Natasha Henstridge,
Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Pam Grier
Written by John Carpenter and Larry Sulkis
Produced by John Carpenter and Sandy King
Directed by John Carpenter
Budget:
Unknown
Status: Released
Released by Sony
ETA: August 2001
Plot - Set in the future. Humans
have colonised the red planet, waking it's previous inhabitants,
martian ghosts. Now, said poltergiests are intent on ridding
the planet of the people that disturbed them.
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9/1/02
Just posted links to our own theatrical
review for readers in the UK, as the film is released in this
country next week.
"The story concerns members
of the Mars Police Force who must travel to a desolate mining
colony to pick up a very dangerous prisoner, Ice Cube, and
take him back to stand trail for mass murder. Before they
know it, they're in the same condition as the audience watching
them; right in the middle of an awful bloody mess. And surprise,
as with all space mining colonies, some very nasty 'co-star
killers' are lying in wait. This
seems like a simple story to tell, but by the enormous amount
of monotonous voiceover, pointless flashback and unnecessary
exposition, you'd never know it. These devices are often used
in films for artistic reasons and dramatic effect, but in
Ghosts of Mars they were obviously used to patch a movie that
just wasn't working".
Reviewed
by AJ Vestal, full
review.
Also, for
our American readers, or for anyone wanting to import the
film on region one dvd, we have the disc
review courtesy of Gareth Von Kallenbach.
"The
action scenes in the film are also uninspired as with a few
exceptions; they are mostly hordes of extras being gunned
down in mass as loud music blares. “Ghosts of Mars”
could have been a good horror film as the cast and premise
held much promise. Sadly the film offers nothing new and is
just another example of a good premise wasted".Full
review here, the region one dvd is available now.
2/8/01
There are some more pics up of John
Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars. Check them out over at MovieInside.de.
30/7/01 Joblo
have done a great job covering the San Diego Comin Con. They've
posted a page covering the John Carpenter Q & A for his
latest film Ghosts Of Mars. He also touches on Vampires: Los
Muertos. Go
check it out.
6/7/01
Wanna see some new pics from Ghosts
Of Mars? Well a site dedicated to Fantasy
Babe Natasha Henstridge have posted a whole new batch.
Both Natasha, Ice Cube, Pam Grier and Jason Statham feature
in the stills, so
go see 'em!
13/3/01 - The official
site of band Anthrax has posted some stills from the scoring
session, click here to see
them. Source: Dark
Horizons
6/3/01 - Shooting ended on the film last November.
Scheduled US release is August 24th 2001.
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