Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

syfyhallmarkfan I am not sure why I watched this movie to the bitter end. The budget here could not have been lower. The costumes looked rather sad, as well as many of the sets. C. Thomas Howell has worked in a lot of these Syfy films, and he never disappoints. Within 30 minutes, Howell goes from super-jerk to psychopath, which I enjoyed. It doesn't waste my time on figuring out his character development. The Martians looked a lot like Earth guys who work out at a gym all day. Luckily there was breathable air in the pyramid, too! And how convenient that everyone (the multinational crew and the aliens) speaks English! The plot was full of holes, and if I can spot them while intentionally trying to relax my brain by watching a cheesy movie, then that is disappointing. A poor Stargate.

wes-connors The year is 2037 and corporations are still running the planet Earth. Advised to abort the first human mission to the planet Mars, due to some spaceship problems, hard-nosed crew leader C. Thomas Howell (as Kyle Baskin) insists on landing anyway. David Flores and his crew survive shaky cameras and their very rough touchdown, but their spaceship needs repairs. As if that wasn't enough to worry about, they learn a traitor is present, intent on sabotaging the mission. The red planet looks deserted, but looks can be deceiving; there may be Martians lurking about. Not knowing what to do, Mr. Howell seems angry. We also follow handsome "Baywatch" lifeguard David Chokachi (as Nick Ambrose). The women are sexy. There is enough here to make good TV movie, but "Crimson Force" fails to put its scattered pieces together.*** Crimson Force (6/4/05) David Flores ~ David Chokachi, C. Thomas Howell, Julia Rose, Terasa Livingstone

Theo Robertson Some people have criticised CRIMSON FORCE of ripping off the plot of STARGATE but this is misleading . Let's be honest here and ask did anyone watching this shout out " Hey this reminds me of that movie with competent actors , a big budget and big action sequences " ? The film starts with the first manned landing on Mars in 2037 . In other words the greatest achievement in human history has come about and for some reason everyone reacts as though they're just spending another day arriving at a mundane day at work . The whole apathetic banality of the characters continues throughout the movie One irritating thing for the audience is that it's painfully obvious that the budget only stretches to a couple of small sets . In fact it could be the exact same set with the set designer tinkling with things to make it look it another set . Director David Flores doesn't help matters by shooting nearly every shot in medium close up which means CRIMSON FORCE ends up being a dire boring movie that doesn't even aspire to be a clichéd so bad it's almost good type of movie

markymark70 Howell really knows how to churn out some stinkers and this one is right up there with the worst. Why oh why does he persist in this drivel? To be honest - I am not sure I should comment on this film at all as I could not make my way to the end of it. I got an hour in and the pure absurd nature of what was happening on screen forced my to turn it off and delete it from sky plus box. It is so bad I wish I could delete it from my memory.Where do I start? The plot? God knows what it was - 'cos nobody else does. Or at least no-one cares.The sets - cardboard, movie-lot or CGI. Actually - some of the CGI wasn't too bad - in a cartoony, 6-year old kind of way. The 'ship' interior was so unrealistic it is beyond comment.The acting? Howell is at his over-acting best/worst here. He delivers each line as if he needs to pack enough emotional punches to last eternity and comes across as pathetic. The man is not a bad actor - as The Hitcher / The Outsiders have proved - but my God has he dis-improved as his career (if you can call it that) progressed (digressed). Shouldn't he be learning his craft as he goes from film to film instead of destroying what little credibility he had from the 80's? This guy almost became Marty McFly for God's sake - how has he delved to this low level of acting? In a word - terrible. The other cast members do not escape a pasting here either - they range from mediocre (on the plus side) to worse-than-Howell (and that is some achievement I can tell you).Pacing - none. Plodding, non-sensical scenes just keep on popping up one after the other. No sense of drama occurs anywhere. The crew crash-land on Mars - okay with that. They get out and explore and find a pyramid. Now, you'd think this would be a major surprise to all concerned - but no, they continue as if they just saw yet another red rock. The pyramid magically opens up and they go inside and TAKE OFF THEIR SPACESUITS - YES HELMETS AND ALL. Are they surprised? No. They then find electronic equipment, floating green energy balls, people, laser spears - all of which they accept as if they were expecting these things.I have to stop here as the whole thing was just so ridiculous it pains me to go on. I'd rather stick a hot poker up my nether regions than watch the remainder of this movie. If I go to hell when I die - I know what will be showing on the screen that I am forced to watch 24 hours a day - this movie followed by another Howell shocker - The Sweeper.Abysmal - I gave it 1 out of 10 only because there was no option for zero. Avoid at all costs.