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Red Planet

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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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While the special effects are impressive, the movie suffers from a lack of energy and interesting characters.

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Robert Cashill Newsweek 06/18/2008
1.5/4
Zero gravity. Go to Full Review
Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films 05/08/2002
C-
The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue. Go to Full Review
Jay Carr Boston Globe 01/01/2000
Red Planet is a giant roach motel of a movie, where actors check in but don't check out. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal 11/30/2020
2/5
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. Go to Full Review
Kathi Maio The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 03/11/2020
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. Go to Full Review
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 08/08/2011
3/4
Better than you remember. Go to Full Review
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Marks @MarksofDistinction Nov 10 A very extremely underrated movie the cast is amazing. Of course the CGI could be better but at the time what do you expect a great story amazing cast See more Sebastian L Sep 19 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. See more Mark O Sep 7 I bet Amin think Simon Baker looks like Heath Ledger. See more Ian R Aug 25 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. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Jul 19 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 See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 12 Success in 1 hour and 46 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $17,500,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 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
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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