Red Planet

2000
12
1 Std. 46 Min.

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Astronauten und ihr Roboterhund AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion) suchen nach Lösungen, um eine sterbende Erde zu retten, indem sie auf dem Mars suchen, nur um die Mission sch... Alles lesenAstronauten und ihr Roboterhund AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion) suchen nach Lösungen, um eine sterbende Erde zu retten, indem sie auf dem Mars suchen, nur um die Mission schrecklich verwirren zu lassen.Astronauten und ihr Roboterhund AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion) suchen nach Lösungen, um eine sterbende Erde zu retten, indem sie auf dem Mars suchen, nur um die Mission schrecklich verwirren zu lassen.

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5,7/10

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Auszeichnungen
- 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
In her report back to Earth, Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss) refers to the state of HAB as being "tango uniform". This is phonetic military slang for "tits up", meaning dead or destroyed.

Patzer
(at around 1h 3 mins) Burchenal says he is an expert in genetics, yet he refers to the 4 DNA nucleotides as A, G, T and P. They're actually A, C, G, and T. It's corrected in the German dubbed version.

Zitate
Chantilas: [Suppose] we just finished poisoning the earth and everyone was dead in a hundred years. Then what was the point of anything? Art, beauty-all gone-the Greeks, the Constitution, people dying for freedom, ideas. None of it meant anything? What about religion? Do we give up on God too?
Gallagher: You didn't just give up being a scientist one day, did you?
Chantilas: I realized science couldn't answer any of the really interesting questions. So, I turned to philosophy. I've been searching for God ever since. Who knows, I may pick up a rock and it'll say underneath, "Made by God." The universe is full of surprises.

Crazy Credits
In the credits, Pettengill is spelled Pettengil (one "l").

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Red Planet/What's Cooking?/Bounce/Rugrats in Paris (2000)

Soundtracks
When the World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong)
Written by Sting
Published by Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
Administered by EMI Blackwood Music, Inc.
Performed by DifferntGear vs. The Police
Courtesy of A&M Records/Pagan Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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8/10

GOOD, INTELLIGENT THROWBACK TO 1950S SCI-FI

Movies like "Red Planet" remind me why I enjoy science fiction so much. Most sci-fi films today put the special effects first before characterizations. While that's not a bad idea (I have enjoyed several films in that vein such as "Independence Day"), films can become too dependent on that and that's when the fun drains away.

"Red Planet" is a film that has solid special effects, but also a strong story and good characterizations. It was the second film released in 2000 to have Mars as its backdrop, the first being "Mission to Mars". "Mission to Mars", despite having top stars,master craftsman Brian DePalma directing and phenomenal special effects, was a little too pat and resorted to cliches (Not that I blame DePalma; he did the best he could with the script he had and the film wasn't bad at all)

I didn't know anything about the plot and I think that helps with a film like "Red Planet". It allows suspense to be created from the series of crises that spring up on the astronauts and that's a benefit. But I will say this: the marketing campaign for "Red Planet" advertises this as your typical good guys versus evil aliens action fest. It is not. This is a more intelligent and stylish film than given credit for. It owes more to "2001" and "The Black Hole" or even the classic Republic serial "Radar Men from the Moon" than "Alien". It is about ideas, not effects and I LOVE films like that.

I know a great many people will hate this film. That is because popular culture has brainwashed people into thinking mass entertainment revolves around effects only. There are some flaws (mostly in technological probability and pacing in the first 20 minutes)but writer Chuck Pfarrer and director Antony Hoffman remember that great sci-fi is also about the story and characters and the result is the best sci-fi film in recent years.

***1/2 out of 4 stars