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Kickboxing on Mars with a hero named CAUTION TEMPLER. What more do you need?
TMDB
45
Rotten Tomatoes
20
Audience Score
20
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Mars (1998)

B-movie bliss90s cheese overdoseSpace karate chaos

Overview

ActionScience Fiction

In the future, Mars has been colonized. A martial artist arrives to investigate what happened to his brother. A powerful mining company is the prime suspect.

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Content warning
martial artsspacemartiankickboxing
Corporate corruptionFraternal loyaltyColonial exploitation

Standout Aspects

Acting

Olivier Gruner's wooden delivery somehow becomes hypnotic

Production

Mars looks suspiciously like a quarry in California

Best for:Friends: Drunk movie night with people who love terrible good movies·Background: Perfect for folding laundry while occasionally glancing up
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Director

Jon Hess

ReleasedMar 12, 1998
Runtime1h 31m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight
Budget$4.5M
The Kushner-Locke Company
Mahagonny Pictures

Top Cast

Olivier Gruner

Olivier Gruner

Caution Templer

Shari Belafonte

Shari Belafonte

Doc Halliday

Alex Hyde-White

Alex Hyde-White

Phillip Clement

Scott Valentine

Scott Valentine

Pete the Hermit

Lindsey Ginter

Lindsey Ginter

Ike Ringo

Lee de Broux

Lee de Broux

Sheriff Bascom

Amber Smith

Amber Smith

Sheila

Nils Allen Stewart

Nils Allen Stewart

Fargo

Jeff Wolfe

Jeff Wolfe

Ino Templar

Vojislav Govedarica

Vojislav Govedarica

Pinrake

Duke Valenti

Duke Valenti

Johnny

Karyn Dwyer

Karyn Dwyer

Passport Green

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Olivier Gruner was a real French kickboxing champion before becoming the go-to guy for low-budget 90s action sci-fi.

Cultural

This bombed so hard it helped kill the 'martial arts in space' subgenre that Total Recall had briefly made viable.

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