Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Genre : ThrillerActionScience Fiction
Runtime : 106 mins
Release Date : 2000-11-10
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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...
_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.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things...
Red Planet had the potential to be a gripping sci-fi survival film, but it falls short due to weak writing and lackluster execution. The plot follows a team of astronauts sent to Mars for a critical mission, but the movie struggles to maintain tension or make the stakes feel real. The directing is ...