Princess of Mars (2009)

John Carter (Antonio Sabato Jr.) is some kind of lone soldier in the middle east who looks at everyone through the scope on his rifle, until one day he gets shot a bunch of times and the ... See full summary »

Director:

Mark Atkins

Writers:

Mark Atkins, Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters),

Stars:

Antonio Sabato Jr., Traci Lords, Matt Lasky

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antonio Sabato Jr.	...	John Carter
Traci Lords	...	Dejah Thoris
Matt Lasky	...	Tars Tarkas
Chacko Vadaketh	...	Sarka / Sab Than
Mitchell Gordon	...	Tal Hajus
Noelle Perris	...	Sola
Matt Lagan	...	Kantos Kan
Kimberly Ables Jindra	...	Saroh Kan
Tomas Boykin	...	Cornwell Sams
Rob Ullett	...	Hudson
Dean Kreyling	...	Atol Nard
Mohammad Kavianpour	...	Hosan
Jay Beyers	...	Thark Gordack
Ali Tagi Alexander	...	Jamal
Jonathan Footman	...	Thark

Storyline

John Carter (Antonio Sabato Jr.) is some kind of lone soldier in the middle east who looks at everyone through the scope on his rifle, until one day he gets shot a bunch of times and the government decides to reconstruct him on another planet for some reason. Naked and surrounded by hostile aliens, John Carter must fight for survival as aliens try to kill him and/or make him eat bugs. John Carter does NOT WANT TO EAT BUGS.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | soldier | jumping | eating insect | alpha centauri | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 December 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Avatar of Mars

Filming Locations:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Global Asylum, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Title was renamed to John Carter Of Mars on recent releases.

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Goofs

When John Carter fights Tars Tarkas in the pit, he gets Tars in a headlock that snaps the right tusk on the actor's mask.

User Reviews

Just kill me

I can't tell you how badly I wanted to like this movie. Wait...let me start again. I can't tell you how badly I wanted this to be a movie I liked. It's like they didn't even try.

The character of John Carter is all but unrecognizable. The character of Dejah Thoris is like some Mad TV parody only not funny and who is that old lady they got to play her? Are you kidding me?

A lot of people have compared this to other movies, particularly Avatar. It's a bad comparison. Better to compare it to the original offerings from the Syfi network then at least we would know what league we were playing in. This could still have been salvaged had it at least not been boring, but it was.

I will not call it the worst movie ever as so many others have, but I will say that even within the obviously limited budget the creators of this film had to work with, they could have done far better.