Ghosts of Mars

Good cast, non-stop action, good entertainment. Anyway who cares, each time Natasha Henstridge appears my braincells go on strike and i just stare motionless at the screen. I could just watch her sleep for 8hrs. I hope she snores :p

Ghosts of Mars is a classic film from John Carpenter at the end of his directorial career. It's just a trash movie for its fans. If we objectively consider Ghosts of Mars, it's a mediocre action movie and an even more terrible horror. Don't take Ghosts of Mars seriously. Everything you need for such a movie is here. It's sad how suddenly in the 21st century, John Carpenter's career went down sharply. On the other hand, the budget is minimal for Hollywood action movies. But in general I liked Ghosts of Mars, such films were made only in the 90s and early 20s. You can watch it only if you like Carpenter's work.

A group of elite cops are sent to a remote Mars mining facility in order to secure the transfer of the planet's most dangerous criminal. Upon arrival they discover that all of the miners have been transformed into a bunch of deranged lunatics out to kill anything that moves. With a premise like that this could have been Assault on Precinct 13 in space, but John Carpenter spends too much time having the characters converse with bad dialog and worse acting. There's no atmosphere and everything looks really cheap. Yet I still kind of like it visually. Almost every inch of the desolate locale is drenched in red in a way that is oh so very Mars. I just wish it wasn't so brightly lit. Some shadows would have gone a long way to add some tension, but at least the environments feel distinctly sci-fi. The plot does show some promise. It actually tries to explain what's going on and it's lead character played by Natasha Henstridge has some interesting traits that could have made her a complex protagonist had they actually been explored. Ultimately though it's kind of dull on this front. The movie is at it's best when it ignores the narrative and dives headfirst into campy action. I think DOOM did the whole gung-ho, shoot 'em up in space thing so much better, but Ghosts of Mars is still good for some cheap thrills. There's a little bit of gore and Carpenter throws a lot of people onscreen at once making for a chaotic action-horror. All of it is pretty campy, but if you want to see a bunch of macho dudes and ladies shooting and blowing up a bunch of possessed psychopaths on Mars then you can take comfort in knowing the movie at least delivers on that front.

A very bad movie, I remember seeing it in the cinema. Even if it is meant to be campy, it is soo bad!

Um filme sem nexo e sem qualquer sentido é ótimo para quem curte um heavy metal,porém péssimo para quem gosta de um bom entretenimento e muito mas um entretenimento inteligente. Desperdiça o talento de Statham. Mas mesmo assim as cenas de ação são boas,na verdade é só isso o filme