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From John Carpenter, the master of horror behind 1998's hit John Carpenter's Vampires and classics like The Thing and Halloween, comes a sci-fi thriller full of explosive action and bone-chilling suspense. Natasha Henstridge (Species) is Melanie Ballard, a headstrong police lieutenant on Mars in the year 2025. Humans have been colonizing and mining on the red planet for some time, but when Ballard and her squad are sent to a remote region to apprehend the dangerous criminal James "Desolation" Williams, played by Ice Cube (Three Kings), they discover that he's the least of their worries. The mining operations have unleashed a deadly army of Martian spirits who take over the bodies of humans and won't stop until they destroy all invaders of their planet. With a stellar cast including Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), Jason Statham (Snatch) and Clea Duvall (The Faculty), as well as explosive special effects, John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars is an intergalactic terror fest like you've never seen.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Did any of you pay attention to the movie that you were watching? Or were you doing something while this was playing in the background? I am just trying to address some of the problems that people seem to have with this movie that I think are not real problems. First, one reviewer wrote that is unbelievable that the characters would be able to walk around without helmets on the surface of Mars. NEWSFLASH, the characters themselves explain how this is possible, and within the first 20 minutes no less. Second, another reviewer said the aliens don't even look like aliens. That is because they are not aliens. The Ghosts that the title refer to posses the humans that are colonizing the planet. That is why they look human, cause they ARE. Third, the dialogue has been commented on in more than a few reviews and while it is cheesy it is not like this is Shakesphere. It is about a group of police officers who are going to place that none of them want to be. Of course they are going to sound irritated, wouldn't you?
I would just like to say before i finish that the next time you review a movie please watch it and at least try to pay attention.
I would just like to say before i finish that the next time you review a movie please watch it and at least try to pay attention.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By S. Harris
Format:DVD
It's John Carpenter, so what does everyone expect? I know what I expected, and "Ghosts of Mars" pretty much delivered. Thudding sound track, B-movie dialogue, heads on stakes, "Road Warrior" like zanies with metal sticking out of their faces stalking the "good" guys. Bring on the popcorn. Then there's a humorous twist. The "guys" in this future world live in a Matriarchy. Guys make the coffee, defer to the women, but also are told to deal with mechanical problems when they arise. (Well, at least the "breeder" - Jason Statham as Jericho - does.) Carpenter works all kinds of little jokes into the script on this wrinkle alone. Natasha Henstridge as the tough cop hero, and Ice Cube, as the con hero, are serviceable - and they know when to shoot, kick, and punch. And that's all that's needed here. I don't know who the main Martian is (he looks like Marilyn Manson in Kabuki), but he's perfect! Four stars for operating well within genre.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Stanley Runk
Format:DVD
Yeah, everyone's whining about Ghosts Of Mars. Everyone's pretty much given up on John Carpenter. I admire Carpenter for making the films he wants to and not succumbing to whatever trendiness is expected of horror directors. Wes may be hip wit da teens, but John does what he wants to, even if you think it's lame. Ghosts Of Mars isn't his finest hour, it's not even all that great, but it's Carpenter. This is the kind of film Carpenter has always made. He's never admitted to being more than a B film director and he chooses to be such. After Starman, he coulda been in the big time, but chose his own independent Prince Of Darkness over the Hollywood machine. Ghosts Of Mars would have had more critical and fan praise if it were released in the mid eighties. It wouldn't have seemed so cliched. Personally I admire him for making such a film, passe as it may seem. If I were you I'd check it out. Just don't be expecting some sci-fi extravaganza(which I think everyone was expecting), expect cheesy B movie thrills.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
tres satisfait
j'ai recu le produit en quelques jours et j'en suis satisfait le film etait en excellent etat tout etait ok
Published 1 month ago by andre fillion
3.0 out of 5 stars
2 1/2 stars.Mediocre Carpenter.
Ghosts of Mars(released Aug.01)stars Natashia Henstridge,Ice Cube,Pam Grier,Joanna Cassidy and Jason Statham. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Robert Badgley
1.0 out of 5 stars
This is a thinly veiled shootemup movie
All this movie is just mad Max on Mars. There's great quantities of blood lots of action and an appalling lack of sex. Read more
Published on July 27 2010 by bernie
3.0 out of 5 stars
More of a cheesy action film than a science fiction thriller
Despite the basically unexplained absurdity of the whole storyline, Ghosts of Mars is a pretty entertaining film to watch, what with all of the explosions, gun battles,... Read more
Published on July 11 2008 by Daniel Jolley
1.0 out of 5 stars
TRULY PATHETIC
The only thing worse than the acting in this movie is the stupid and ridicluous notion (in glorious adherence to political correctness) that women are able to hold their own as... Read more
Published on Dec 2 2004
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a clunker
I've read some of the reviews already posted here, and a lot of folks either flat-out loved this film or thought it stunk. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by The Trudger
1.0 out of 5 stars
Just When You Thought Hollywood Ran Out Of Ideas...
Well, just when you thought Hollywood had run out of ideas, John Carpenter goes and pulls one - right out of his a*#. Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by Nick Rocco
1.0 out of 5 stars
No wonder they all died.
This has one of the best premises for a horror movie i have ever heard: forget about the aliens, they are all dead, but their ghosts still haunt the planet. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2004 by The Birdman
3.0 out of 5 stars
Come on, guys, it ain't THAT bad!
Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter, 2001)
Man, was everyone down on this movie or what? Come on, folks. This wasn't great art, and it wasn't meant to be. Read more
Published on Mar 8 2004 by Robert P. Beveridge
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pandora
I would rate this movie 5 stars.If you like strange,scary movies you would like this movie.It takes place in the future on planet mars. Read more
Published on Mar 6 2004 by "mogwai021"
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