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Mission to Mars (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 106
Fresh: 24
Rotten:82
Average Rating: 4/10
Consensus: Beauty only goes skin deep in this shallow but visually stunning film.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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... [More]
Starring: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Jerry O'Connell
Director: Brian De Palma
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Top Critic
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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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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