“Red Planet” would have been a great 1950s science fiction film. It embodies the kind of nuts-and-bolts sci-fi championed by John W. Campbell Jr. in his Astounding magazine–right down to the notion that a space mission would be staffed by research scientists, and although there would be a woman on board, she would not be the kind of woman depicted in an aluminum brassiere on the covers of his competitors. This is a film where much of the suspense involves the disappearance of algae.
The film has been sneered at in some quarters because it is not the kind of brainless high-tech computerized effects extravaganza now in favor. I like its emphasis on situation and character. I’ve always been fascinated by zero-sum plots in which a task has to be finished within the available supplies of time, fuel and oxygen.
Waiting for the screening to start, I was talking with a dive instructor about the challenge of diving inside glaciers. “Any time you take away unobstructed access to the surface,” he told me, “you’re talking technical diving, and that makes you more of an astronaut than a diver.” I thought of that during “Red Planet,” which is about four men who have essentially dived down to the surface of Mars, whose air is running out, and who do not have access to the spaceship circling above.
The movie takes place in 2025, when mankind has polluted the Earth beyond the point of no return, and is seeking a new planet to colonize. Mars is bombarded with robot space probes carrying various strains of bio-engineered algae. The earth-born organisms seem to thrive, and green pastures spread on Mars. A space mission is launched to send a crew of scientists to investigate a curious thing. The algae seems to have disappeared. Really disappeared. It didn’t simply die off, because that would have left withered remains. It seems to have . . . dematerialized.
This discovery takes place after a troubled voyage. The interplanetary ship, commanded by Bowman ( Carrie-Anne Moss ), has gone through a gamma ray storm, disabling a lot of its equipment. The Mars lander descends to the surface with Gallagher ( Val Kilmer ), Burchenal ( Tom Sizemore ), Santen ( Benjamin Bratt ), Pettengil ( Simon Baker ) and the scientist-philosopher Chantilas ( Terence Stamp ). It runs into trouble, too, has to jettison some of its equipment, and then there’s a sensational landing scene. The lander is cocooned within huge, tough air bags so it can bounce to a soft landing. But when it bounces off a cliff, the ride gets rocky for the men inside.
Also along is AMEE, a robotic tracker and warrior that has, alas, not been programmed nearly carefully enough with Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. The men are left with an incomplete landing module and must depend on a supply station dropped by previous missions. And then . . .
Everything else should come as a surprise. What pleased me, however, was the nature of the situation they find on Mars. The movie’s ads seem to suggest Bug-Eyed Monsters of some sort, but the actual story developments are more ingenious and reasonable. John Campbell , who liked semi-plausible scientific speculation in his stories, might have enjoyed the way “Red Planet” accounts for the disappearance of the algae. There is a scene–call it the fireworks scene–that in its own way is one of the more memorable encounters I’ve seen with extraterrestrial life forms.
The acting is serviceable. Most of it consists of functional observations and commands. Terence Stamp is given a brief opportunity to philosophize about the limitations of science, Val Kilmer is convincing as a competent space jockey with a mechanical and scientific background, and Carrie Anne-Moss, whose character Bowman is a nod to Dave Bowman from “ 2001: A Space Odyssey ,” is convincing as a no-nonsense pilot. But just like in 1950s sci-fi, the story’s strong point isn’t psychological depth or complex relationships, but brainy scientists trying to think their way out of a box that grows smaller every minute. To like that kind of story is to like this kind of movie.
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Teens may enjoy this by-the-book space thriller.
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Parents need to know that young teens will enjoy this by-the-book space mission thriller, but there are perilous situations and some mature content, so we recommend it for only the most mature in this group. Parents should be aware of some strong language, brief female nudity, and sci-fi violence.
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The astronauts use the ship's lab to distill vodka.
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RED PLANET takes place in 2050, when the Earth is in very bad shape. A team heads to Mars to make it inhabitable for humans. But the experiment goes awry, and another team is sent on a rescue mission. Commander Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss) and her rescue team (Val Kilmer, Terrence Stamp, and Tom Sizemore) wind up crash landing, leaving them stranded on an isolated planet where nothing they encounter is what they expected, and the technology that was supposed to help them turns against them in a deadly way. Their commander might be dead, and chances are slim to none that anybody gets back home alive. If they do get back home, they better come back with a way to save humanity, or it's still curtains.
