Review of Red Planet (2000) by Lorelei A — 27 Mar 2012

I'm not sure that film makers know what science fiction is. I was brought up on a sci-fi short stories so it's a strange experience to see what the studios make of it. This has a good cast, but are they used that well? It has good moments and some decisions that make you despair.

Terence Stamp and Tom Sizemore are good choices to engage in a debate as to whether there is more to existence than scientific rigour, unfortunately the writers are not up to saying anything. There's a dull murder over next-to-nothing.

How much thought went into that? Five minutes? The desperate situation of the stranded astronauts would have been plotted better by sci-fi writers of the 50s. Oh well, swings and roundabouts. I will always go for films like this just for the preamble and the first steps.