The 90s Super Mario Bros. Movie is Better Than You Remember

Super Mario Fever may feel like a distant memory now that the country's wild with Barbenheimer fervor, but its impact will be felt for decades to come. With over 1.5 billion dollars grossed worldwide, it's bound to create a new franchise that will shift the conversation on video game movies, placing them into the same safe IP realm as comic books and other beloved properties that are constantly exploited for content in this not-quite-golden-age of Hollywood.

But all of this has happened before. And somewhat less successfully.

1993's Super Mario Bros., directed by Max Headroom creators Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, and starring John Leguizamo, Bob Hoskins, and Dennis Hopper, was an instant flop upon release, and destroyed the careers of its writers and directors. It was hated then, and forgotten now - all-but denied by Nintendo and willfully ignored by anyone who could still remember seeing it all those years ago.

But now, 30 years later, and with the new Super Mario Brothers Movie in the rear-view mirror, let's take a look at why this mythical "bad" movie is actually Better Than You Remember.

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