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Red Planet won't blow you away, but it is an exciting diversion, especially if your family likes space adventures. Perhaps the movie's best quality is that it doesn't come off as an overblown Hollywood blockbuster, with an overemphasis on booming music flashy effects. The effects are great--especially the robot turned guerilla warrior--but the movie slows down when it needs to, letting viewers feel what the characters are going through.
The actors bring nuances and strong character traits to scenes that could have come out of an independent sci-fi film (albeit one with a big budget). Clever moments ease the doomsday tension and don't draw attention to themselves as "funny one-liners." Some of the dialogue is simplistic and some of the plot elements are predictable, but the by-the-numbers elements add up to a surprisingly down-to-earth space movie.
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- In theaters : March 27, 2001
- On DVD or streaming : March 27, 2001
- Cast : Carrie-Anne Moss , Tom Sizemore , Val Kilmer
- Director : Anthony Hoffman
- Inclusion Information : Female actors
- Studio : Warner Bros.
- Genre : Science Fiction
- Run time : 106 minutes
- MPAA rating : PG-13
- MPAA explanation : sci-fi violence, brief nudity and language
- Last updated : March 31, 2022
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- Val Kilmer as Robbie Gallagher; Carrie-Anne Moss as Kate Bowman; Tom Sizemore as Dr. Quinn Burchenal; Benjamin Bratt as Ted Santen; Simon Baker as Chip Pettengil; Terence Stamp as Dr. Bud Chantillas
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Earth has become overpopulated. Mankind can no longer control its pollution problems. So it’s Mars or bust! After vainly attempting to create an artificial, breathable atmosphere on the red planet using unmanned shuttles and probes, six astronauts are sent to determine what the problems are and resolve them. Their six-month journey from a space dock orbiting earth to the outskirts of Mars goes off without a hitch. But the very second they begin orbiting what they hope will soon be mankind’s new home, a shower of deadly solar flares engulfs their ship. The damage is immense, forcing the “away team” to abandon their captain, Kate Bowman, onboard the now-burning vessel. She may be the lucky one, however, as their landing pod is in for a bumpy landing on Mars’ rocky, desert-like surface. The dust settles with one man down, four to go. But they only have about seven hours of oxygen. A disastrous fistfight (brought on by sharp dissention in the ranks) lowers the tally to three. A destroyed habitat, a rogue robot programmed to kill, ferocious man-eating insects and treacherous environmental conditions all stand in the way of success. But this is remote-control sci-fi action, so never fear, Gallagher is here. He’s the team’s mechanical engineer and operational backbone. Just watch, he’ll save the day!
positive elements: Teamwork is a theme that runs through the whole movie. At times, though, it’s a bit forced, grudging and … futile. Still, the basic idea is there. Bowman diligently tries to repair her damaged ship so she can rescue her crew and get them safely back to earth. On the ground, one man sacrifices his life for his comrades and, ultimately, the future of all mankind.
spiritual content: While trying to figure out what went wrong with the artificial atmosphere on Mars, crew members ponder whether the failure was caused by a scientific mishap or divine intervention. It is eventually discovered that a bizarre species of insects were responsible for the atmospheric problems, prompting one scientist to exclaim that he knew God wasn’t ever involved. One scientist tells Gallagher that, “Science couldn’t answer my questions so I turned to philosophy and I’ve been searching for God ever since.”
sexual content: One sensuous scene shows Bowman through a slightly fogged glass shower door. She walks out of the shower naked, giving theater audiences a glimpse of her bare side. Gallagher, however stands directly in front of her, obviously loath to look away. She downplays her nudity, telling him that he needs to get used to it in their cramped quarters, suggesting he think of her as his sister. He quips that she doesn’t look anything like his sister. Eschewing her military uniform, Bowman frequently wears tight, form-fitting tops. A crewman cracks jokes about lesbian sex and his rapid accumulation of ex-wives.
violent content: Big explosions and even touches of blood and gore. AMEE, the robot that has “gone Mustang,” attacks the men on the surface. A few gritty scenes are shown through “her” eyes. Bowman battles intense zero-gravity fires. Far below, a fistfight results in death as one man pushes another off a tall cliff. The insects attack two of the crewmembers. One close-up shot shows one writhing creature burrowing in a man’s face. Another shows the bugs exploding out of a body in a shower of sparks. Running out of oxygen, men suffer from asphyxiation.
