Red Planet
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
- Director:Antony Hoffman
- Genre:Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- Runtime:102 minutes
Cast
Val Kilmer : Robby Gallagher
Carrie-Anne Moss: Cmdr. Kate Bowman
Tom Sizemore : Dr. Quinn Burchenal
Benjamin Bratt : Lt. Ted Santen
Simon Baker : Chip Pettengill
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In A.D. 2056, the Planet Earth is in ecologic crisis as a consequence of pollution and overpopulation. Meanwhile, automated interplanetary missions have been seeding Planet Mars with atmosphere-producing algae for twenty years as the first stage in terraforming the planet. When the oxygen quantity produced by the algae is inexplicably reduced, the crew of Mars-1 must learn why, and continue the mission of terraforming the red planet for human colonization.
En route to Mars, the crew get to know one another through discussions about science, spirituality, and religion. Quinn Burchenal, the geneticist (Tom Sizemore), is an agnostic. Aging scientist and surgeon Bud Chantillas (Terence Stamp) is philosophical, having come to believe long ago that “science could not answer any of the really interesting questions.” Mechanical systems engineer and “space janitor” Robby Gallagher (Val Kilmer) acts as Chantillas’s protégé, and flirts with the spaceship’s beautiful, but no-nonsense commander, Kate Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss). Also on board is arrogant pilot Ted Santen (Benjamin Bratt) and Pettengil (Simon Baker).
The ship arrives to Mars orbit on February 5 2057 after a 182-day journey, but a solar flare disrupts key systems, complicates their orbit and forces Bowman (Moss) to remain aboard and repair them, while the others land. Their first goal is to locate an automated habitat established earlier on Mars in the Ares Vallis area to manufacture 26 months worth of food and oxygen in preparation for the crew’s arrival. Read more
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