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Ghosts of Mars (2001)

Directed by John Carpenter

Action | Horror | Science Fiction

Most recently watched by sleestakk, ashe5k

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 98 minutes

Actors

Natasha Henstridge | Ice Cube | Pam Grier | Jason Statham | Clea DuVall | Joanna Cassidy | Richard Cetrone | Rosemary Forsyth | Liam Waite | Duane Davis | Lobo Sebastian | Rodney A. Grant | Wanda De Jesus | Peter Jason | Doug McGrath | Rick Edelstein | Rex Linn | Michael Krawic | Robert Carradine | Eileen Weisinger | Marjean Holden | Matt Nolan | Charlotte Cornwell | Danielle Burgio | Lena Milan | Damon Caro | Christopher Allen Nelson

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I’ve been slowly filling the holes in my John Carpenter watching. Since I’d just added Amazon’s streaming video service to my PS3 and this was in their list of free movies, I decided to tackle it.

Ghosts of Mars is not a good movie, however, I didn’t end up hating it as much as I wanted to. It’s an odd mix of ideas, somewhat reminiscent of Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 at times, and They Live! at other times, with a tepid dose of 1980s-era post-apocalyptic genre thrown in to boot.

It was weird seeing Jason Statham in this; he was out of place and the movie didn’t really make good use of his fighting skills. Ice Cube is laughable and completely typecast as a criminal grudgingly turned hero opposite a still gorgeous but mostly wooden Natasha Henstridge.

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