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Red Planet (2000)

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Reviews Counted:96

Fresh:12

Rotten:84

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: While the special effects are impressive, the movie suffers from a lack of energy and interesting characters.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Mission Commander Kate Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss) is the pilot and commander of the most important mission of the 21st century: saving the human race. It’s 2050, earth is dying, and colonizing... Mission Commander Kate Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss) is the pilot and commander of the most important mission of the 21st century: saving the human race.

It’s 2050, earth is dying, and colonizing Mars is the only alternative to obliteration. Bowman and her crew have made this journey to investigate what went wrong with the malfunctioning Mars Terraforming Project, and to repair it. But what happens when they get there is far more terrifying than anyone could have guessed: a crash-landing leaves them without scientific, communication or escape equipment, and causes their military mapping and exploration robot to malfunction into an enemy, relentlessly dedicated to breaking the team down. Defying orders from Houston, Bowman refuses to leave Gallagher (Val Kilmer), with whom she shares an intense emotional bond, and the others (Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker and Terence Stamp), and instead attempts to guide them back from above.

But as the landing team explores the harsh new planet desperately seeking a way out, they make the most terrifying and baffling discovery of all: Mars may be barren, but it’s not uninhabited.

Val Kilmer (“Heat,” “The Prince of Egypt”), Tom Sizemore (“Saving Private Ryan”), Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix”), Benjamin Bratt (TV’s “Law & Order”), Simon Baker (“L.A. Confidential”) and Terence Stamp (“The Limey”) star in “Red Planet,” an epic romantic adventure about one crew’s intense struggle for survival against the most extreme odds imaginable. [More]

Starring: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Simon Baker

Starring: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Simon Baker, Benjamin Bratt, Terence Stamp

Director: Anthony Hoffman

Director: Anthony Hoffman
Screenwriter: Channing Gibson, Jonathan Lemkin
Producer: Mark Canton, Bruce Berman, Jorge Saralegui
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Rich Cline
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Shadows on the Wall

Just like that last Mission to Mars, this one's doomed before liftoff.

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Nobody who hasn’t spent time in an asylum could have believed that this film was ever going to amount to anything.

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The characters have the depth of an algae pool.

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Andy Klein
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This spaceship misfire manages to be overblown and undernourished at the same time.

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Bob Graham
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle

Dumb, uninvolving movie.

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Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

A mildly diverting adventure film for those who enjoy thrills and shocks without having to think too much.

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Bob Thomas
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... appeals neither to intellect, emotion nor sense of excitement.

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