crude or profane language: Just under a dozen s-words, coupled with mild profanities and inappropriate references to God. Then, in a climactic scene, Bowman screams the f-word and makes an obscene gesture.
drug and alcohol content: Two of the crewmembers rig a distillery on the ship. Everyone gets together and drinks the concocted moonshine, getting pretty much sloshed.
other negative elements: The guys in the ground crew make a big show out of being the first humans to urinate on Mars.
conclusion: Even though isolated scenes in Red Planet toy with the idea that God “might” have the power to work wonders, the script turns around to discredit Him by consistently placing science above Him. Not that intellectual conversations get much space here. Clever scripting is clearly not what this movie is all about. Computer graphics vainly try to bolster its paint-by-numbers plot, but the filmmakers didn’t even bother to follow well-established sci-fi rules. (Note to the producers: There is no “up” in space.) Red Planet never makes it off the launch pad—morally or artistically.
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Red planet (2000).
Directed by: Antony Hoffman Screenwriter(s): Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin Starring: Val Kilmer, Carrie Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Simon Baker, Benjamin Bratt, Terence Stamp Genre: Sci-Fi Country: USA Running time: 1h 46m Rating: 4 out of 10
It’s 2050 and Commander Kate Bowman (Moss) has to lead a rag-tag bunch of soldiers and scientists to Mars to investigate whether the planet is inhabitable. The Earth, you see, has all but depleted its supply of oxygen and its occupants can hardly walk the eight feet from their front doors to their 10 miles-per-gallon Sports Utility Vehicles without getting breathless. So, NASA have been growing algae on Mars as a way of oxygenating the planet for human habitation. Well, it may not have been NASA, it might have been anyone: this is the sort of film which is short on explanation and long on lingering shots of how pretty Val Kilmer and Carrie Anne Moss are.
The crew all have appropriately astronaut-y names—Lieutenant Ted Santen (Bratt), Dr. Quinn Burchenal (Sizemore), Dr. Bud Chantilas (Stamp), Chip Pettengill (Baker)—except Kilmer’s character, Robby Gallagher. He’s a bit of a rebel, our Robby. He’s the sort of guy who could arrange a great frat party down at Delta House, but he’s certainly not hero material.
Robby modestly refers to himself as a ‘space janitor’ and is only interested in two things: getting his buddy Burchenal to make moonshine in the lab and charming his way into Commander Bowman’s space-pants. But, he’s very pretty and he does have the ability to stare into the middle distance to give the impression of hidden sensitive depth, so you can forgive him a lot.
Besides, you just know that he’s going to come through in the end once they’re down on the planet. Especially after there’s an unforeseen incident which endangers both the crew and the mission. Because there’s always an unforeseen incident which endangers both the crew and the mission in this type of film.
Red Planet is not badly made. The actors are well-cast and competent in their roles. Mars looks much like you would expect from other films set on Mars. The special effects are okay for the era. But it’s join-the-dots film making. Every sci-fi cliché you’re expecting is here. Every (un)expected twist is present and correct. The cowardly Pettengill does double cross the good guys, but he gets punished for it. One of the more noble, intellectual members does bite it early and tells the rest of the crew, “Go on without me. I’ll just hold you back.” And, just when you think our heroes have cracked it, there’s another set-back. It’s all just predictable and a bit dull.
When it comes down to it, the most memorable moment in the whole film is finding out that the Russian space program uses an animated on-screen bear in his own little space-man uniform to instruct cosmonauts in the use of multi-billion dollar interplanetary space-craft.
Red Planet (2000)
The best scene in Red Planet is the actual arrival on the planet’s surface, a landing sequence not quite like anything I’ve ever seen in any other movie (honorable mentions to Indiana Jones and Jackie Chan for having come the closest). Once the crew steps onto Martian soil, though, moments of interest are few and far between.
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Moral/spiritual value, age appropriateness, mpaa rating, caveat spectator.
The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue. To be sure, there are a few funny lines ("Well, this is the moment our teachers told us about in high school, when algebra would save our lives"); and a very few thoughtful lines ("I think you underestimate the challenges of the spiritual life; it’s a lot tougher than just being intelligent"). But mostly it’s maddeningly mundane. When we went to the moon, we said things like "one giant leap for mankind" and "magnificent desolation." Now comes the first manned mission to another planet — a milestone specifically described in the opening voice-over narration as "another giant leap for mankind" — and what do we get? In one scene the ground team comes across an immense field of algae that they thought wasn’t there, and in a rare moment of wonder, one of the characters says something like, "I haven’t seen fields like this since I was a kid."
