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''Pixels'' is a 2015 American science fiction action-comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, 1492 Pictures and Happy Madison Productions. The film was directed by Chris Columbus. Its screenplay was written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, with a screen story penned by Tim Herlihy and based on French director Patrick Jean's 2010 short film of the same name.〔 The film features computer animated video games characters, special effects, and stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan, Brian Cox, Ashley Benson, and Jane Krakowski. The film's plot has extraterrestrials misinterpreting video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, and invading Earth using technology inspired by games such as ''Pac-Man'' and ''Space Invaders''. To counter the alien assault, the United States hire former arcade champions to lead the planet's defense. Principal photography on the film began in 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D in 2015. While ''Pixels'' received generally negative reviews from critics, it was a box office success, grossing over $243 million worldwide. ==Plot== In 1982, when Sam Brenner and Will Cooper are 13-year-old avid arcade-game players, a time capsule is launched into space containing a videocassette with video-game scenes from an arcade championship. Brenner and Cooper attend the event where they meet a fellow arcade gamer Ludlow "The Wonder Kid" Lamonsoff. The end results show that Brenner and arcade champion Eddie Plant have a tie. To settle it they have a go at Donkey Kong. But, in the end Eddie comes out victorious, where Brenner runs off stage close to tears. In the present, Brenner works installing home-theater systems and Cooper is the President of the United States. In Guam, a U.S. military base is attacked by unknown objects that pixelated pieces of the base. Its soldiers are easily defeated and Sergeant Dylan Cohen is abducted. Brenner, working at the home of divorcée Violet Van Patten and her son Matty, heads to the White House at Cooper's request. To his surprise, he finds Violet is a Lieutenant Colonel. Shown video of the attack, Brenner says it was carried out like in the old video game ''Galaga''. Later, Ludlow takes Brenner to his home and tell him he's interpreted messages saying the aliens are attacking with creatures based on classic video-game designs, since they found the videocassette images a threat. If they win three rounds, they will claim the Earth. Though they and Cooper determine that the next attack will happen in India, they are too late. The Taj Mahal is attacked with ''Arkanoid'' paddles and another person is abducted as a trophy. Brenner and Ludlow train soldiers to play these old games. Violet shows Brenner and Ludlow that the pixels are taken down by strong light beams. The next attack is in London, where the soldiers lack the skill to defeat the antagonist of ''Centipede''. Brenner and Ludlow defeat it, however, and the aliens send a congratulatory message and the Duck Hunt dog as a trophy. New York City is next, but the team needs help. Ludlow and Cooper retrieve an imprisoned Eddie, who is serving a sentence for fraud. Cooper agrees to let Eddie out of prison and relinquish his taxes in exchange for his help. The team discovers it must face the title character from ''Pac-Man'' and in order to succeed must defeat him three times. Violet presents them with four Mini Cooper cars based on the ''Pac-Man'' ghosts, with the other car driven by the game's creator, Toru Iwatani. Iwatani tries to appeal to Pac-Man as a son, but gets his hand bitten off. Eddie defeats Pac-Man twice but accidentally drives into the East River. Brenner eventually achieves the third defeat. The team celebrates but the aliens send message saying someone cheated and the contest for the planet has been forfeited. Matty discovers Eddie used a speed cheat. Eddie flees and Matty is abducted as a trophy. The aliens cascade more video games on Washington, D.C. as they prepare to take over. Cooper joins the team, while Ludlow stays to fight. One alien takes the form of Lady Lisa, a character on whom Ludlow has had a crush since childhood. She fights Ludlow until he says he loves her, and they share a kiss. Eddie returns to fight as well. Brenner, Violet, Cooper and Q *Bert, previously given as a trophy, are brought up to the space ship by Max Headroom. There they face the title character from ''Donkey Kong'', who rolls barrels at the group to prevent them reaching the captives. Brenner throws a hammer at Donkey Kong, destroying him. The team is hailed as heroes and a peace agreement is reached with the aliens. Ludlow says he's disappointed that Lady Lisa was taken back with the aliens, and, feeling sorry for him, Q *bert transforms into Lady Lisa. Brenner and Violet become a couple, while Eddie gets a text message from Serena Williams and Martha Stewart. A year later, Lady Lisa and Ludlow are married and have Q-Bert children, named Q *by. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pixels (2015 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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