Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 American
science fiction fantasy adventure action comedy film directed by
Rocky Morton and
Annabel Jankel. A loose live-action adaptation of the 1985
Nintendo video game of the same name and its
entire franchise, the film stars
Bob Hoskins as
Mario,
John Leguizamo as
Luigi,
Dennis Hopper as
King Koopa, and
Samantha Mathis as
Princess Daisy. It tells the story of the eponymous Mario brothers, as they find a
parallel universe, ruled by the ruthless dictator King Koopa, who seeks to merge the two dimensions together so that he can rule both worlds, leaving it up to Mario and Luigi to join forces with Princess Daisy, the daughter of the world's displaced King, to stop Koopa.