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		Screamers In English (1995) Hendrickssen: "Things ain't what they used to be." "Screamers" actually has a pretty good pedigree. It's from a short story by Philip K. Dick, and it stars Peter Weller, a good actor who is probably best known for "Robocop." It's about a war between humans on the planet Sirius 6B over an extremely valuable energy source (shades of "Dune"), but the plot is just a sci-fi setting for a so-so horror plot. The screamers are sort of like land mines with artificial intelligence who, of course, go amuck. Roy Dupuis plays a violent, Shakespeare-quoting psycho named Becker. He's billed second after Weller, but his screen time is way too brief. It's an interesting part, though, and he plays it well. And actually, he looks pretty cool, too. He wears a futuristic grey uniform, his hair is wild, and he has tattooed teardrops under his left eye. (Shades of "Nikita.") This movie isn't all that bad as sci-fi/horror movies go. It has an interesting plot, good acting, and good effects, but the story is just too unbelievable. It has potential, but it never takes off. But at least it's better than "Hemoglobin." Two stars, Billie Roy Dupuis review annex