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Red Planet (2000)

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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 100
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 86

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

Average Rating: 3.4/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 25

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

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Movie Info

An effort to circumvent global catastrophe becomes a disaster in its own right in this science fiction thriller. In the year 2050, Earth is on the verge of ecological disaster, and the Mars Terraforming Project has been created in hopes of making our neighboring planet habitable so that a colony of Earthlings might begin a new civilization there. But the project goes awry, and Commander Kate Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss) is put in charge of a rescue mission to set the system back on its feet.

PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Antony Hoffman

Written By: Channing Gibson, Jonathan Lemkin

In Theaters: Nov 10, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Mar 27, 2001

Box Office:$17.1M

Warner Bros.

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Cast

Val Kilmer
Robby Gallagher
Carrie-Anne Moss
Kate Bowman
Tom Sizemore
Quinn Burchenal
Benjamin Bratt
Ted Santen
Simon Baker
Chip Pettengill
Terence Stamp
Bud Chantilas

Critic Reviews for Red Planet

All Critics (120) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (89) | DVD (28)

Zero gravity.

June 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Newsweek

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Robert Cashill

Newsweek

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Any movie that requires this much narration-background, plot line and introductions to each and every character-is as deprived of oxygen as outer space.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Newsday

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John Anderson

Newsday

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Red Planet isn't as bad as the year's first abysmal Martian movie, Mission to Mars, but it's pretty close.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

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Red Planet isn't particularly offensive, except in its total mediocrity.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Charles Taylor

Salon.com

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Red Planet is cluttered with too many threats and too many implausible solutions.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Tom Sime

Dallas Morning News

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There's precious little sense of adventure, suspense or excitement and no sense of fun.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

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Better than you remember.

August 8, 2011 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Red Planet's lack of original ideas locks it into a decaying orbit.

August 16, 2002 Full Review | Comment

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Even when the astronauts are running out of oxygen, they still insist on espousing their theories about life, science and God. Had the movie any sexual or racial tension, it could pass itself off as "The Real World: Mars."

June 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue.

May 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films Guide

Spectacular graphics and sound cannot save a bad film. (Blu-ray edition)

April 16, 2002 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

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Tame sci-fi with not much of a story leaving the actors without much to work with.

July 11, 2007

moon rivers

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Mediocracy on Mars. Considering I expected it to blow though, that's not such a bad thing. The storyline isn't all that great, but the cast is decent enough and as are the special effects. A little more action and imagination sure wouldn't have hurt though. For this adds nothing to the sci-fi realm that we haven't seen

May 14, 2007