271. Fire in the Sky
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Lieberman
Actors: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, James Garner, Henry Thomas
Plot: A group of men return from clearing brush in the woods with a story that one of them was abducted by aliens. Soon, they are accused of murdering the missing man, but when he reappears, a startling story emerges.
272. Capricorn One
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Sam Waterston, Karen Black, Telly Savalas, O.J. Simpson
Plot: 3 astronauts must survive the elements while attempting to reach their families. They are being pursued by a rogue wing of NASA.
273. Total Recall
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy, Bokeem Woodbine
Plot: Douglas Quaid needs a vacation from reality, and when Rekall offers him that chance, he's happy to take it. Yet something goes terribly wrong, and Quaid finds himself hunted by police led by Chancellor Cohaagen and the only way to break free is to seek out the underground resistance. Along the way Quaid will navigate memory, fantasy and reality to discover his true identity in a world turned upside-down.
274. Death Race 3: Inferno
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roel Reiné
Actors: Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo, Luke Goss, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Fred Koehler
Plot: A group of prisoners have to win one more car race to secure their freedom.
275. Battle: Los Angeles
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Peña, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo
Plot: A hardened veteran must lead a green platoon of recruits against an alien invasion in Los Angeles. It soon becomes clear that their group may be the last, best defense against the invaders.
276. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kerry Conran
Actors: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Angelina Jolie, Bai Ling
Plot: As scientists around the world disappear, a pilot and a reporter, who
happen to meet by coincidence take on the adventure to discovering the
mystery of giant robots and disappearing scientists.
277. Invaders from Mars
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Actors: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson, Hillary Brooke, Morris Ankrum
Plot: What if a young boy was the only one who knew the Earth had been invaded? This movie answers that question.
278. The Man with Two Brains
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, James Cromwell, David Warner, Paul Benedict, Richard Brestoff
Plot: A brain surgeon finds himself in a loveless marriage and falls instead for a talking brain in a jar.
279. Screamers
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christian Duguay
Actors: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andrew Lauer, Charles Edwin Powell, Ron White
Plot: On a distant mining colony plagued by war, a new, perfect machine has been developed. Screamers were designed for one purpose: to eliminate the enemy, but years of evolution without human interruption has corrupted them into eliminating all life period.
280. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Sal Mineo, M. Emmet Walsh
Plot: Cornelius, Zira and Milo travel back in time to escape the destruction of their world. Landing in 20th century Los Angeles, they're treated as curiosities and celebrities at first, but soon become hunted by a suspicious and fearful government intent on making them the subjects of an experiment that could alter the course of human and ape events.
