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Somehow, however, this has become the movie that viewers love to hate. Well, I am afraid that I disagree, as I found it to be a pretty decent sci-fi move. Of course, I am partial to this genre of film, so perhaps that may account in part for my liking this movie.

The premise of this movie is simple. A crew is sent on a mission to Mars. The mission is disrupted when three of the four crew members are killed by an unknown energy force emanating from a strange metallic composition in the soil. A new crew of four go on a rescue mission. These four, Tim Robbins, Connie Nielsen, Gary Sinise, and Jerry O'Connell, make up the rescue crew. Due to problems encountered in space, only three of the four make it to Mars.

When they get to Mars, they find the surviving crew member. Debriefing him of the events that led to the destruction of the mission, they discover that the metallic composition in the soil is, in fact, a giant metallic head made in the image of man. Therein lies the mystery. What they eventually discover astounds them and makes one of them decide to go where no man has gone before. The ending is somewhat reminiscent of a combination of the movies, "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." So, I ask you, how bad can this movie be? On the contrary, it is actually pretty good. Better yet, it can be watched by the entire family.

MARS ATTACKS
In my opinion, Brian dePalma's MISSION TO MARS is neither a sci-fi masterpiece neither the awfully bad movie depicted by our dear critics. Of course, I'm terribly disappointed by the beginning of MISSION TO MARS so ridiculous and its last 20 minutes which present a theory sci-fi writers of the forties considered already as a cliché. Let's admit that only the screenplay is to blame and not Brian dePalma.

If you forget those moments, MISSION TO MARS delivers three or four superb ideas as the dance in the shuttle or its abandon by the crew. I've also liked very much the scenes on Mars and the apparition of the killer storm, a kind of sand cobra.

Great performances of the actors with a special word for Gary Sinise who, starring in MISSION TO MARS and in John Frankenheimer's REINDEER GAMES, proves that he can play the good guy as well as the bad guy. Excellent sound and images and above-average bonus features.

A -not to be ashamed of- DVD.

Eh...
This movie doesn't amaze me, at all, but it didn't fall short of my expectations either. The special effects were good, in that they didn't take on a role of their own but still blended well with the movie. Now, putting aside the pseudo-realism (after all this is a sci-fi movie), the story was good at heart, but poorly executed. The acting, however, did not seem to be the problem. I thought Tim Robbins was excellent, Don Cheadle was good, and Gary Sinise was also good, if not great. The problem seemed to be the boring, lifeless dialogue and blocking. When they became trapped inside the face was probably the worst part of the movie. "We're Trapped, no don't take off that wait!" If you're trapped in a giant white face who cares whether you die of atmospheric pressure being too low (or high, if it even is a legitimate issue). This film could have been a great film on the level of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but the story and dialogue fell very short. It's a decent movie to watch, but worth buying the DVD? No. If you want to see it, rent it.