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Mission to Mars

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Original title

Mission to Mars

Year

2000

Running time

114 min.

Country

United States

Director

Brian De Palma

Screenwriter

Jim Thomas, Jim Thomas, Graham Yost. Story: Lowell Cannon, Jim Thomas, Jim Thomas

Cast

Music

Ennio Morricone

Cinematography

Stephen H. Burum

Producer

Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Jacobson Company, Studiocanal. Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

Genre

Sci-Fi. Adventure | Space Adventure. Aliens

Synopsis

In the year 2020, Mars 1 becomes the first manned Mars landing. The crew discover a giant structure in the sand. But as they attempt to investigate they are obliterated by a sudden sandstorm. At mission control it is believed there may be one survivor and so a rescue effort is launched. But the rescue ship is annihilated in an accident following a micro-meteorite storm, although the crew survive and make a landing, finding the sole survivor who has spent a year living inside a greenhouse. From there they investigate the anomaly, a giant face-shaped structure, the decoding of which may reveal the secrets of the beginnings of life on Earth.

Awards: 2000: Nominated for Razzie Awards: Worst Director

2000: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection (Out of Competition)

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Critics' reviews

"I can't recommend "Mission to Mars." It misses too many of its marks. But it has extraordinary things in it (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"One of the most gorgeous science-fiction movies ever - and probably also one of the most realistic in detail and scientific extrapolation"

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"There doesn't seem to be an original moment in the entire movie, and the score is so repetitive that it could have been downloaded directly from EnnioMorricone.com"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"'Mission to Mars' gets lost in mystical mumbo jumbo"

Bob Graham: SFGATE
"What DePalma has never made is a dull movie. Until now."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"With a script this awful, even De Palma's sporadic bursts of pyrotechnics can't light up the screen (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"

Adam Smith: Empire

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