Red Planet

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Red Planet

PG-13

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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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

Red Planet is a giant roach motel of a movie, where actors check in but don't check out.

Jan 1, 2000

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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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Sebastian L

Part of the late '90s/early 2000s sci-fi craze, Red Planet feels slapped together in every aspect. The CGI has aged terribly, the script is pretty much useless and the characters are as deep as puddles of water. There are sparks here and there that could have been developed into a decent story, but I guess nobody cared enough.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/25

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Mark O

I bet Amin think Simon Baker looks like Heath Ledger.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Ian R

I tried twice to watch this. Just could not do it. The characters are loathsome. I wished them dead before they even got to Mars.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/25/25

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thiago s

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 46 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $17,500,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/12/25

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Audience Member

Probably one of my least favorite sci-fi films of all time! It's really bad.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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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: NPV Entertainment, Mars Production Pty. Ltd., Village Roadshow Prod.
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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