Mission To Mars (DVD)

Brian DePalma's "Mission to Mars" (2000) is a very odd film. I do not mean that it is surreal or even peculiar, it is however a film that should be awful but it somehow in my mind, manages to be exciting and interesting. I will admit that it on first appearances that it is quite cheesy, in a way that only Hollywood can manage and some of the plot points are incredibly silly but I still somehow manage to like the film. I can well imagine lots of readers wondering why? I hope to explain in this opinion. Before anybody jumps to conclusions, I am not a science-fiction geek. I love most sci-fi films but I am not a Trekkie or Star Wars fan, I ...  Read the complete review

The basic plot: The year is 2020, and scientists at NASA are still obsessed with going to explore Mars. The mission will involve two teams of explorers, to stay there for six months each, however it will of course take about six months to get there, not to mention billions of pounds to fund, which is exactly why there must be a good reason to go there - to see if it is inhabitable. Inevitably something goes wrong... THE FILM'S PLOT!!! After the first team lands, an alien typhoon of some sort comes from a mountain and heads straight for them. The bewildered explorers opt out of moving, and stand directly in it's path for reasons beyond ...  Read the complete review

Mission to Mars starts out looking too much like Apollo 13, but soon turns into a science fiction adventure with unresalistic notions and an unconvincing plotline. The special efects look good, but they're nothing we haven't seen before, and it does get slightly tedious to watch yet another film set "realistically into the future", predicting what life will be like in a few decades. However, there certainly isn't a lack of tension, especially in a scene orbiting Mars when a crew member finds himself floating away from his comrades and heroically pulls off his own helmet to stop his wife risking her life to try and save him. The ...  Read the complete review

It seems somewhat trite to talk about what is believable in sci-fi - it's very nature means we are taking a leap of belief. However, one constant is the nature of human relationships and unfortunately it is here where this film comes unstuck. Set in 2020, an exploration mission to Mars results in the death of three of the four person team in odd circumstances the surviving member sends a scrambled message back to the space base. Unsure as to what really has happened and whether the fourth member of the party is still alive after his message the base team decide to send a rescue mission. The rescue mission is made up of four members. Gary Sinise ...  Read the complete review

The basis of the film revolves around two groups of astronauts who are waiting to be the first to land on Mars. Based in the year 2020 and using the space station as a launching platform. The first group arrives on mars – only to be killed! The second group then become the rescue team – and most of them die! I decided not to go to the cinema to see this film, as most of the reviews rated it very badly. I received the DVD from www.dvdboxoffice.com last week and have watched it a couple of times. With the actors involved you would expect the level acting in the film to be of high quality. Unfortunately, the acting is very ...  Read the complete review