At least there’s stuff worth looking at. First-time film director Antony Hoffman has an eye for visuals; and the Martian landscape, shot in an Australian quarry and a Jordanian wadi, is stark and compelling. Then there’s the constantly swiveling, gyrating AMEE, a preposterous plot device of a robot which, in its (or "her") feline grace and unlimited range of free-flowing motion, resembles a high-tech computer-generated cross between Transformers and Battle Cats. I liked the little touches almost as much: the crew uses nifty, collapsible hand-held computers with a flexible, glossy display that pulls out from and rolls up into a cylindrical CPU like a window shade, looking for all the world like something you might actually see in a Macintosh commercial from 2050, when the movie is set.
And there’s a stab at serious science fiction in the film’s premise: Earth is rapidly becoming uninhabitable, and mankind is mounting its first manned mission to Mars to find out why an ambitious terraforming project to make a new home for humanity on the red planet has gone wrong, with new oxygen levels dropping and sensors going offline. This could be the start of a sophisticated, engrossing vision of the near future; a story concerned largely with the fate of a crop of bioengineered algae holds hope for a tale with more substance than the recent dismal spate of sci-fi flops ( Battlefield Earth , Mission to Mars , Supernova , Hollow Man , Event Horizon ). And the alien threat turns out to be more sober and reasonable than the horror-film foes of Pitch Black or Starship Troopers.
Yet from the opening voice-over narration by mission commander Carrie-Anne Moss ("Trinity" from The Matrix ), I knew the film was in trouble. After summarizing the situation for us, Moss proceeds to introduce us to the five men of her crew, each of whom merits as many as four words of description for his single personality trait. One is "a hothead but a fine pilot"; another is pretentiously called "the soul of the crew"; there’s also "the janitor," which isn’t technically an actual personality trait but will have to do; and even "the last-minute replacement" (who might as well have been issued a nametag reading "Hi! I’m the wild card!"). All this made me wistful for Aliens, where the space marines also had one personality trait apiece, but at least we got to figure them out for ourselves in engaging establishing scenes. Here, we get spoken title cards. Bad sign.
Another bad sign: The "soul of the crew" is the first to die. (The movie didn’t have much soul to begin with, and apparently felt it best to get away from the whole embarrassing subject as quickly as possible.) This is Terence Stamp (the cult leader in Bowfinger ), a philosophical scientist who "realized that science can’t answer any of the really interesting questions" and has been "searching for God ever since." His insufferable attitude is exactly paralleled by that of Tom Sizemore’s skeptical geneticist. None of the characters ever progresses much beyond their title-card placeholders; even the hero (Val Kilmer) is bland and muted, with nothing setting him apart as the hero, except being played by Val Kilmer.
A bit later, Kilmer introduces us to the long-limbed, metallic AMEE (affectionately known as "sweetie"), about whom we learn two things: First, although her task in this mission is to navigate the surface of Mars, she was developed for military use ("They took her knife away, but inside she’s all Green Beret," Kilmer says fondly, with none of the apprehension you’d expect from a man who might as well be dictating his own epitaph, if he weren’t the hero). Second, we are specifically told about the battery that powers her (as if otherwise we might think she got by on Purina Robot Chow). Immediately, with depressing certitude, I understood that (a) there would be a malfunction, and AMEE would spend most of her time on Mars in combat mode, preying on the crew; and (b) sooner or later someone would need a power source, and steal AMEE’s battery. Sadly, I was not pleasantly surprised.
The only character not formally introduced is Carrie-Anne Moss herself; perhaps the writers felt her early, gratuitous shower scene establishes all there is to know about her (at least, as much as possible in a PG-13 movie). And maybe it does: As she steps out of the shower, Kilmer stumbles into the room, and Moss just stands there naked in front of him, languidly asking him to pass her a towel. "This only works if we pretend it doesn’t matter," she tells him. "Pretend I’m your sister." But he isn’t buying it: "I have two sisters; neither of them looks like you." (And if either of them had?)
