Mission to Mars (2000)
23 %
Reviews Counted: 105 Fresh: 24 Rotten:81 Average Rating: 4/10
Consensus:
Beauty only goes skin deep in this shallow but visually stunning film.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: In 2020, a group of astronauts headed by Luke Graham (Don Cheadle) set out to be the first humans on Mars. After they've landed, they investigate a strange noise near an unusual rock formation, and an unpredicted storm conjures up a living tunnel of sand that wipes out everyone except Graham.... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Jerry O'Connell, Connie Nielsen
Director: Brian De Palma
Screenwriter: Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Graham Yost
Producer: Tom Jacobson
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Screenwriter: Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Graham Yost
Producer: Tom Jacobson
Composer: Ennio Morricone
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Mission to Mars' redemptive coda opened the door for the subsequent film's continuing figurative and literal sanguinity.
08/27/06
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04/09/05
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01/09/04
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05/28/03
Typically, while a good screenplay only requires a single author, this unimaginative, derivative dreck required at least four, even with the massive cribbing from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
12/08/02
There's some throwaway fancy camerawork at the beginning and a repeat of his shock-shot trick from Raising Cain, but otherwise De Palma's own ride appears to be largely on autopilot.
12/02/02
The too-many-cooks rule applies to this script, which borrows wantonly from sci-fi classics of the past.
10/15/02
If Brian DePalma's Mission to Mars were a book, it would have a yellow cover and the title '2001 for Dummies.'
09/03/02
It's the waste of the impressive ensemble cast on cheap, pedestrian dialogue and a tabloid-style hypothesis of Martian civilization that makes this Mission impossible to watch.
06/05/02
Despite a few breathtaking snapshots en route, it can't quite figure out the aesthetic itinerary -- where it's heading and why.
03/22/02
Top Critic
Bears the distinct imprint of helmer De Palma, still one of the best visualists to work in the action/adventure genre.
03/07/02
The film just doesn't offer anything new to the genre, so why bother making it?
02/28/02
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12/10/01
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