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Mission to Mars

Mission to Mars

Science Fiction · Adventure · Mystery · 2000

When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.

Movie details

Mission to Mars

“For centuries we've been looking for the origin of life on earth. We've been looking on the wrong planet.”

2000 Science Fiction · Adventure · Mystery 1h 54m

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6.0 / 10

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When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Brian De Palma

Written by

Jim Thomas · John Thomas · Graham Yost · Lowell Cannon

Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

Jim McConnell

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Woody Blake

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

Luke Graham

Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen

Terri Fisher

Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell

Phil Ohlmyer

Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge

Sergei Kirov

Kavan Smith

Kavan Smith

Nicholas Willis

Court is in session

Put Mission to Mars on trial.

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The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.