Red Planet
Mission Commander Kate Bowman is the pilot and commander of the most important mission of the 21st century: saving the human race by searching on Mars. But the mission goes terribly awry.
21 August 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
22 July 1938, Stepney, London, England, UK
31 December 1944, London, England, UK
31 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 November 1961, Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 June 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
30 July 1969, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
16 December 1963, San Francisco, California, USA
August 16, 2002
Red Planet's lack of original ideas locks it into a decaying orbit.
January 01, 2000
As dull and arid as a hike through the desert.
January 01, 2000
Chuck Pfarrer's screenplay feels older than the Martian hills.
June 15, 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."
August 08, 2011
Better than you remember.
June 18, 2008
Zero gravity.
January 01, 2000
[The actors] stand around mouthing dry as Martian dust dialogue.
April 29, 2009
What could have been regarded as a good monster flick turned into a biblical and preachy flick.
March 07, 2002
As B films go, Red Planet has its heart in the right place.
January 01, 2000
Despite the persuasive scenery, director Antony Hoffman can't figure out a way to build scenes, or momentum, or much of anything.
May 08, 2002
The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue.
January 01, 2000
A programmatic wash, suitable for the bottom half of a double bill, perhaps, if only we had such things anymore.
