instantly go back a few years, to your childhood, where your PlayStation and your Nintendo were your best friends. This new release is the exact same movie, promising to take you down the nostalgia lane with its focus on old 8-bit games! While we all know the movie is our childhood fantasy come true, it also shows what happens when the game characters we love turn on us!
When NASA sends out videos of present-day popular culture references in an attempt to make contact with extraterrestrial forces, something goes terribly wrong. Within the fonts, there are characters from popular video games, such as Pac Man and Donkey Kong. Sent as a gesture of goodwill, but received as something else entirely, the aliens misunderstand video games as hostile and violent, take the form of 8-bit video game characters, and invade Earth. The President of the United States calls for all the weapons he has, but the Army and Navy fail to keep the world safe, and the President calls on his gamer friends to deal with these pixelated enemies!
Pixels has already made waves at the global box office, with the fact that it has a life-size Pac Man and Donkey Kong. The dot-eating character has gotten bigger and hungrier, and he seems to want to eat everything in his path! The film also stars Kevin James, who plays the President of the United States and one of the main leads in the film. In addition to James, the film also stars Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage, all of whom are old childhood playmates. While Sandler and James are a house on fire on screen, with their effortless chemistry and charisma, Dinklage will be seen in a new avatar after his stint on the popular TV show Game of Thrones. Dinklage will be called Eddie Plant, or Fireblaster in the movie, and he’ll be seen sporting some cool shades and a creepy mullet!
The movie also has the Pac Man Ghosts, except this time it’s cars. And not just any car, they are super cool Mini Coopers. Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde are back, and they sure look great! While the movie recently opened at the box office, the response hasn’t been huge, but it has been a bit soft. Even with some amazing CGI, most moviegoers and critics haven’t raved about the movie. The movie is fun to watch though, if you’re looking for a bit of nostalgia!