Red Faction: Origins (2011)

On a Mars colony in the year 2145, an officer in a rebel militia discovers that his sister, who was abducted a dozen years before, is still alive and has been raised as a soldier whose goal is to bring about the destruction of her brother's faction.

Director:

Michael Nankin

Writers:

Danny Bilson (story), Paul De Meo (story),

Stars:

Brian J. Smith, Danielle Nicolet, Kate Vernon

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brian J. Smith	...	Jake Mason
Danielle Nicolet	...	Tess De La Vega
Kate Vernon	...	The Matriarch
Tamzin Merchant	...	Lyra
Devon Graye	...	Leo
Gordon Kennedy	...	Corvallis
Gareth David-Lloyd	...	Hale
Tamer Hassan	...	Stoller
Ariyon Bakare	...	Ben Sharpe
Peter Bankole	...	Ezra
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	...	Grogan
Robert Patrick	...	Alec Mason
Sarah Brown	...	Sam
Samuel Davies	...	Young Jake
Isabella Blake-Thomas	...	Young Lyra

Storyline

On a Mars colony in the year 2145, an officer in a rebel militia discovers that his sister, who was abducted a dozen years before, is still alive and has been raised as a soldier whose goal is to bring about the destruction of her brother's faction.

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Plot Keywords:

2140s | based on video game | 22nd century

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 June 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

THQ, Universal Cable Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Surprisingly Good

After 200 years of tyranny in Mars, the EDF (Earth Defense Force) is defeated by the alliance Red Faction formed by the Colonies with the Marauders led by Alec Mason (Robert Patrick). However the alliance is broken when Alec's wife Sam (Sarah Brown) and his daughter Lyra are murdered by the Marauders. However his ten-year-old son Jake claims that white soldiers have killed his mother.

In the present days, Jake Mason (Brian J. Smith) is a soldier from the Red Faction and Alec is a drunken troublemaker. Jake is assigned to retrieve the technology of the EDF Battleship Hydra will crash on a neutral zone with Tess (Danielle Nicolet). However he finds that white soldiers have arrived first and they get the Hydra. Jake attacks one of the soldiers and finds that she is his sister Lyra (Tamzin Merchant). When he returns to the Colony, nobody believes in his words.

Jake decides to find Lyra and deserts the Red Faction. He crosses the Marauder territory to reach Asimov, where he believes he may find a clue of the location of his sister. Along his journey, he teams-up with Tess and the Marauders Leo (Devon Graye) and Corvallis (Gordon Kennedy). Soon they discover that the white soldiers belong to the EDF and their leader plans a war between the Red Faction and the Marauders led by the Matriarch Omaya (Kate Vernon).

"Red Faction: Origins" is a surprisingly good Sy-Fy movie, with a solid story and great cast. The status quo of the Martian society divided in Red Faction and Marauders is presented too soon and rushed and fortunately I saw this movie on DVD and I repeated the explanation to understand how these people and EDF are entwined. I believe that some of the bad reviews in IMDb belong to viewers that have not understood the story. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Facção Vermelha: Origens" ("Red Faction: Origins")