Red Planet (DVD) Reviews

I have always been a fan of science fiction, so was a little surprised to find I didn't remember a film called Red Planet, when my husband suggested it, I was quite looking forward to seeing it. By the end I realised I had seen it before, and I knew why I had forgotten it. It is anything but memorable. It is set in 2025 when humans ...  Read the complete review

Red Planet is set not too far in the distant future in 2025. The environment is degrading on earth due to man's pollution and we set out to create a new home on Mars. The scenes cut too quickly near the beginning of the film straight into action. The plot becomes amazingly obvious half way through the film that even a 12-year-old would get it ...  Read the complete review

This is the tagline: not a sound, Not a warning, Not a chance, Not alone, this is the reality: Not anything new, not much of a script, Not well acted, Not very good. But it’s easy to mock. This, after all, is a last summer blockbuster released at he wrong time. Had it arrived amid the Perfect Storms and M:I2s, chances are it would ...  Read the complete review

Well, being a great fan of science fiction films I decided to ignore all the comments flying around that this one was a bit of a let down. I always prefer to make up my own mind about a film and, if at all possible, avoid any hype – or negative hype in this case – and give the film a chance. So I bought the region 1 DVD and gave it a ...  Read the complete review

When I tootled off to the video store I haven't got a clue why I thought I would get Red Planet, infact the chances were that it would out anyway, because you can bet your life that the second you decide you want a film it isn't going to be there. Ah, for a Blockbusters in little old Alnwick! Some strange miracle occurred, and I managed to ...  Read the complete review

Missing something vital, and Val Kilmer is a charisma black hole - Advantages: Excellent Effects, Lovely Martian vistas, Cool psycho robot - Disadvantages: Val's teeth, Carrie-Anne's pinched face, Terence Stamp's 87 accents

Starring the excellent Val Kilmer, red planet tells of another "mission to mars" where the mission is this time to discover why the atmosphere on mars is not suitable for human existence. Lacking in everything,. Including originality (this has been done hundreds of times before) we see the obligatory aliens, mysterious happenings and not ...  Read the complete review

Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tom Sizemore star in this sci-fi drama about a team of scientists flying to the Red Planet (thats Mars to you and me!!). The story is set in the future when man is destoying the earth and colonisation of Mars is the only hope. They have been sending probes to Mars for years. The probes are filled with ...  Read the complete review

How many sci-fi efforts have you seen where you think 'shame about special effects budget'? It's quite startling to have the reverse here. With the amount of high quality science fiction that is being written, it's astonishing to find a high-budget film with such a lack of plot, let alone direction. Full credit to the ...  Read the complete review

This is rather a dismal film. There is no depth, no suspense, and no humour. The film starts badly. I can't remember the last time I heard a voice over over the titles setting the scene. its as if the makers couldn't be bothered filming a few scenes that would set the scene. its plain stuff- earth is in trouble through over ...  Read the complete review

Red Planet is the latest Holywood blockbuster based around Mars. The first one was Disney's Mission To Mars which was a complete flop. Red Planet received bad reviews when it was released early this year and I think that this put a lot of people off the film. I watched the Region 1 DVD a couple of nights ago and while the film was not ...  Read the complete review

Being a fan of science fiction films I thought that this would be a film that I should enjoy, however it was quite a bit of a let down and something that just wasn't really worth watching. The film stars Carrie-Anne Moss(The Matrix) who's acting, while still not bad, doesn't come close to her performance in The Matrix. ...  Read the complete review

They said Mission to Mars was yawn inducing. Red-planet is lethargy-inducing (even if I hadn't seen them both, I'd be of a very bad opinion of the latter pseudo-cosmic saga). The viewers get jerked out of sleepy numbness only by absurdities taking place on the screen: the astronauts run out of air? Let it be air on Mars... suddenly (and ...  Read the complete review

Well I've just got back from watching this season's space ‘epic', RED PLANET and my summary would be - wait for the Video! Anyway, it's probably too late to see it at the Cinema, none of the Multiplexes in my area of the U.K are showing it next week and there was just 6 people 'in the house' tonight. Hey, ...  Read the complete review

Well the earth is in trouble, and its kinda one of those life and death things where if this doesnt work, then the scientists have to come up with another plan.! They then set off to study the planet mars, they reach the planet the trouble starts, explosions and loss of men, takes up most of the beginning. The depleted crew whilst on the planet ...  Read the complete review

The Mars Pathfinder mission launched by NASA back in 1997 certainly has a lot to answer for. Evidently the images of a barren, alien landscape that were beamed back to Earth not only captured the imagination of the general public, but also that of Hollywood?s ever opportunistic moneymen. In a re-run of the meteorite movie stand-off between ?Deep ...  Read the complete review