After five minutes I turned to my friends and said, "See you later, I've got to go home and write my review." I wish I had been serious. What are Tim Robbins and Gary Sinise doing in a piece of tripe like this? The best scenes consume approximately three minutes and are availble on line in the form of a trailer. The other almost two hours are excruciating. Everything is explained to the level of a ten year old's comprehension, and improbably explained at that. Ouch, my head hurts. This is the sort of film that is made to make very bad films look very good. And also to make quite a lot of money for everyone involved. What a precipitious drop from "Scarface" to mindlessness. Wooden performances, a hideously awful brain numbing script, unconvincing special effects, and it's going to make a half a billion dollars. This film has no redeeming qualities. Therefore I fully expect it to receive ten Academy Award nominations.
Review of Mission to Mars
