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The Last Days On Mars

British Film Institute (BFI) (2013)

Xvid

MP4

5.5

39,992

Adventure | Horror | Science Fiction | Thriller

UK | English | Color | 01:38

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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 claims 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 and near certain death. 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.

Cast View all

	Liev Schreiber	Vincent Campbell
	Elias Koteas	Charles Brunel
	Romola Garai	Rebecca Lane
	Olivia Williams	Kim Aldrich
	Johnny Harris	Robert Irwin
	Goran Kostic	Marko Petrovic
	Tom Cullen	Richard Harrington
	Yusra Warsama	Lauren Dalby
	Patrick Joseph Byrnes	Flight Commander Ellis
	Lewis Macleod	Infected Voices
	Mark Clark	B Eanet
	Paul Warren	Infected Marko

Crew View all

Director	Ruairi Robinson
Writer	Clive Dawson, Sydney J. Bounds
Producer	Alexandra Arlango, Andrea Cornwell, Clive Dawson, Mark Hubbard, Michael Kuhn, Brendan McCarthy, John McDonnell, Malcolm Ritchie, Tim Smith, James Swarbrick
Musician	Max Richter
Photography	Robbie Ryan

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Edition details

Nr Discs	1

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Owner	Review?
Location	SciFi_Fantasy Disk
Purchased	Apr 10, 2020 at YIFY
Quantity	1
Seen	Apr 11, 2020
Index	1533
Added Date	Apr 10, 2020 05:20:33
Modified Date	Jan 30, 2025 11:17:22

Notes

My quick rating - 5,8/10. To really appreciate this movie, you should be familiar with 50s scifi and mix it up with the remake of The Thing. Not close to as good as Carpenters classic but you get the point. The flick has a subtle way of not getting absorbed in the technology that looks quite impressive and serves as just background. Liev Schreiber as always shows absolutely no emotions throughout the movie, well, maybe a little at the end. Is not acting good acting? Something about his acting is just that. I am confusing myself LOL. I would hate to play poker with him. Anyway, the movie has been done before, and better and much worse. Last days on n expedition on Mars, disaster happens and when the ground collapses and a crew member falls in, the rescue brings home something along with it. You can fill in the blanks. The movie breezes by at 1.5 hours, so there is little time for wasted moments. I think if they branched out instead of playing it so safe with the borrowed elements from other flicks, they could've really had something. Instead, you get a well made retread of a familiar story. Enjoy.

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