Just like that last Mission to Mars, this one's doomed before liftoff.
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.
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.
Reviews for Red Planet
This spaceship misfire manages to be overblown and undernourished at the same time.
A mildly diverting adventure film for those who enjoy thrills and shocks without having to think too much.
Red Planet isn't particularly offensive, except in its total mediocrity.
Red Planet's characterless characters are a bland, undistinguished bunch, completely overshadowed by Amee, a slinky robot that clinks ominously and has a sexy way of twisting herself in knots.
Plot holes come at you at a dizzying pace, and they can be rather extreme.
Most successful is a rogue navigational robot named AMEE, who gives a performance far more nuanced than any of the carbon-based performers.
You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This If: Your appetite is not yet sated after this year's Mission to Mars and Supernova.
This one's a nuts-and-bolts sci-fier that looks good but its dialogue is just terrible...
One of the most involving and well-made space-set thrillers since Ridley Scott's 1979 opus, Alien.
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