About this episode

The episode explores the transformation of a beloved video game into a dark cinematic experience.

Andrew and James review the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. Hollywood’s most gloriously unhinged attempt to turn a beloved video game into a gritty action film nobody asked for. In this comedy podcast episode, the guys try to make sense of Bob Hoskins as Mario, Dennis Hopper as a lizard king, and a script that appears to have been written by someone who had only heard Super Mario Bros. described secondhand. Funny, baffling, and oddly affectionate, this is the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie review you didn’t know you needed.

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