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Summary: Almost as bad as Battlefield Earth
Review: This movie and Battlefield Earth are two of the worst Science Fiction movies I have ever seen. Boring, full of cliches, bad acting, cheap looking CGI robot, utterly pathetic.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I had such high hopes for this movie. After the disaster that was Mission To Mars, I was hoping that this film about Mars would be much better and would prove that a sci-fi movie about humans on Mars could be well made. Red Planet does not do that and all it really proved is that no recent movie about Mars is any good. The previews for it look exciting, but do not let that fool you. The plot is terrible and really non-exsistant. The characters are not developed enough to make you want them to live through the multiple disasters they encounter. It's also way too predictable. Anyone who has seen more than one film on space traveling humans will know what is going to happen and who will end up living in the end. This wouldn't be so bad if there was something else in the film that was worth sitting through, but there's not. The special effects are well done, with great shots of the ship, but this alone is not enough to sit through the movie. Unless you're desparate to see Val Kilmer, I would not recommend it.
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Summary: Good premise squandered by a first time director
Review: "Red Planet" is a sci-fi movie that meanders about in search of an identity. Is it an action flick, a monster movie, a suspense thriller, a love story or a philosophical treatise on the meaning of life? It tries to be all of these at one point or another and doesn't do any of them exceptionally well. There is plenty of meat for the hard-core sci-fi lover. The premise is intriguing. A desperate human race that has ruined its own environment tries to seed the surface of Mars with algae to create an oxygen atmosphere. Our heroes travel to Mars to see how the experiment is working and of course, they get hit with every calamity possible once they arrive. The experiment succeeded but spawned unanticipated consequences and naturally, on top of all their other troubles, the robot guardian designed to protect the crew decides it would be more fun to hunt them down and kill them.The problem with the film is the presentation. First time feature director Antony Hoffman's pacing is ponderous, making the film seem much longer than it is. I was surprised to see that it only ran an hour and 46 minutes. I was sure it was over two hours. The philosophical angle is superfluous as is the rivalry between some of the crewmembers. The visual effects are good, but not up to the standard set by "Mission to Mars", though the story here is better and more believable than M2M. The acting is good, particularly Carrie-Anne Moss. Moss gives her character resourcefulness and toughness without losing the vulnerable side. Val Kilmer seems unsure how to play his character. He alternates between bold action hero, and philosophical weenie. His performance is decent, but I have seen him much better ("Ghost and the Darkness", "The Doors"). I put much of the responsibility for this on the director, since Kilmer has proven he has the talent to handle a strong dramatic lead. Tom Sizemore is excellent as the geneticist who is desperately trying to figure out the mechanism for what is happening on Mars before their time runs out. I enjoyed this film in parts and yawned through others. I rated it a 6/10. In the hands of a stronger director, it could have been a powerful film.
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Summary: UNAPPRECIATED MOVIE
Review: You cant miss this movie just because mission to mars was a little weak.This dvd has amazing color and sound, both 5.5 quality.It only screws up in two places it seems alittle familiar,and it kind of wastes terance stamp and benjamin bratt.The movie is basically a survivor story with a really cool navigational marine weapon called "amee"running around stalking the unarmed crew, giving it a boost of tension and action. dont miss it.
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Summary: Good action adventure
Review: No doubt you have heard some of the bad reviews of this movie, but it is'nt supposed to be a realistic tale of mans' first step on mars. This is a good action adventure story with reasonable characters, great hardware and excellent special effects. I say reasonable characters because the script (well - the final cut of the movie) does'nt give chance for the characters to shine, but because of the great cast, and good chemistry between Carrie Ann Moss and Val Kilmer, this movie is well above average and thoroughly enjoyable. Lets not forget the soundtrack is top notch too.
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Summary: Quite a very decent sci/fi flick
Review: I am not schoked of seeing negative reviews on this movie, but i don't care, okay, i don't think that the plot is bad, it's better than "Mission to Mars", if you tell the really whole plot of M2M, then the whole movie it's telled,but Red Planet, you just tell kind of a quarter of it, and it's a lot smarter than M2M,(On the situations),also it's a lot more entertaining and it's not as cliche as "Mission", probably the only cliche thing it's the name Bowman from "2001", also it's not as exaggearated, probably the most exxagerated thing it's the AMEE robot, but there is quite a possibility that we may have a robot of this kind on the future, this is a flick that you may love, like, or hate, but you cannot completely disregard it.
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Summary: Classic 1950's Science Fiction.
Review: Red Planet isn't a great film, nothing worthy of Oscars, but it is a fun film to watch. Believable characters and mostly believable science, or at least a good imagination. Also the mysteries of the movie are explained less on the fantastic level, but more on a realitic approach than the ancient Martian civilaztion from Mission to Mars. Another nice aspect was the humor that was brought along for the ride - real good stuff. I watched it on DVD and that is where my only complaint is at, which is to say that there wasn't alot of extra stuff on it. A very entertaining movie and worthy of watching - enjoy.
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Summary: This is probably one of the best movies of the year 2000
Review: After seeing negative reviews on this film, i think that people, had lost their fantasy spirit,they prefer to see such pornotrash as "Tomcats", and have lost completely their imagination, 'Red Planet" was by far as i did not expected better than Mission to Mars, it was smarter, more entertaining,a not-boring-movie-soundtrack, great perfomances (except for Ann Moss), i also have been trying to find out whats wrong with this?, well Ok, that is cliche, well because it helds somekind of a similarity to the "Lost in Space" movie (for the story), and to 2001 (for AMEE), but i don't care and you shouldn't about movie cliches, this is probably on of the best movies of 2000, or at least one of the good ones.
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Summary: Way better than Mission To Mars!
Review: I'm fond of Sci-Fi movies so perhaps I might be a little biased towards them, but this was a very good movie. The premise was a little off...I mean messing up the earth to such a degree in the near future seems a little far-fetched, but I'm not a scientist so what do I know. The acting was pretty decent, although of course none of the characters are Royal Shakespearian quality...The plot was compelling, the special effects first rate. Music score blended in very well with the scenes and the charaters. Character developement occured right away and gave enough insight into their minds. There could have been a little more action in my opinion, but I guess it wasn't that type of movie...enough drama to keep your mind busy though...I'd recommend this movie to anyone interested in Sci-Fi, or whomever enjoys a decent drama/thriller...
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Summary: Turn your brain off and enjoy!
Review: Don't expect much, but have a good time watching it.
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