Later Moss joins her men for a drinking party in which they talk idly about taking Mars for themselves. One of the guys stakes his claim as king of Mars, and explains that Moss will be his queen: "you know, propagation of the species." I expected her either to laugh it off or to take exception. Instead, she simply looks at him with an enigmatic smile and liquid eyes. After an uncomfortable moment, he mumbles awkwardly that it was only a joke; and she leaves without a word. Is this how a female officer keeps a crew of men in line — playing flirty mind-games with them? Or is all this for our benefit, like the spaghetti-string tanktop Moss wears while the men are on Mars?
All of this might be mitigated if there were anything interesting or clever about what actually happens on the planet, or what the characters do. But there isn’t. Although they are supposed to be clever scientists, the thought never crosses their minds that the unmanned Martian station, which is no longer relaying data back to Earth, may have been destroyed; they fully expect to find air and water and tomatoes there, although they are unable to verify this. And while I can’t fault them for not guessing the obvious fact that, when their air reserves run out, the Martian atmosphere will turn out to be breathable ( they don’t know they can’t die so early in the story), I do have to wonder why nobody did any tests on the Martian atmosphere once they arrived. (Their last data was over six months old.)
The AMEE subplot falls apart right from the start, when the malfunctioning robot has every opportunity to kill the whole crew in a clean shot, but merely wounds one crewman and then leaves for no reason at all — except of course the same reason the air on Mars is breathable: otherwise it would be a short movie. Kilmer recites nonsense about a guerrilla trick of wounding one opponent to slow the others down, and then picking them off one at a time later. Presumably real guerrillas do this only when they don’t have the opportunity to kill everyone at once.
The film borrows directly from Kubrick’s landmark 2001: A Space Odyssey : Moss’s character is named Bowman, after Kubrick’s protagonist; and AMEE has a single round eye a lot like that of HAL, the rogue killer computer in 2001. The precision movements of the space vehicles, too, recall Kubrick’s outer-space waltz set to Strauss. Alas, these reminders of a far better film serve only to underscore Red Planet ’s failings and faults. Those who want more from science fiction may have to wait for the project Kubrick left behind: A.I. Artificial Intelligence , due next year from director Steven Spielberg.
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Red Planet's lack of original ideas locks it into a decaying orbit.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 16, 2002
Even when the astronauts are running out of oxygen, they still insist on espousing their theories about life, science and God. Had the movie any sexual or racial tension, it could pass itself off as "The Real World: Mars."
Full Review | Jun 15, 2002
The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue.
Full Review | Original Score: C- | May 8, 2002
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 22, 2002
As B films go, Red Planet has its heart in the right place.
Full Review | Original Score: short | Mar 7, 2002
Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 30, 2001
In a choice of lesser evils, you could do a whole lot worse... While it never climbs very high, it survives because we know how much further it could fall.
Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Oct 24, 2001
Yawn. Another boring trip to Mars.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/10 | Oct 10, 2001
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Directed by Antony Hoffman
Not a sound. Not a warning. Not a chance. Not alone.
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Val Kilmer Carrie-Anne Moss Benjamin Bratt Tom Sizemore Simon Baker Terence Stamp Jessica Morton Bob Neill Caroline Bossi
Director Director
Antony Hoffman
Producers Producers
Jorge Saralegui Bruce Berman Mark Canton Stephen Jones Vicki Popplewell
Writers Writers
Jonathan Lemkin Chuck Pfarrer
Casting Casting
Lora Kennedy
Editors Editors
Robert K. Lambert Dallas Puett
Cinematography Cinematography
Peter Suschitzky
Assistant Directors Asst. Directors
Colin Fletcher Noni Roy
Additional Directing Add. Directing
Graeme Burfoot
Executive Producers Exec. Producers
Andrew Mason Chuck Pfarrer Charles J.D. Schlissel
Lighting Lighting
Peter Bushby
Camera Operators Camera Operators
Pete Cavaciuti Mitchell Amundsen Harry Panagiotidis Randy Nolen
Additional Photography Add. Photography
Jean-Yves Le Poulain Geoffrey Wharton
Production Design Production Design
Owen Paterson
Art Direction Art Direction
Hugh Bateup Catherine Mansill Constantine Sekeris
Set Decoration Set Decoration
Brian Dusting Fiona Donovan
Special Effects Special Effects
Tom Davies Dave Barkovitz
Visual Effects Visual Effects
Steve Markowski Thomas Boland Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr. Tony Anderson Constance Bracewell
Stunts Stunts
Guy Norris Damian Bradford Brett Praed Annette van Moorsel
Composer Composer
Graeme Revell
Sound Sound
Eric Lindemann Thom Brennan Dane A. Davis Paul 'Salty' Brincat Eric Cameron Hosmer Chad Algarin Joe Dorn Jeremy Peirson Stephanie Flack Julia Evershade Carolyn Tapp Mary Jo Lang Alyson Dee Moore
Costume Design Costume Design
Kym Barrett
Makeup Makeup
Paul Engelen
Hairstyling Hairstyling
Erica Wells Vera Mitchell
Mars Production Pty. Ltd. Village Roadshow Pictures NPV Entertainment The Canton Company Warner Bros. Pictures
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Review by Josh Gillam ★★½
Red Planet always feels as if it’s some sort of fake movie-within-a-movie (like that sci-fi film Julia Roberts and Alec Baldwin’s characters are shooting in Notting Hill ) somehow padded out to feature length.
