Red Planet

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Red Planet

PG-13

Released Nov 10, 2000

1h 46m

Sci-Fi

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 22, 2002

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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

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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

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Better than you remember.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 8, 2011

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Daniel N

Pointless movie where absolutely nothing happens. The only highlight was Carrie Anne Moss looking hot in a tank top. Not sure what they spent their $80 million budget on but it definitely wasn't the writing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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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

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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

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Laurie S

It was much better than I expected. A very good exciting movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/20/23

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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

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Steve D

Not remotely exciting enough.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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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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