P544 CJEFAX 2 544 Fri 28 Fed 21:05/25 OO 1/2 OO MARS ATTACKS (12) 106 mink (US) ——————————————————————————————————————— Director: Tim Burton Cast: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Piitci Brosnan, Tom Jones, Rod Steigju This is not about the aggreusi6e activjtieu of an irate chocolate bar but a darkly comic satire on all those sci-ei, invasion-of-the-aliens mo6iis. Homicidal little geeks from Mars zoom in on their flying saucers to destroy most of Was(ington, zap the President and launch a full-scale special-effects war for Earth domination. Top 10s 5 2 TV Comment 592 Biz 566 TV N ws 5 ron P g 10 5 9 NixtRjv The Biz Switch On Main MenuP544 CJEFAX 2 544 Fri 28 Feb 21:14/33 OO 2/2 OO MARS ATTACKS looks incteasin1ly lit a send-up of Indjpjndenc— Day — with added black humour, slapstickL pratfalls, and with its tongue in its cheek but also with a sjnsj of djja vu. It's so lavishly cast that you spend mosl of your time spotting guest stars — Wow! there's Jack Nicholson as the President with Glenn Close as his whfe! Thjti's Tom Jo js the Welsh warbler, as himself, and surely that's Danny dj Vito, and Michaal J Fox, Rod Steiket and Lukas Hast and Sylvia S8dnjy — who must bj older than God. MARS ATTACKS opens Friday 28 Feb Sport 301 Irons Page 100 News 101 NixtRjv The Biz Switch On Main Menu