Red Planet

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Red Planet

PG-13

2000

1h 46m

Sci-Fi

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Mission Commander Kate Bowman is the pilot and commander of the most important mission of the 21st century: saving the human race. It's 2050, earth is dying, and colonizing Mars is the only alternative to obliteration. Bowman and her crew have made this journey to investigate what went wrong with the malfunctioning Mars Terraforming Project, and to repair it. But what happens when they get there is far more terrifying than anyone could have guessed.

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Critics Consensus

While the special effects are impressive, the movie suffers from a lack of energy and interesting characters.

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Robert Cashill

Newsweek

Jun 18, 2008

1.5/4

Zero gravity.

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

May 8, 2002

C-

The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue.

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

Jan 1, 2000

Red Planet is a giant roach motel of a movie, where actors check in but don't check out.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Nov 30, 2020

2/5

Establishes an amusingly nasty pecking order once it reaches the surface and even morphs into "Predator" for a hot minute. But it generally bears the anonymous aesthetics of an assembly-line product and is the uglier of 2000's dueling Mars films.

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Kathi Maio

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Mar 11, 2020

There are plenty of elements to the story, and it even manages to throw in a shipboard romance before the credits roll. But more plot frippery does make for a more hospitable Red Planet.

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Aug 8, 2011

3/4

Better than you remember.

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Len P

@RT75205440 Oct 15, 2026

I am generally a sceptical and negative reviewer but this movie was better than I thought it would be after reading some of the bad RT reviews. The stages, scenery, script, CGI and acting was good. The photography depicting the Martian surface was realistic although in one scene I did see some flat cumulus clouds in the distance. The idea and depiction of the Mars atmosphere was ridiculous for anyone who know knows something about astronomy and physics, although necessary to make this script work.

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Guy H

@BillCollinstoo Oct 12, 2026

OMG! What a load of unspectacular drivel! Even such a great cast could not bring this asinine script to life. Every sci-fi cliche brought to bear could not resurrect it. At least if it was trying to take a poke at the genre, it might have been watchable. Don't waste your time.

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Marks

@MarksofDistinction Nov 10, 2025

A very extremely underrated movie the cast is amazing. Of course the CGI could be better but at the time what do you expect a great story amazing cast

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Sebastian L

@RT53077800 Sep 19, 2025

Part of the late '90s/early 2000s sci-fi craze, Red Planet feels slapped together in every aspect. The CGI has aged terribly, the script is pretty much useless and the characters are as deep as puddles of water. There are sparks here and there that could have been developed into a decent story, but I guess nobody cared enough.

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Mark O

@RT87975006 Sep 7, 2025

I bet Amin think Simon Baker looks like Heath Ledger.

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Ian R

@RT23899272 Aug 25, 2025

I tried twice to watch this. Just could not do it. The characters are loathsome. I wished them dead before they even got to Mars.

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Synopsis

Mission Commander Kate Bowman is the pilot and commander of the most important mission of the 21st century: saving the human race. It's 2050, earth is dying, and colonizing Mars is the only alternative to obliteration. Bowman and her crew have made this journey to investigate what went wrong with the malfunctioning Mars Terraforming Project, and to repair it. But what happens when they get there is far more terrifying than anyone could have guessed.

Director: Antony Hoffman
Producer: Bruce Berman, Mark Canton, Jorge Saralegui
Screenwriter: Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin, Channing Gibson
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: NPV Entertainment, Mars Production Pty. Ltd., Village Roadshow Prod.
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Nudity|Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 24, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.5M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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