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Mission Commander Kate Bowman 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.
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Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Nudity|Sci-Fi Violence)
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Genre: Sci-fi
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Original Language: English
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Director: Antony Hoffman
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Producer: Bruce Berman, Mark Canton, Jorge Saralegui
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Writer: Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin, Channing Gibson
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Box Office (Gross USA): $17.5M
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Distributor: Warner Bros.
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Production Co: Village Roadshow Prod., Mars Production Pty. Ltd., NPV Entertainment
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Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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Critic Reviews for Red Planet
Audience Reviews for Red Planet
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Red Planet has so much going on, and it doesn't have control of any of it. Not a single actor fits their character, except possibly Carrie-Ann Moss, who spends basically the entire runtime too benched to really count as a character in 99% of the story anyway.
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The story behind this one was that humans had polluted the earth so much that we had to look for another place to live. Attempts to terraform Mars began and the first manned crew to Mars rockets there to check the progress and stay on the planet. Things go wrong and the film becomes a pseudo-Apollo 13 on Mars. Not as much of a Sci-Fi action flick as much as a "this could really happen" flick. There are a few action sequences that were exciting but a few of the characters were really unnecessary and the plot was driven by something that I still can't pinpoint.
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The second Mars movie in the year 2000 and unfortunately it couldn't better the first offering 'Mission to Mars' but was actually a bit worse. Again I was kinda hoping for a serious slice of sci-fi with a possibility of some epic lavish visuals and ideas but this film goes completely in the oppersite direction and gives you a more action based silly affair, to be frank you can guess by looking at the cast line up. Kilmer, Sizemore, Bratt and Moss make up the space team this time and they do give a slightly better or less wooden performance than the team in 'MTM', you do get more of a grounded feeling from the characters instead of the perfect all American poster boy vibe you got with Sinise and Robbins in 'MTM'. Stamp heads the team to really try and give the film some gravitas but good old Terence can't quite get there, in fact his performance is the most stale of bunch oddly enough, I don't think space fits him too well. You get the same kind of orbital and planetary issues as you would expect, nothing too original, it all looks very nice though, the space suits and ships are cool and well designed and Mars is well presented. The plot is fun and makes you think but overall the film is highly unrealistic (much more than 'MTM' despite that films alien inclusion) but does give a more grounded line of thinking with alien life and how it could work. The problem I had with the film was the sub plot revolving around the man made robot 'AMEE', it just felt disappointing that one of the main risks to the crew would be a 'Terminator' style man made robot. In all honesty the film is fun and I quite like it, I like the whole space exploration concept and find it never gets dull and would welcome more films where teams explore our solar systems planets. It was a flop and I can see why, it starts off well but sinks fast into your average adventure, nothing outstanding, the 'Armageddon' of the two.
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It's certainly not the best film of the genre, but it's not the worst. The script is uneven, and the CGI a bit outdated. Still, I liked its literal approach to science fiction and the team's mission, an emphasis not on wowing the audience, so much as trying to create tension and interest through the characters, which mostly works. The premise, as far fetched is it might be, is actually relatable, something many films of this specific genre lack. 3/5 Stars
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