Ghosts of Mars (Special Edition)Ghosts of Mars (Special Edition)
starring: Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier, Jason Statham, Clea DuVall directed by: John Carpenter Amazon.com's Price: $9.95 Prices subject to change.See similar products Read customer reviews Related Items:
Collectible Price: $10.00 Third Party New Price: $4.36 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767864558 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767864557 Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: COLD06250D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: December 04, 2001 Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Nasthasha henstridge pam grier and ice cube must battle it out against primitive martian ghosts who will stop at nothing to annihilate the human invaders who have disturbed their planet. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/22/2005 Starring: Ice Cube Jason Statham Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Director: John Carpenter Amazon.com: Ghosts of Mars may not be one of John Carpenter's finer efforts, but you can't knock the veteran director for staying true to his roots--it's clearly a Carpenter film, reveling in its B-movie blood lust, and fueled by the director's rock & roll rebellion as well as the sex appeal of star Natasha Henstridge. This rickety sci-fi/horror hybrid recalls Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13, with various connections from throughout the director's career--for better and worse. It's the year 2176, and human colonists on Mars are controlled by a political "matronage," with women (for reasons unexplained) holding court in the capitol city of Chryse. Mars Police Force Lt. Ballard (Henstridge) has been sent to retrieve James "Desolation" Williams (Ice Cube), the planet's most notorious criminal, from a remote mining-colony prison. With her ill-fated crew, Ballard discovers that the colonists have nearly all been possessed by ancient Martian spirits bent on reclaiming the planet, turning them into an army of self-mutilating freaks suggesting an unholy union of Marilyn Manson and the sadomasochistic Cenobites from the Hellraiser films. None of this makes much sense, and the shaky alliance between cops and criminals is a predictable excuse for rampant battle scenes between surviving humans and the ghost-possessed maniacs. Exotic weaponry abounds (along with cheap special effects and some laughable dialogue), resulting in the gruesome dispatch of expendable costars Pam Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Robert Carradine, and Clea Duvall. Driven by Carpenter's synth-metal score, this violent free-for-all has a few brief highlights, but it's suspenseless and ultimately absurd. It's not much, but for loyal fans it's probably enough. --Jeff Shannon Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The worst film from a great director!John Carpenter is a great director. He has a great sense of humor, great timing and has great skills. In fact, he is a great disciple of the classical form: austere, precise and always economic in terms of narrative... in the same tradition of one ... Read More Rating: - A Pale imitation of One's Former SelfThis one ranks with MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN as the last in string of stinkeroos from John Carpenter. After some initial success with HALLOWEEN and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, it was (box office wise) downhill. Not all of it fair. PRINCE OF DARKNESS, ... Read More Rating: - another zombie undead movie-> on MaqsA variation on the curse of the mummy ( Martian style): from an buried ancient ruin a "disease' emerges that turns people into head hunting , flesh eating zombies. The dust that carries the disease is on the wind turning relatively quiet Martian ... Read More Rating: - More of a cheesy action film than a science fiction thrillerDespite the basically unexplained absurdity of the whole storyline, Ghosts of Mars is a pretty entertaining film to watch, what with all of the explosions, gun battles, decapitations, and bare-fisted brawls riding the crests of John Carpenter's hard-driving ... Read More Rating: - Ghost of Mars, ages nicelyWhen I first saw this it was because I am a huge fan of John Carpenter. I was a bit disappointed as it was no "Halloween", "Escape from New York", or "The Thing" remake. It was okay but not great. It revolves around a colony of miners on Mars going berserk after ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Related Items:
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