Mission to Mars
When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
- Director:Brian De Palma
- Genre:Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- Runtime:109 minutes
Cast
Gary Sinise : Jim McConnell
Tim Robbins : Woody Blake
Don Cheadle : Luke Graham
Connie Nielsen : Terri Fisher
Jerry O’Connell : Phil Ohlmyer
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In the year 2020, a mission is launched whose goal is to carry humans to Mars for the first time. The “Mars I” mission is commanded by Luke Graham (Don Cheadle) with Nicholas Willis, Sergei Kirov and Reneé Coté as mission specialists. Upon arriving on the planet, the crew discover a large mountain 16km from their Cydonia landing site, with something sticking out of the rubble. After transmitting their find back to the command center on the World Space Station, they head for the site to try and learn more. When they arrive at the formation, they notice a strange sound, which they assume to be interference from their Mars Rover. While attempting to scan the formation with radar, a large vortex, similar to a dust storm, forms around the structure. It envelops and kills Kirov and Willis by tearing them apart, while Coté is killed when a large rock breaks her faceplate, crushing her face and exposing her to the Martian atmosphere.
After the vortex has passed, the camera zooms out to show that the “mountain” was actually a large humanoid face. Only Graham survives. The formation also emits an extremely powerful EMP, which irreparably damages much of the electronic equipment on the spacecraft. Despite the damage, Graham manages to upload one transmission to the REMO (REsupply MOdule) orbiting Mars.
After receiving Commander Graham’s garbled message relaying his crew members’ deaths, the Earth command center hastily dispatches another Mars mission. Since the next decent launch window is almost eight months away, the ship needs to carry additional fuel instead of payload to get to the red planet faster. The crew of this new “Mars II” recovery mission includes Commander Woodrow “Woody” Blake (Tim Robbins); Co-Commander Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise); and mission specialists Terri Fisher (Connie Nielsen) and Phil Ohlmyer (Jerry O’Connell). The goal of the mission is to investigate the tragedy, replace the burned out computer boards of the “Mars I” Earth Return Vehicle and bring back any survivors. 173 days after launch and shortly before arrival, the Mars II crew receives images taken by the SIMA imaging probe as it makes a close gravity assistflyby of the Cydonia landing site before continuing to Saturn. The images from space indicate the Mars I base camp is undamaged but devoid of life. Magnetic interference of some kind prevents SIMA from imaging the disaster site, however, and a vast dust storm is forming over the area. Read more
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