The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,439 2000s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes22%
Metacritic35/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
1,290 audience votes
Key crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- John CarpenterWriter
- Larry SulkisWriter
Cast
- Natasha HenstridgeLt. Melanie Ballard
- Ice CubeJames 'Desolation' Williams
- Jason StathamSgt. Jericho Butler
- Clea DuVallBashira Kincaid
- Pam GrierCommander Helena Braddock
- Joanna CassidyDr. Arlene Whitlock
- Richard CetroneBig Daddy Mars
- Rosemary ForsythInquisitor
- Liam WaiteMichael Descanso
- Duane DavisUno
- Lobo SebastianDos
- Rodney A. GrantTres
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Themes
futureplanet marsanti heropossessionhot air balloonminingescaped convictflashbackfuturisticzombietrainsurvival horror