King Aaron’s review published on Letterboxd:
When I saw this film for the first time, I didn't like it. It is a very silly film that has humans vs ghost Martians instead of cowboys vs Indians. On second viewing it isn't that bad of a film but the biggest let down is the action scenes. They seem so staged that it comes across as fake rather than fun. The sets looks a tad cheesy but they again so sud the set pieces I'm Escape from NY or LA. Ice Cube, Natasha and Jason all know that they are in a fun goofy film but all of them fail in the action scenes due up the above. It is a shame that this was the last carpenter film to get a nation wife release because it wasn't as good as his other films but still nobody captures the fun like Carpenter.