A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.
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On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he's made an historic discovery; fossilised evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up, and goes out on an unauthorised expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster, when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they begin to realise; the life-form they've discovered is highly dangerous to all human life. —AnonymousB
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Old School Space Story
This movie had a shot at being quite good, only made it to pretty good. It was a bit of a throwback movie from the 50's with better special effects. Performances were good, but the story went from scientific to space horror a tad too quickly.
Liev Schrieber was adequate but his character had no emotion until the very end of the film. Other performers were sort of character actor types and their length of time on the screen was based much on either who is the prettiest or the most foolish.
There was decent suspense early on and a curiosity as to what happened earlier in their lives, but not in the movie and I guess it had played a part in the plot, but with no explanation, it was kind of oddly placed.
It's a decent watch and only killed about 98 minutes, so you won't find it to be a total waste of time. If you watch it with the thoughts of real early science fiction, you can see how it fit into the genre.
Some people may be surprised by the ending or you'll wonder what happened next.
Take the time, enjoy the ride and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, but not overwhelmed.
Just my thoughts!
Liev Schrieber was adequate but his character had no emotion until the very end of the film. Other performers were sort of character actor types and their length of time on the screen was based much on either who is the prettiest or the most foolish.
There was decent suspense early on and a curiosity as to what happened earlier in their lives, but not in the movie and I guess it had played a part in the plot, but with no explanation, it was kind of oddly placed.
It's a decent watch and only killed about 98 minutes, so you won't find it to be a total waste of time. If you watch it with the thoughts of real early science fiction, you can see how it fit into the genre.
Some people may be surprised by the ending or you'll wonder what happened next.
Take the time, enjoy the ride and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, but not overwhelmed.
Just my thoughts!
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- yourlife
- Nov 1, 2013
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