Product: Super Mario Bros. [VHS] (1993)
Rating: 5.0
Cyberpunk's Last Hurrah!
As a young kid in the 90's, discovering this film was a dream come true. I had grown up loving the live-action sequences of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show" and this film is like taking those sequences to 11. Super Mario Bros. is fast paced and very engaging, and classic action from before the era of bullet time. I highly recommend the film to fans of Cyberpunk, gritty streets and monolithic skyscrapers ala Ridley Scott abound. Ignore the hatred you may have heard. Watch this film with an open mind before becoming tainted by cynical hair splitters, this is a superb movie experience! A film like this really is a refreshing experience for fans who've grown up and want a realistic approach to Mario, as Nintendo seems content to ignore its aging fanbase. Mario and Luigi are actual plumbers from Brooklyn! Even the games never explained how this happened. Hearing Mario speaking with a Brooklyn accent is so refreshing after hearing years of the same goofy Italian accent overdone. A+ Two plungers up!