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- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 38 m
- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 38 m
Summary A harrowing tale of rescue and escape from a colonized Mars 175 years into the future. (Columbia Tristar)
Directed By: John Carpenter
Written By: Larry Sulkis, John Carpenter
- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 38 m
- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 38 m
Ghosts of Mars
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7.5
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Summary A harrowing tale of rescue and escape from a colonized Mars 175 years into the future. (Columbia Tristar)
Directed By: John Carpenter
Written By: Larry Sulkis, John Carpenter
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
35
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
27% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
58% Negative
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
35
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
27% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
58% Negative
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
Rife with silliness, such as the flashbacks within flashbacks of characters who were not with one another at the time, and occasional unintentional laughs -- but it's also a good, raucous kick in the behind, which is literally all it aspires to be
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 171 User Ratings
7.5
67% Positive
114 Ratings
114 Ratings
16% Mixed
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
17% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 171 User Ratings
7.5
67% Positive
114 Ratings
114 Ratings
16% Mixed
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
17% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
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Bad enough that the plot is shopworn, but the tough-gal talk is unintentionally hilarious, and the complicated narrative structure is annoying and pointless.
A turgid recycling of Mr. Carpenter's remake of "The Thing."
A deep disappointment to fans of sci-fi and the once great John Carpenter.
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.
It keeps you off balance, all right, but not enough to obscure the sad fact that Ghosts of Mars is a muddled, derivative disaster straight on through.
Even though Ice Cube reduces the movie's seriousness, it's a pretty good popcorn horror. Carpenter always delivers. I guess it is time for the sequel, right? After all, it's a Resident Evil but on Mars.
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A group of elite cops are sent to a remote Mars mining facility in order to secure the transfer of the planet's most dangerous criminal. Upon arrival they discover that all of the miners have been transformed into a bunch of deranged lunatics out to kill anything that moves. With a premise like that this could have been Assault on Precinct 13 in space, but John Carpenter spends too much time having the characters converse with bad dialog and worse acting.
There's no atmosphere and everything looks really cheap. Yet I still kind of like it visually. Almost every inch of the desolate locale is drenched in red in a way that is oh so very Mars. I just wish it wasn't so brightly lit. Some shadows would have gone a long way to add some tension, but at least the environments feel distinctly sci-fi.
The plot does show some promise. It actually tries to explain what's going on and it's lead character played by Natasha Henstridge has some interesting traits that could have made her a complex protagonist had they actually been explored. Ultimately though it's kind of dull on this front. The movie is at it's best when it ignores the narrative and dives headfirst into campy action.
I think DOOM did the whole gung-ho, shoot 'em up in space thing so much better, but Ghosts of Mars is still good for some cheap thrills. There's a little bit of gore and Carpenter throws a lot of people onscreen at once making for a chaotic action-horror. All of it is pretty campy, but if you want to see a bunch of macho dudes and ladies shooting and blowing up a bunch of possessed psychopaths on Mars then you can take comfort in knowing the movie at least delivers on that front.
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How Ghost of Mars is different gives it an enjoyable quality. Its not another bug hunt or a 2001 ripoff, like all the other Mars movies. Perhaps its like a 1980s Chronicles of Riddick combined with the worst Star Trek movie. Its not very serious or deep, but better than most direct to video B-horror and much better than the average SyFy saturday night. It does look a little out of date and has that hand made feel. There are some good actors and some bad ones. The plot meanders but the dialogue can be pretty funny with a few memorable quotes. If you like John Carpenter or Natasha Henstridge this is a rental. I'm giving it a 6 because its not awful, and the deducted points are because they could have made this funnier and made the plot more suspenseful.
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Um filme sem nexo e sem qualquer sentido é ótimo para quem curte um heavy metal,porém péssimo para quem gosta de um bom entretenimento e muito mas um entretenimento inteligente. Desperdiça o talento de Statham. Mas mesmo assim as cenas de ação são boas,na verdade é só isso o filme
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Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
