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.
Cinematography
That zero-gravity ballet sequence is genuinely stunning
Production
Practical Mars sets before CGI ate everything
Score
Ennio Morricone doing his best to save this mess
Director
Brian De Palma
Gary Sinise
Jim McConnell
Tim Robbins
Woody Blake
Don Cheadle
Luke Graham
Connie Nielsen
Terri Fisher
Jerry O'Connell
Phil Ohlmyer
Peter Outerbridge
Sergei Kirov
Kavan Smith
Nicholas Willis
Jill Teed
Renée Coté
Elise Neal
Debra Graham
Marilyn Norry
NASA Wive
Freda Perry
NASA Wive
Lynda Boyd
NASA Wive
Patricia Harras
NASA Wive
Robert Bailey Jr.
Bobby Graham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De Palma hated the studio-mandated ending so much he tried to remove his name; the 'face on Mars' climax was reshot after disastrous test screenings.
Released four months after Mission to Mars opened, Red Planet became the forgotten twin; neither cracked $70M domestic despite $100M+ budgets, effectively killing serious Mars movies for fifteen years.
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