Whether that’s down to some of the choices here (weird clunky dialogue, lifeless action sequences, a first half that constantly jumps forward) there’s a strangely stilted approach to this that’s pretty uninvolving. Even when a lot’s supposed to be at stake it never really gives you a chance to care about these characters, some pretty odd motivations adding to that arbitrary feel.
The story’s just a bit dull really (with an odd mix of dragging out some moments and then rushing through others), though I think this…
Review by shookone ★½ 1
thought it's about 5 dicks fighting about Carrie-Ann Moss and was pretty disappointed that it is about 5 dicks procrastinating on the red planet while Moss is pushing buttons on a space ship all by herself.
Review by Andy Summers 🤠 ★★★½ 3
Over the last twenty years since this film came out there have been a fair few films focusing on Mars and the thought of us humans turning it into a liveable habitat for the continuation of the species. Some have been better than others, some have had aliens, some have had remarkable feats of heroism, and others got pilloried on release so badly that nobody actually saw them after those early reviews. This film was a massive flop financially, as was Brian De Palma's Mission To Mars which came out 7 months prior to this one. Two films with similar visual aesthetics, even in their reasoning for exploring the big red planet in the first place, although each takes it's…
Review by DirkH ★★ 8
Watching this is like watching a weak juggler trying to juggle with fifteen balls.
Red Planet is a good looking B movie that follows the 'space mission gone wrong' blue print perfectly. It has a decent enough cast and most special effects are fine. But then there is this little thing called plot. And it's a stinker.
See, you already know what is going to happen beforehand, as is often the case in films like this. But in some sort of desperate attempt to be different or to foolishly create a sense of urgency, it keeps chucking threat after threat at our heroes, giving us no clear villain or main antagonist making it all a rather flacid affair.
Still, even in uneven B-grade SF material there is some fun to be had and that is certainly the case here. But it's tough to find among the rubbish.
Review by cblaze ★
This movie has a screenplay that makes you wonder if anyone fucking read it before making it. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrible. It's fucking terrilb.e
This movie was doomed since the begin talk where the girl kept saying dum shit - like - he's a hot head but he's a good pilot. What the reasonable fuck does that mean? Why are you reading the screenply notes on the characters? Fucking dumbbbb
Why does your fucing makping robot have amilitary mode? Dumbassesessss!!! It makes mpas or it kills people pick one!
My notes say that it's okay that the fx where shit…
Review by ⋆ 𝕃𝕚𝕤𝕒 ⋆ ★★★½
Ever since the '50s, we've been flooded with science fiction like this. Space movies come, blow up, and then fade out and gets forgotten.
But as I understand it, Red Planet didn't even blow up. It was a flop when it came out, and I can't say that I understand why. It's a silly but very entertaining sci-fi film from the 2000s. Good actors, a fun and interesting story. What's not to like about it?
I mean, you can't take movies like this too seriously; maybe that was the problem. You have to lower your expectations when it comes to logic and realism when you see flicks like this. Otherwise, you will think it's bullshit. But it's not; it's cheesy,…
Review by Jos 2.0 🍉 ★
was having a perfectly good time eating dinner to red planet and heaping scorn on it with my partner when something special happened. the shuttle they were making an emergency landing with sprouted airbags and the whole thing started bouncing along the surface of mars, even tipping over a cliff and falling down the side of a mountain, seemingly bouncing forever. we cheered, we laughed, we loved the power of movies. every spaceship should land this way. and then the non-bouncy ball movie resumed.
