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Red Planet

PG-13 Released Nov 10, 2000 1h 46m Sci-Fi List
14% Tomatometer 103 Reviews 28% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings
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. Read More Read Less
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While the special effects are impressive, the movie suffers from a lack of energy and interesting characters.

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Robert Cashill Newsweek Zero gravity. Rated: 1.5/4 Jun 18, 2008 Full Review Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue. Rated: C- May 8, 2002 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 22, 2002 Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Establishes an amusingly nasty pecking order once it reaches the surface and even morphs into "Predator" for a hot minute. But it generally bears the anonymous aesthetics of an assembly-line product and is the uglier of 2000's dueling Mars films. Rated: 2/5 Nov 30, 2020 Full Review Kathi Maio The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction There are plenty of elements to the story, and it even manages to throw in a shipboard romance before the credits roll. But more plot frippery does make for a more hospitable Red Planet. Mar 11, 2020 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Better than you remember. Rated: 3/4 Aug 8, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gary W Taking a useless robot that goes mad at the drop of a hat and tries to kill everyone ... what an awful piece of writing. Apart from that, it was an ok story. I'd like to get to know God better - I wonder if they'll send me to Mars? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/03/24 Full Review Jay T Great movie, I don't know why some people are so down on it. Very entertaining Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/23 Full Review Laurie S It was much better than I expected. A very good exciting movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/23 Full Review Summer S A great movie. I would have given it 4 stars if it had not been so outrageously misjudged. The purpose of movies is primarily to be interesting enough to spark the interest in the subject, to tell a story in a way that is memorable. Those memorable moments are there for the keen eye, even in an arid red desert. It is not always supposed to be an overintellectualised masterpiece... For me and a few others it worked, precisely because the thin athmosphere does not support the mainstream audience. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/06/23 Full Review Steve D Not remotely exciting enough. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member It's objectively not a great movie but I still like it and I can't even really explain why. One of my biggest guilty pleasures. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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.
Director
Antony Hoffman
Producer
Bruce Berman, Mark Canton, Jorge Saralegui
Screenwriter
Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin, Channing Gibson
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Village Roadshow Prod., Mars Production Pty. Ltd., NPV Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Brief Nudity|Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 24, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.5M
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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