Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Antonio Sabato Jr. | ... | John Carter | |
Traci Lords | ... | Dejah Thoris | |
Matt Lasky | ... | Tars Tarkas | |
Chacko Vadaketh | ... | Sarka / Sab Than | |
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Mitchell Gordon | ... | Tal Hajus |
Noelle Perris | ... | Sola | |
Matt Lagan | ... | Kantos Kan | |
Kimberly Ables Jindra | ... | Saroh Kan | |
Tomas Boykin | ... | Cornwell Sams | |
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Rob Ullett | ... | Hudson |
Dean Kreyling | ... | Atol Nard | |
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Mohammad Kavianpour | ... | Hosan |
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Jay Beyers | ... | Thark Gordack |
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Ali Tagi Alexander | ... | Jamal |
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Jonathan Footman | ... | Thark |
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. Written by Matt Pierce
I personally think it's great that you don't have to go back to the monster movies of the 1950s - the fact that they're still making movies like "Princess of Mars" today is fine with me. Surprisingly, the makers must have read the E.R.Burroughs novel, some elements of the story are recognizable with John Carter's arrival on Mars, being able to jump very high (due to lower gravity), meeting Tars Tarkas and Dejah Thoris, and fighting for the atmosphere station. Everything is put up to date, sometimes well (Carter being in Afghanistan instead of Nevada) sometimes not (the, uh, "technically explained" data transfer to another world, and that Mars not being our red neighbor planet, but a different planet accidentally also called Mars). Fortunately they did not use the Great White Apes, because how silly would that look nowadays with men in costumes? Despite the low budget, a funny flick if you have the sense of humor for trash sf.