Robby Gallagher - Val Kilmer
Commander Kate Bowman - Carrie-Anne Moss
My Rating: D
Our journey to Mars takes us now to the already explored regions of this "mysterious" planet with the cleverly titled movie: "Red Planet". After watching this badly written movie, everything that has to do with Mars doesn't seem quite hip anymore. Who in their right state of mind want to explore Mars after watching "Mission to Mars" and "Red Planet"? Based on Hollywood's vision of Mars, this planet looks boring, useless, and full of problems. Maybe its not Mars that’s so boring, but the actors inhibiting this planet, or maybe the screenwriter can't write decent dialogue. Whatever the problem is, Houston won't be able to save anyone this time. Sorry, Val Kilmer. You are going to be stranded up there for a very long time.
It's 2050, and a team of scientists is heading for Mars, hoping to rescue Earth's thinning atmosphere by creating an oxygen farm on the angry red planet. An ill-timed solar flare destroys their ship's navigational systems just as they're about to land, leaving Commander Kate Bowman to manage the crippled ship as the men try to fulfill their mission on the surface.
Problem in Red Planet lies in the script. After watching this movie, no one will be ever say again that a script is not as important as a good director or star. A movie's acclaim relies on the script. Right from the beginning, it is evident that Red Planet's will not be nominated for best original screenplay anytime soon. The conversations range from Elementary school humor to "what is your point?" dialogue. Let me give you a quick example of the humor that you will encounter while watching this movie:
As Carrie Moss seductively washes herself, Kilmer enters the bathroom. With his "peeping-tom" characteristics, Kilmer stays there and watches her wash herself (This is Hollywood's way of pushing the limit for a PG-13 movie). Moss walks out of the shower not caring. After a couple second she says "Just imagine I'm your sister." That was the punchline. That was suppose to be funny. Please don't kill yourself in trying to hard to laugh.
If you think that humor is bad, just wait and see what Red Planet has in store for you. Red Planet will be definately on my list of the worst dialogue of 2000.
There were a couple things I liked about this movie. The sets of the shuttle, planet environment, and the futuristic gadgets were great. It seemed very authentic compared to DePalma's version of Mars exploration. As the astronauts were wondering Mars, the surroundings looked exactly how I imagined Mars to be. Furthermore, there were a couple interesting aspect of the script that could of made the movie much better. The use of AMEE, a wannabe HAL from 2001: Space Odyssey, could of been used more intelligently. Also, there were still some tense moments and if the screenwriter and director created more depth to the character, the story could of been really interesting.
Imagine being stranded on a Planet with 4 other astronauts; this could of been a Platoon of space movies. I know I'm thinking too hard, but it did have potential. Sadly, this movie just becomes another Hollywood junk released during the empty season of Fall. In the end, Red Planet becomes as dull and arid as a walk in the desert.
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