Quest for the Worst Movie Part 5 - Super Mario Bros.

Well, it was inevitable that this "gem" was going to turn up at one stage...and low and behold my eldest stepson suggested this one...so here goes and let's get this out the way...oh, and thanks, Ben!

Now, most people know about Nintendos Super Mario franchise...it has pretty much been everywhere and done everything.  Mario Mario has been the poster boy for Nintendo for years (oh how things have changed for little Jumpman!) and so I guess it was logical that Mario and his lanky goofy brother would feature in a movie at some stage.

But, instead of an incredibly awesome movie....we get....THIS

I asked my wife what was the best part of this movie....without hesitation, she said "That it ended!"

So, Mario Mario and his brother Luigi Mario attempt to help Daisy when they accidentally go to another dimension where dinosaurs have become a superior species and evil dictator Koopa wants to merge the dimensions and take over the World, making dinosaurs the dominant species.  So, Mario Bros to the rescue!!  But can they save the day?

This was the first movie made that was based on a video game....and in some ways, it shows.  This movie is awful, but when you look into what is happening behind the scenes it's not really surprising.  The script was rewritten so many times that actors started ignoring the rewrites...there were so many different coloured pages in the script it was called "The Rainbow Script".  This movie could have been really good, but the directors wanted a more adult-orientated movie where the studio wanted a more child orientated film.

This movie is not anywhere near faithful to the source material....I mean, Koopa evolved from a T-Rex?  Koopas are pinheaded reptiles that are the product of forced devolution?  The King of the dimension was devolved into slime and mushrooms?  And what was with Mario and Luigi not wearing something that looked similar to their trademark garb until over an hour into the movie?

This movie is so bad that Bob Hoskins said that this was the worst movie he ever worked on...apparently everyone knew this was going to be really bad and Hoskins and co-star Leguizamo went out drinking every night to get through it....and they also had Lance Henriksen in it too?  Madness.

This was not a good start for video game movies...and really so far there has not been much success in making a video game movie since.

This....this is currently the second worst movie I have ever watched....this was VERY close to a Birdemic beater, so very close.


If you really must watch this awful movie, Super Mario Bros. is rated PG and available in various formats.