A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.
Director:
Ruairi Robinson
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Title: The Last Days on Mars (2013)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Liev Schreiber | ... | Vincent Campbell | |
| Elias Koteas | ... | Charles Brunel | |
| Romola Garai | ... | Rebecca Lane | |
| Olivia Williams | ... | Kim Aldrich | |
| Johnny Harris | ... | Robert Irwin | |
| Goran Kostic | ... | Marko Petrovic | |
| Tom Cullen | ... | Richard Harrington | |
| Yusra Warsama | ... | Lauren Dalby | |
| Patrick Joseph Byrnes | ... | Flight Commander Ellis | |
| Lewis Macleod | ... | Infected Voices (voice) | |
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. Written by AnonymousB
My overall enjoyment of the movie was pretty decent, its nothing something I'd watch numerous times, but it was alright for a one time view.
The acting was pretty good, as were the sets, makeup etc. They also captured the tension in making on the go/tough decisions quite well.
The downside, for me personally to the movie, was that it quickly turned into a 'zombieish' kind of movie: Infected trying to infect non-infected, non-infected trying to survive. Now I like the occasional zombie movie, but I've only read the brief description on IMDb before watching,and I personally expected something different, something a bit more original. There was no real 'reason' the whole movie is based on Mars. You could replace Mars with an island, the infected with zombies, the bacteria with, well, a bacteria and the rescue pod with a rescue ship for example, and basically have the same movie.
All in all, if you're like me, and enjoy watching some low budget sci-fi, this is a movie I'd give a try.