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Blast off for nonstop excitement with the first ever live action adaptation of a popular video game. Loved by young fans of the Super Mario Bros video game, made with a huge budget and stellar cast, this sci-fi action thriller from 1993 has attained cult status for its audacious script and special effects. Buckle up and hang on tight – the discovery of a parallel universe launches you into the adventure of a lifetime! Mario and Luigi, two wacky plumbers, undertake a daring quest to save a princess in “Dinohattan” – a hidden world where the inhabitants evolved from dinosaurs! Mario (Bob Hoskins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and Luigi (John Leguizamo, Moulin Rouge!) face deadly challenges from a diabolical lizard king (Dennis Hopper, Apocalypse Now) and must battle giant reptilian goombas, outwit misfit thugs, and undermine a sinister scheme to take over the world!
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Super Mario Bros. (1993)
105 min
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.