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Red Planet (2000)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:3

Rotten:24

Average Rating:3.4/10

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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Zero gravity.

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Robert Cashill
Newsweek
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This spaceship misfire manages to be overblown and undernourished at the same time.

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Bob Graham
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San Francisco Chronicle
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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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Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas
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Feels a lot like a B-movie from the 1950s.

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Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Red Planet isn't particularly offensive, except in its total mediocrity.

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Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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Chuck Pfarrer's screenplay feels older than the Martian hills.

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Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Early on, Lucy informs the crew there's been a 'failure to engage.' I think she was talking about the movie.

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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Red Planet seems powered by a 'Cool Stuff' aesthetics -- it's full of bits and pieces that don't add up to anything or make much of an impression.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
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Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Atrocious dialogue, gross clichés, absurd plot twists and ludicrous orchestral flourishes.

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Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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As a human interest drama, Red Planet is more thin than Mars' atmosphere.

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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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Red Planet is a giant roach motel of a movie, where actors check in but don't check out.

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Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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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.

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01/01/00
John Anderson
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.

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Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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There's precious little sense of adventure, suspense or excitement and no sense of fun.

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Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Crash-lands in a desert of one-note characters, banal dialogue and a general lack of excitement or tension.

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01/01/00
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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The year's second Mars movie isn't as laughable as the first, Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars, but it also offers far fewer signs of life.

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Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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A programmatic wash, suitable for the bottom half of a double bill, perhaps, if only we had such things anymore.

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Michael Atkinson
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[The actors] stand around mouthing dry as Martian dust dialogue.

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Owen Gleiberman
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