Red Planet - worth £7.99?

[richard67]

I've seen it for £7.99 and been tempted, but it's not a film that anyone seems to care about or even discuss. What are people's views? Surely at under eight quid it's worth a look...?

[Flynn]

Well, I'd rather rent it and save the remaining 6£ for 2 six-packs of beer. IMDB's 5.5/10 rating is more than it deserves in my humble opinion.

[Roberto]

Disagree - for £8 it's worth a look, if anything it's a good demo disc for your setup

[Tony Keats]

I expected it to be utter bile, but when I eventually saw it I enjoyed most of it. The only bad things that really stuck in my mind were the opening ten minutes and Terence Stamp's appalling acting (makes me shudder just thinking about it!). In fairness, the initial scenes of clunky set-up (and overly-familiar stereotyping) die-down quickly enough and (thankfully) 'Mahogany' Stamp doesn't have a particularly significant role.

I found it surprisingly watchable in a "decent Star-Trek episode" kind of a way. Like most good sci-fi, it isn't full of OTT visuals and big-scale confrontations, it actually has some interesting cumulative jeopardy (and has a more thoughtful air as a result). A suspension-of-dis-belief is obviously still required, but it didn't irritate me in the way some overblown sci-fi actioners do. There are a few (bigger budget) films with sillier plots, but because they have enough cash to paper over the cracks (with impressive effects), they aren't maligned half as badly. The criticisms about Red Planet's concept/dialogue could be levelled at virtually any film in the genre, it just gets picked on because it lacks blockbusting spectacle.

The disc has some pretty intriguing deleted scenes if I remember rightly too (though not much else). Usually you just say to yourself "Well I can see why they left that out!" but some of the ones on RP are extensions/alternates of important parts of the movie and would have altered the tone significantly. So £7.99 is a fair price for the package as a whole (and the 5.1 audio is certainly worth keeping).

[Bamse]

Originally posted by Roberto
Disagree - for £8 it's worth a look, if anything it's a good demo disc for your setup

I totally agree with that, well worth £7.99. Not that bad a film at all.

[Captain Scarlet]

for £7.99 go for it! but i have to agree about Mr Stamp but i got this thing about Carrie-Anne Moss:nuts: so that more than Makes up for it

[JulesH]

I too think it's a good film. Not sure why it's been slated so much. It's far better than Mission to Mars.

[richard67]

I might just give it a try, y'all, especially if I see it for £6.99 in the Woolworth's New Year sale.

[Y.T]

Carrie-Anne Moss in shower :nuts:
need I say more??
Worth it!

[Bamse]

You need not say more.

Thank God for the pause button, that’s all I can say.
:clap: :D

http://mysite.freeserve.com/bamse/images/0-picture.jpg

[megatron]

Hey, just caught this on C4 and it wasn't actually too bad. Quite exciting at times...especially the scenes with Carrie. :n0rty:

[anephric]

It has a priceless closing line...

[James45]

go on then...

I actually watched it last night and can't remember what the line was. The plot was pretty thin for an entire movie, it was more like an episode of the outer limits.

[SIMON ADEBISI]

Is this the one with the robot dog?

[charlie angel]

Not good, not bad, just completely average I thought.

I can't remember the closing line either - can someone furnish us with it please?

[sleep4ever]

No its not, a very dull film.

Better than mission to mars, but thats hardly a recommendation...

[anephric]

The line is... *ahem*

"**** this planet!" [cue Kilmer exhibiting the bird... to the entire planet]

Priceless. At least, I thought so. I had had my senses dulled by the crappola that had gone before it, tho.

[James45]

I thought the funniest thing about it was the casting of Tom Sizemore as a genius.

[Cinemasia.net]

Not a bad film (in terms of the story & the sci-fi), but like most sci-fi films around at the same time, this one also has bad computer graphics.

Better than Mission to Mars...

[DamienB]

Better than Mission to Mars...

So is being tortured and then eaten alive, but I still don't fancy that. Red Planet is equally as awful. A great shame as there have been so many absolutely superb sci-fi stories based on Mars which nobody has bothered to film.

[robbiez666]

£3.69 used at Thatzdvd (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump.php?url=http://www.thatzdvd.com)

[matlane]

Has anybody noticed how old this thread is?

[dazza001]

Yep... pretty old. I bought an R1 of this for £1 but have never watched it - might give it a go now...

[anephric]

Oh Jesus God noooooo!

[TheChump]

Oh Jesus God noooooo!
This seems to be your catchphrase ;) (You forgot the Edward Woodward quote this time, though. Well, you would do, wouldn't you (sounds better said than typed))

Better than Mission to Mars
I would rather disembowel myself with a rusty knife than sit through the travesty of film making that was Mission to Mars.........

[anephric]

I'm on a Wicker Man kick this evening.

But I sing of a baggage that we all adore, the landlord's daughter..!

[new forms]

I thought the funniest thing about it was the casting of Tom Sizemore as a genius.

:D