The read
A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 18%, Metacritic 46/100. Most of the 1,229 2010s science fiction movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.
Ratings
944 audience votes
Key crew
- Ruairi RobinsonDirector
- Clive DawsonScreenplay
- Max RichterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Liev SchreiberVincent Campbell
- Elias KoteasCharles Brunel
- Romola GaraiRebecca Lane
- Olivia WilliamsKim Aldrich
- Johnny HarrisRobert Irwin
- Goran KostićMarko Petrovic
- Tom CullenRichard Harrington
- Yusra WarsamaLauren Dalby
- Patrick Joseph ByrnesFlight Commander Ellis
- Lewis MacleodInfected Voices (voice)
- Paul WarrenInfected Marko (uncredited)
