One of the very best Philip K. Dick adaptations, SCREAMERS relates the tale of a war between two groups on a barren planet that is complicated by a batch of killer robots that are beginning to replicate themselves to resemble humans. Dick's best stories often dealt with identity confusion (think TOTALL RECALL and BLADE RUNNER), and SCREAMERS fall squarely into that category as no one knows who to trust anymore. One of the more subversive scenes has an army of screamers in disguise as young boys being shot down by the "good" guys. Peter Weller of ROBOCOP fame stars, and he was at the top of his game when he made this. The only thing holding this picture back is the budget, which must have been minuscule. But the plot is dealt with in an imaginative way, somewhat along the lines of BODY SNATCHERS or John Carpenter's version of THE THING. Highly recommended.
Review of Screamers
