Rotten
Alas, the film quickly loses its offbeat charm and devolves into a routine monster movie.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
The Last Days on Mars
The search for life is about to end.
2013 · 1h 38m · R
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Ruairi Robinson
Overview
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.
Director and cast
- Ruairi Robinson Director
- Liev Schreiber as Vincent Campbell
- Elias Koteas as Charles Brunel
- Romola Garai as Rebecca Lane
- Olivia Williams as Kim Aldrich
- Johnny Harris as Robert Irwin
- Goran Kostić as Marko Petrovic
- Tom Cullen as Richard Harrington
- Yusra Warsama as Lauren Dalby
- Patrick Joseph Byrnes as Flight Commander Ellis
- Lewis Macleod as Infected Voices (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
18%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Appealing as that might sound to the walking-dead obsessed, this modest, low-budget sci-fi thriller is fatally lacking in entertainment value.
Bruce Ingram, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
In the ways that "The Last Days on Mars" is like a horror movies, it's typical, and in the ways it's different, it's mostly flat.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
"The Last Days on Mars" seems like it could deliver ... thought-provoking goods - at least until the plot devolves into Zombies in Outer Space.
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
Rotten
[A] low-budget, highly predictable, but well-acted Red Planet thriller ...
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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