Ghosts of Mars
User Score
5.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 37
  3. Negative: 16 out of 37

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  1. BlancoA.
    Oct 6, 2002
    9
    A pretty good time. I has a lot of the same whimsically fun spirit as a "Night of the Living Dead" installment. Ice Cube rocks the house, too.
  2. WilB.
    Jan 3, 2002
    2
    I think a "33" is giving this movie way too much credit (and i'm a big fan of Carpenter's). Are you sure Carpenter did this film??
  3. NormanC.
    Feb 20, 2002
    1
    Do not, I repeat, Do not waste your money on seeing this movie. I have lost all respect for Roger Ebert who gave this movie an 8. The dialogue is written bad enough but to have it delivered so horribly by Natasha Henstrige and Ice T adds insult to injury.
  4. ChrisK.
    May 22, 2003
    0
    MY god, this was the worst movie ever made. It looks like they tried to make a movie but totally failed while filming and the editor and director had no choice but to make use of what they had in footage - the result - is flashbacks within flashbacks - the worst acting, editing, directing, cinemetography ever. It does have some use though - show it to students as a means of letting them know how lack of caring can make a horrible movie.… Expand
  5. GinoE.
    Jun 5, 2004
    2
    There was once a great moviemaker, John Carpenter was his name. What happend to him?
  6. FreddiE.
    Dec 9, 2001
    10
    People who hate "Ghosts of Mars" should go see movies like "Serendipity" because Carpenters' films are for people with balls!
  7. KyleT.
    Jan 24, 2002
    9
    Love the gore.
  8. StogM.
    May 5, 2002
    2
    The total ineptness of this movie is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.... When whatshernametheotherblonde is decapitated was a perfect colorforms moment!
  9. LukeA.
    Jun 14, 2002
    9
    I tell u wot..if u want an action film....fully action...heart racin music an absolutely fantastic action...this is the one to c....a mindless action....easily forgivable bad plot because of the fight scenes...a film for blokes.....EXCELLENT.
  10. KyleM
    Dec 30, 2008
    0
    The worst film John Carpenter ever made. So bad it nearly ruins movies that it has nothing to do with. It's hard to enjoy other John Carpenter movies while burdened with the knowledge that the same guy also made this one.
  11. JonS
    Dec 30, 2008
    1
    Worst movie I've ever seen.
  12. WilliamW
    Feb 26, 2009
    0
    Everything about this movie sucks, bad script, bad acting, bad direction, bad photography, bad makeup, total and utter drivel from start to finish. Worst of all it's boring! If you like action then there are hundreds of better action films out there, so don't waste your time with this miserable mess. John Carpenter should be ashamed, but at least he takes the blame by adding his once proud name to the title. Anyone that defends this tripe needs to go back to school and probably needs house training too.… Expand
  13. ArkonBlade
    Jun 27, 2011
    4
    john carpenter has made some great horror films like the 1982 version of The Thing and one of my favorite horror movies of all time In The Mouth of madness . this movie had promise decent set up unfortunitly it doesnt go any where intresting and when it does touch on some thing that is intresting like the waring alien races its so small unfortunitly . its just abunch of guys fighting deranged humans dressed like mad max on mars . you could almost call it mad max on mars . this movie could have been up there with the other 2 i listed but it was a oppertunity failed.… Expand
  14. Khunter4382
    May 31, 2011
    5
    Could have been great, but it wasn't. Cheesy and amateur! I think Carpenter is one of the finest filmmakers the horror genre has ever seen, but this one is embarrassing when compared to the Carpenter canon. Sadly, Ice Cube gives the best performance in the film. All the while, I suppose this is another guilty pleasure of mine.....I've got it on blu-ray!
  15. Loise
    Sep 13, 2011
    9
    Ghost of Mars could have been a great film - the ingridienses are there - but fails. It most of all unfortunately focuses on the two leading actors and all other wanishes. However Rodney A Grant (Tres) is as always GREAT
  16. TheEPICOne
    Jan 8, 2013
    10
    epic
  17. YoursTruly
    Nov 15, 2012
    1
    So dreadfully low quality that I don't even know what to say. I will grant it one star because its incompetence gives me a laugh. But sincerely, this is barely even a movie.

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 26
  3. Negative: 15 out of 26
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    80
    It's cheap thrills all the way, served up with the kind of situational purity that only Carpenter seems to care for these days. It's that simple and that much fun.
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  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    Carpenter pulls out all the action-adventure stops, but he and coscripter Larry Sulkis forgot to write dialogue the audience could listen to without howling in disbelief.
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  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    60
    It might be nice if Ghosts of Mars had more to offer than snappy repartee and shameless gore, or if it could borrow a little narrative tension from its Alien Chain Saw forebears.
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