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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] sci-fi violence, brief nudity and language

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Nov 10, 2000 Wide

Box Office: $17,050,061

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

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01/01/00
Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas
Associated Press

As B films go, Red Planet has its heart in the right place.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
03/07/02
Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine

One of the most involving and well-made space-set thrillers since Ridley Scott's 1979 opus, Alien.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Red Planet convincingly demonstrates that the shadow side of science is scary — very scary indeed.

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03/31/01
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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01/01/00
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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The story's strong point isn't psychological depth or complex relationships, but brainy scientists trying to think their way out of a box that grows smaller every minute.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Though not very deep in deep space, I thought Red Planet was pretty good fun.

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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
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The next time any movie tells you the Martians are coming, choose the better part of valor: Just duck.

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03/22/02
Globe and Mail

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

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01/01/00
E! Online

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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04/02/01
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
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The characters have the depth of an algae pool.

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