Remote Control

Remote Control

Your future is in their hands.

Directed by Jeff Lieberman

Produced by The Vista Organization

198888 min5.5 / 10

A campy sci-fi comedy that mines humor from '50s B-movie pastiche and alien invasion tropes, balancing genuine stakes with tongue-in-cheek absurdity.

A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide.

Questions people ask

  • Is Remote Control sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Does Remote Control end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Remote Control easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Is Remote Control violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Remote Control scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

25/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity58

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise20

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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