3 August 2023

Ghosts of Mars

 Ghosts of Mars 2001

  • Director: John Carpenter
  • Seen by the director: Flykten from NY
  • Based on the book: no
  • Cast: Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier, Jason Statham, Clea DuVall, Joanna Cassidy
  • Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
    • Ice Cube – Boys n the Hood
    • Pam Grier – The Feast of All Saints, Jackie Brown, Mars Attacks!
    • Jason Statham – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    • Clea DuVall – Zodiac, 21 Grams, Giel Interrupted, The Astronaut’s Wife, A Slipping-Down Life, Life During Wartime
    • Joanna Cassidy - Six Feet Under, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Blade Runner
  • Why?  Sci fi
  • Seen: 19 July 2023      

       There’s something bad happening to the colonists on Mars. Something is turning people into evil bloody killers, death metal freaks with a fondness for chopping people’s heads off and sticking them on poles. Evidently the colonists have reawakened the original Martians – some kind of organism – when they started terraforming the planet.

       It is probably meant as an action parody and it is amusing at times. If it weren’t for the obnoxious and unnecessary sexist and racist stereotypes it might have been good. Sort of. 

2* of 5   

 

 

 

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