Product: Super Mario Bros. [VHS] (1993)
Rating: 4.0
The Best Mario Film, but Not Perfect
You can't go into this film with an idea in your mind how it will be. There's no koopa shells or mushrooms, no fireballs or star powers. The Mario Bros. theme is spun on its head and changes everything into a more gritty, "real" version of itself.This film fits into an older generation of films that is not really my thing. The film is mixed together with Bladerunnner environment, Indiana Jones adventure, and Home Alone silliness, resulting in a unique blend that is punctuated by the Mario references.I would have liked the film even more if it had taken its Bladerunner aspects and made this a movie more for adults, like a "Batman Begins" for the super Mario brothers.If I had seen this as a child, I probably would have loved it, but since this was the first time I had seen it, after years and years of playing the Mario games, it did not quite meet my expectations.