Red Planet [Blu-ray]

Director: Antony Hoffman, Anthony Hoffman

Overview

An effort to circumvent global catastrophe becomes a disaster in its own right in this science fiction thriller. In the year 2050, Earth is on the verge of ecological disaster, and the Mars Terraforming Project has been created in hopes of making our neighboring planet habitable so that a colony of Earthlings might begin a new civilization there. But the project goes awry, and Commander Kate Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss) is put in charge of a rescue mission to set the system back on its feet. Bringing along astronaut Robby Gallagher (Val Kilmer) and scientists Dr. Quinn Burchenal (Tom Sizemore) and Dr. Bud Chantillas (Terrence Stamp), Bowman and her crew set out for Mars, but disaster strikes and the landing craft crashes into the red planet. The crew is stranded without communications as Bowman struggles to find a way to get them home; to make matters worse, the robot that was designed to serve and protect them has gone haywire, and is now attempting to hunt them down as prey. Red Planet was originally to have been released as Mars, but the producers changed the title to avoid confusion with Mission to Mars, released earlier the same year.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/2011
UPC:	0883929180073
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	14,413

Special Features

Additional scenes; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Val Kilmer	Gallagher
Carrie-Anne Moss	Cdr. Kate Bowman
Benjamin Bratt	Ted Santen
Tom Sizemore	Dr. Quinn Burchenal
Terence Stamp	Dr. Bud Chantilas
Simon Baker	Chip Pettengill
Jessica Morton	Website Fan
Caroline Bossi	Website Fan
Bob Neill	Voice of NASA,Voices
Graeme Revell	Composer

Technical Credits

Chuck Pfarrer

Jonathan Lemkin

Channing Gibson

Bruce Berman	Producer
Mark Canton	Producer
Jack Geist	Special Effects
Lora Kennedy	Casting
Andrew Mason	Executive Producer,Producer
William Mesa	Special Effects,Special Effects
Liz Mulliners	Casting
Jaffrey A. Okun	Special Effects
Chuck Pfarrer	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Jorge Saralegui	Producer
Charles J.D. Schlissel	Executive Producer,Producer
Jonathan Lemkin	Screenwriter
Richard Adrian	Sound Effects
Nancy Barker	Sound Effects
Ron Bartlett	Sound Effects
Tony Anderson	Special Effects
Tim Riach	Special Effects
Dane Davis	Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Brincat	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Mixer
Channing Gibson	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Earth's first manned expedition to Mars faces threats both internal and external in Red Planet, a suspenseful sci-fi thriller reminiscent of the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. The story gets underway in the year 2050, as our planet is dying and the colonization of Mars seems to be humanity's only hope for survival. When specialists dispatched to the Red Planet become stranded, barely repressed tensions and underlying human weaknesses come to the surface, jeopardizing the mission's success and putting the entire crew at risk. Val Kilmer plays an insouciant technician whose differences with strait-laced commander Carrie-Anne Moss are set aside once danger threatens. Benjamin Bratt, Tom Sizemore, and Terence Stamp deliver splendidly in supporting roles that are written a notch above the standard space fare. And first-time director Anthony Hoffman effectively employs, but is not subservient to, the film's impressive production design and convincing special effects. He's clearly more interested in the human element, and he establishes that the astronauts themselves might prove more menacing than malfunctioning robots or alien life forms. Hoffman's insight, some elaborate production mounting, and uniformly fine acting makes Red Planet an unusually gripping space opera. The DVD edition includes deleted scenes, cast and crew info, and the theatrical trailer.