Review by 📀 Cammmalot 📀 ★½
”We just disappointed 10 billion people. Not counting the ex-wives.”
Murphy’s law says that anything that can go wrong will go wrong…somehow this film found a way to make even more things go wrong. Right from the exposition heavy start you know this movie’s in trouble and then it piles on challenge after challenge for the crew until you’re just numb and want it all to end. What a ridiculous mess.
Earlier in my 2000 marathon I noted that Mission to Mars was pretty mediocre, but this film makes it look brilliant.
”You watching this, AMEE? We're taking the first piss on Mars.”
Cinematic Time Capsule - 2000 Ranked
Review by Old Man Angelo ★★★
I saw this in cinemas with my dad and I remember liking it, in the intervening years id forgotten it and chalked up what I assumed was a bad film to be being a kid who didn’t know better. But no actually, I quite enjoyed it upon revisiting it 23 years later. It’s like a very first draft version of The Martian, but comparatively small scale and much much dumber. Still there’s enough similarities with the use of old rovers and Russian ships that make me wonder if Andy Weir wasn’t a fan, or at least saw this and decided he would tell a better version of the same story.
There’s some fun 2000’s charm with the vfx which reminded…
Review by rubbybells ★★
At one point Tom Sizemore lists the DNA nucleotides A, G, T, and P . P! We could've been living in a world where Ethan Hawke starred in GATTAPA.
Review by RosemmaCinema ★★
For people who thought what 'The Martian' was really missing is a scene where Matt Damon takes a big ol' P!$$ on Mars.
Carrie-Anne Moss basically signs off at the end saying she's gonna F(_)€/< Val Kilmer for the next six months. Love that for her.
Seriously tho the plot of 'Red Planet' is so similar to 'The Martian' I'd be surprised if someone hasn't been sued.
Also 'The Martian' is a much better movie so I should've watched that instead. 🤦♀️
Review by emma ★★★½
you’re going to think i’m pulling a morbius on you but i’m not making this up when i say that my favorite part of this movie was when val kilmer looked directly into the camera, flipped us (the audience) the bird, and said “ FUCK this planet .”
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Red Planet Review
01 Dec 2000
106 minutes
This is the tagline: Not a sound, Not a warning, Not a chance, Not alone. This is the reality: Not anything new, Not much of a script, Not well acted, Not very good.
But it's easy to mock. This, after all, was a summer blockbuster released at the wrong time. Had it arrived amid the 'Perfect Storms' and 'M 's, chances are it would have faired better. Sadly, it didn't. Sadly, it arrived in a month of squeezed-in Oscar hopefuls which show it up for what it is: universally mediocre.
Moss is fine as the ice-maiden captain, reluctantly falling for the Iceman himself (Kilmer) - here playing a "space janitor" with a bad attitude - and Sizemore, as always, is eminently watchable. The remainder of the cast, however, are uniformly forgettable, with the possible exception of Stamp, whose nauseous philosophising will stick in the throat for an eternity.
If the plot is merely a cut and paste job of classic sci-fi staples (mad robots, parasitic space insects, ructions amongst the crew and neat gadgets), it does trump Brian De Palma's would-be rival, 'Mission To Mars', in avoiding the metaphysical claptrap and possessing a more timely raison d'etre: with Earth rapidly running out of a sustainable atmosphere (damn you, CFCs!), mankind must find a new home.
That said, we are treated to a script of quite startling ineptitude ("This baby would have stood up to an F5 in tornado alley!" and "I still can't figure out this oxygen and algae business!" are particular favourites). Occasional mistily-framed flashbacks, too, while intended to bring a tear to the eye, instead result in uncontrolled laughter.
Director Hoffman, though, is not without promise, making good use of his location's rocky terrain, and employing fad-of-the-moment film bleaching techniques to create a stark feel. A pity, then, that he fails to establish any real tension - each death strangely suspense-free - for a hollow final reel.
