Red Planet
2000 Directed by Antony Hoffman
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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.
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Watching this is like watching a weak juggler trying to juggle with fifteen balls.
Red Planet is a good looking B movie that follows the 'space mission gone wrong' blue print perfectly. It has a decent enough cast and most special effects are fine. But then there is this little thing called plot. And it's a stinker.
See, you already know what is going to happen beforehand, as is often the case in films like this. But in some sort of desperate attempt to be different or to foolishly create a sense of urgency, it keeps chucking threat after threat at our heroes, giving us no clear villain or main antagonist making it all a rather flacid affair.
Still, even in uneven B-grade SF material there is some fun to be had and that is certainly the case here. But it's tough to find among the rubbish.
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As much as I like science-fiction cinema, I can see why this generic and dull film bombed at the box-office back in 2000. The premise of Earth's pollution and the need to establish life on Mars is derivative and told in such broad strokes it never engages you with the plight of the characters.
However, more problematic is the lazy script in which seeds of drama and spiritual meditation are glimpsed but never developed. The leaden dialogue is cliched and further undone by some bland performances.
I found the casting of Tom Sizemore as an educated scientist particularly hard to swallow; he is simply doing his loud-mouth thug routine in a space suit. Moreover, leading man Val Kilmer 'phones in'…
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This is my kind of B-Movie... one that actually takes itself deadly serious but remains no less shitty and fun to watch. I enjoyed this so much I am almost inspired to rewatch DePalma's Mission to Mars to see who out-camps who. The writers of Red Planet sought to compile the most space cliche elements they could find into 90 minutes, it is kind of remarkable how many films it emulates, worthy of a drinking game. Despite being the captain of the spaceship and worthy of some nominal authoritative import, Carrie-Anne Moss is perpetually leered at by the camera, including a goofy shower scene, and some downright absurd nipples-popping through shirt shots as she barks order over an intercom to…
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Watching this is like watching a weak juggler trying to juggle with fifteen balls.
Red Planet is a good looking B movie that follows the 'space mission gone wrong' blue print perfectly. It has a decent enough cast and most special effects are fine. But then there is this little thing called plot. And it's a stinker.
See, you already know what is going to happen beforehand, as is often the case in films like this. But in some sort of desperate attempt to be different or to foolishly create a sense of urgency, it keeps chucking threat after threat at our heroes, giving us no clear villain or main antagonist making it all a rather flacid affair.
Still, even in uneven B-grade SF material there is some fun to be had and that is certainly the case here. But it's tough to find among the rubbish.
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Always intriguing but sadly not always exciting, it had so much more potential, I can't even say what let it down. One thing that could have improved was the design of the robot.
Disappointing, but as a Sci-fi fan I still found it enjoyable.
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I think I must give Red Planet only two stars because, let's face it, it's not really very good. Nevertheless, I have a soft spot for it.
Just to name four things I like about it:
1. The CGI special effects are genuinely quite good. Eye-boggling in 2000 and still holding up today.
2. Carrie-Ann Moss gets to play a sexually forthright person in a high rank, and the movie is very matter-of-fact about it.
3. The cameo appearance by the Mars Pathfinder rover is just delightful.
4. The really cool Peter Gabriel track "The Tower That Ate People" over the closing credits.
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Red Planet (Hoffman, 2000)
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I liked it better than Mission To Mars.
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“I'm a geneticist. I write code. Okay? A, G, T, P in different combinations. Hacking the human genome, okay?”
Er, no. ‘P’ isn't a nucleotide. You mean ‘C’.
Didn't anyone fact-check this godawful script?
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6/10..
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A lot of bad science in here, but it's a fun adventure, and I have a soft spot for Val Kilmer.
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One of the most stupid sci-fi movies that i have seen. dull script which is also full of christian propaganda. awful.