Synopsis
When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
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Cast
- Gary SiniseJim McConnell
- Tim RobbinsWoodrow 'Woody' Blake
- Don CheadleLuke Graham
- Connie NielsenTerri Fisher
- Jerry O'ConnellPhil Ohlmyer
- Peter OuterbridgeSergei Kirov
- Kavan SmithNicholas Willis
- Jill TeedReene Cote
- Elise NealDebra Graham
- Kim DelaneyMaggie McConnell
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
One of the most gorgeous science-fiction movies ever - and probably also one of the most realistic in detail and scientific extrapolation - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The picture is equally long on eye-dazzling camera work and New Age sentimentality. - 50
USA Today
You can feel the movie going wrong in the first scene. - 50
Charlotte Observer
Trying to make sense of this shaggy dog story is like climbing a mountain with glass-smooth sides and quarter-inch toeholds. - 40
Village Voice
Halfway through, De Palma literally explodes his narrative to orchestrate a superb deep-space float-opera replete with runaway modules, high-tech lassos, dramatic self-sacrifice, and, in the most surprising maneuver, a montage-driven modicum of actual suspense. - 38
Miami Herald
A $100 million production of a 10-cent script, is so clunkily written, so bereft of any engaging ideas or emotions, you'd think De Palma would have sneered at it on first reading and passed - 30
Dallas Observer
One can only assume all the, ah, good stuff landed on the cutting-room floor, because it sure as hell didn't make it to Mars. - 25
New York Post
It features well-below-par writing, acting, direction, special effects and music, while oozing a nauseating New Age sentimentality that undermines any tension in the underlying story.
