When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games.
Director: Chris Columbus
Writers: Timothy Dowling (screenplay), Tim Herlihy (screenplay)
Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan
Storyline
As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), Will Cooper (Kevin
James), Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad), and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant
(Peter Dinklage) saved the world thousands of times - at 25 cents a game
in the video arcades. Now, they're going to have to do it for real. In
Pixels, when intergalactic aliens discover video feeds of classic arcade
games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack the
Earth, using the video games as the models for their assaults -- and
now-U.S. President Cooper must call on his old-school arcade friends to
save the world from being destroyed by PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Galaga,
Centipede, and Space Invaders. Joining them is Lt. Col. Violet Van
Patten (Michelle Monaghan), a specialist supplying the arcaders with
unique weapons to fight the aliens.