"Searching for God in Outer Space"
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(BB, C, EE, H, AB, LLL, VV, N, A, M) Moral worldview that sometimes argues in favor of the existence of God, but ultimately leaves it a mystery, with characters saying “Thank God” & “God help us” at two crucial moments & with redemptive elements, but with unproven environmentalist ideas about pollution & “over-population” plus humanist solutions to world problems & a major supporting humanist character argues against the existence of God, but two other characters, including male lead, dispute his humanist atheism; 23 obscenities, including one “f” word, 4 strong profanities, 3 mild profanities, 1 obscene gesture, & urinating scene; action violence such as intense situations, explosions, module tumbles down Martian landscape, accidental death, two men sacrifice their own lives for others, & men battle military robot which tries to maim & kill them; no sex, but hero encounters female astronaut coming out of shower, leading to some mild sexual innuendo; side & rear female nudity & woman wears revealing top; alcohol use & one man becomes somewhat tipsy; and, conceit, envy & man hides truth about accidental death.
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RED PLANET is an intense, well-produced science fiction movie that casts doubts about the ability of atheism to sustain man and prolong the future. Although it ultimately leaves the existence and workings of God a mystery, two of the movie’s three most positive characters embrace the idea as a distinct possibility. This is unique for a genre that hasn’t always been the most friendly toward those of us who believe in some form of theism, much less to those of us who embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Val Kilmer stars as Gallagher, a mechanical systems engineer aboard a spaceship headed for Mars. Its mission: find out why Earth’s attempt to transform Mars into a livable, breathable home for the survivors of a crowded, polluted Earth has gone wrong. Oxygen levels on Mars are dropping, the movie tells viewers, even though unmanned spaceflights have melted the icecaps and planted algae.
When the spaceship experiences a really bad solar flare, the captain, a woman named Commander Bowman and played by Carrie-Anne Moss of THE MATRIX, hurriedly dispatches the other five crewmembers, all male, to complete the mission. They survive the landing, barely, and begin to explore why the algae seems to have disappeared and why the biological compound waiting for them there has been demolished as if it were eaten away. Meanwhile, the men have to fight off a menacing robot whose system has switched to military mode after its own crash landing.
Moss, Kilmer and Tom Sizemore as Dr. Burchenal, leader of the biological analysis, give the best performances in RED PLANET, but that’s partly because they are given the most developed characters to play. Moss and Kilmer, as they did in THE MATRIX and BATMAN FOREVER, again show they can play leading roles, and Sizemore, as he did in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, again shows he can play a solid supporting role.
Most interesting of all is the fact that acclaimed actor Terence Stamp plays Chief Science Officer Chantilas, the most experienced astronaut on the ship and a spiritual leader. At one point in the movie, which is repeated, Chantilas says to Kilmer’s Gallagher that he doesn’t think science has all the answers. Chantilas adds that he’s turned to philosophy and is “searching for God.” He says this line more in the sense of knowing who God really is rather than in the sense of wondering whether God exists at all. His words to Gallagher play an important role later on in the movie, although RED PLANET ultimately leaves the existence and identity of God a mystery. In fact, Gallagher gets into an argument with Sizemore’s Burchenal, who doesn’t believe in God at all. Burchenal advises Gallagher to stick with God if he wants, but he’ll place his trust in science and “my Ph.D.’s” Of course, this is a false dilemma, because God created the whole universe. Thus, an honest scientific investigation of how the universe works should not lead to a rejection of God, but to an embrace of Him and His Glory. Hopefully, audiences who see RED PLANET will side with Chantilas and Gallagher’s opinion, not that of the other characters.
Examined carefully, it seems that RED PLANET has a moral worldview with redemptive themes of sacrifice, loyalty, duty, determination, and heroism. This is undercut by some foul language, including one “f” word and a few strong profanities, an obscured nude shot of Commander Bowman in the shower and some other potentially objectionable elements. The movie also accepts the unproven environmentalist ideas that the earth can be destroyed by our current projected levels of pollution and “over-population.”
Finally, although RED PLANET is a well-produced, often exciting and tense, movie with lots of action, it’s predictable at times and contains some cheesy dialogue. Also, the pulse-pounding music and sound effects overpower the drama several times. The filmmakers also seem to suffer from a big trend in too many Hollywood action movies these days, where the images are often more murky, dark and fragmented than they need to be. Instead of following this trend all the time, it would be a relief to see more movies like the fantastic chase scene at the end of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, which takes place in daylight and lets viewers actually see what’s going on in the scene.
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