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Mission to Mars

Mission to Mars

Science Fiction · Adventure · Drama · 2000

When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.

Movie details

Mission to Mars

“For centuries we've been looking for the origin of life on earth. We've been looking on the wrong planet.”

2000 Science Fiction · Adventure · Drama 1h 54m

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6.0 / 10

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When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Brian De Palma

Written by

Jim Thomas · John Thomas · Graham Yost · Lowell Cannon

Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

Jim McConnell

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Woody Blake

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

Luke Graham

Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen

Terri Fisher

Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell

Phil Ohlmyer

Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge

Sergei Kirov

Kavan Smith

Kavan Smith

Nicholas Willis

Court is in session

Put Mission to Mars on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.