Red Planet
by Anthony Hoffman
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Actor: Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker, Terence Stamp, Tom Sizemore, Val KilmerDirector: Anthony Hoffman
Cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky
Composer: Graeme Revell
Editor: Robert Lambert
Editor: Dallas Puett
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-27
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Red Planet
Movie Review: A Good Sunday Afternoon Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I just saw this for the first time on HBO and I found it a pretty decent movie. I remember wanting to see it when it came out eight years ago but the bad reviews kept me away. I think it ages well though. It is extremely light weight entertainment which makes it fit for a Sunday afternoon baseball rain delay. When I was a boy the local station showed the movie Robinson Crusoe on Mars on Saturday and Sunday for what seemed like every weekend of my youth, and I watched it every time. This movie reminded me a lot of that. It's kind of silly with a aspirations toward hard science fiction but with questionable reality. The acting helps sell the more unbelievable aspects. Everyone sets just the right tone even Val Kilmer, who can sometimes over do it. The special effects were pretty stunning but tasteful and reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey in some respects. I think I could see myself as a child watching this every Saturday and Sunday.
Summary of Red Planet
In Red Planet, the only thing thicker than the Martian atmosphere (which is breathable, by the way) is the layer of clich?s that nearly smothers a formulaic beat-the-clock plot. Science fiction fans are sure to be forgiving, however, because the film is reasonably intelligent, boasts a few dazzling sequences, and presents fascinating technology in the year 2057. We don't know how the Mars-1 spaceship gets to Mars in only six months (newfangled propulsion, no doubt), but we do get some cool diagnostic readouts on tinfoil scrolls, an abundance of well-designed hardware, and a service-robot-turned-villain that's a high-tech hybrid of RoboCop, Bruce Lee, and a slinky panther with plenty of lethal attitude.The oxygen in the Martian atmosphere has resulted from nascent efforts of terraforming, made necessary by Earth's overpolluted condition. Mars-1 has been dispatched to determine why the terraforming is failing, and upon arrival everything goes inevitably haywire. Nearly two hours, three deaths, and multiple crises later (including the discovery of a Martian life form), "space janitor" Val Kilmer and his ultracompetent commander (Carrie-Anne Moss from The Matrix) have collaborated to set things right, capped off by second dose of the wretched narration that bookends the movie. Hoary material, to be sure, and as a veteran of TV commercials making his feature debut, director Anthony Hoffman is clearly more comfortable with flashy visuals than depth of character. Still, he keeps things humming right along. A perfectly suitable companion to another 2000 sci-fi thriller, Pitch Black, Red Planet is a fine way to kill a couple of hours. --Jeff Shannon
Houston, we have a very big problem! In the mid-21st century, the nations of a dying Earth look starward for a solution and set out to colonize Mars. But something no one could have expected awaits this latest mission to the Red Planet. Because Mars may be barren but it's not uninhabited.
DVD Features:
Deleted Scenes:(14:18)
Filmographies:Cact / Crew
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