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5.7/10 • 1.1K

2000-11-101h 46m

ThrillerActionScience Fiction

Not a sound. Not a warning. Not a chance. Not alone.

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Directors
Antony Hoffman
Editors
Dallas Puett

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  1. Val Kilmer

    Val Kilmer

    Robby Gallagher

  2. Carrie-Anne Moss

    Carrie-Anne Moss

    Cmdr. Kate Bowman

  3. Benjamin Bratt

    Benjamin Bratt

    Lt. Ted Santen

  4. Tom Sizemore

    Tom Sizemore

    Dr. Quinn Burchenal

  5. Simon Baker

    Simon Baker

    Chip Pettengill

  6. Terence Stamp

    Terence Stamp

    Dr. Bud Chantilas

  7. Jessica Morton

    Jessica Morton

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  8. Bob Neill

    Bob Neill

    Voice of Houston (voice)

  9. Caroline Bossi

    Caroline Bossi

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John Chard

Jun 22, 2015

6.5/10

Here comes a billion dollar campfire. At least it's good for something. The second of the Mars based box office bombs released in 2000, Red Planet is maybe - just maybe - worth a revisit by some who were irritated by it back on first viewing. Once knowing that this is not going to be some action packed alien movie, that it's a survivalist drama that tips its hat to 1950s sci-fi schlock, that cares about its characters, then there's a decent popcorner experience to be had here. This is not to say it's a genius entry in the sci-fi pantheon, because it's not, the same problems still exist; Terence Stamp is woefully under used (seriously they could have got any low paid character actor to play his role), some things either don't make sense or are left unanswered, and of course it still drags in the middle as the boys chatter away on Mars whilst Carrie Anne-Moss is up at base station fretting and suffering erectus nippleus. Yet there's fun to be had here, some nutty science marries up with nice photography and splendid set design, and the makers know what sort of picture they want to make. Where Mission to Mars sunk under the weight of its own pretensions - trying to go all elegiac and important, Red Planet nudges and winks and asks you along for the ride. So get on board and take it for what it is, a pretentious free zone with good human drama at the core. 6.5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$80,000,000.00
Revenue
$33,463,969.00
Keywords
futureplanet marsrobotastronautspace operacatastrophespace adventure