Despite a solid premise and talented supporting cast, Pixels is another shallow addition to Adam Sandler’s product line.
After taking second-place in a video game championship when he was ten-years old, Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) spent the next three decades underachieving. Instead of attending MIT as planned, Brenner struggled to overcome the disappointment of his loss, settling for a thankless TV installation job and an unfaithful (ex-)wife.
However, when mysterious attackers destroy a U.S. air force base, Brenner’s childhood best friend (now President of the United States of America), Will Cooper (Kevin James) calls upon the former video game expert to consult on a new extra terrestrial threat. An advanced alien race has misinterpreted a Reagan-era space transmission (featuring video of 1982 pop icons, TV shows, and video games) as a hostile challenge for the fate of both worlds. Without a clear understanding of the ...
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