VividSimon Simply Perfect

Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Lugodoc Good script, excellent dialogue and acting, first rate prop design, photography and special effects... granted the basic idea is fifty years old but it has never been done so well. The cast is full of convincing actors who would normally never appear in a space zombie movie and all of them treat the whole thing like a serious character drama with total commitment.As a sci-fi fan I appreciate it when a script simply refuses to ignore the rules of physics. Apart from the mystery bacteria/fungus/whatever that turns people into vacuum-breathing space zombies this film is painstakingly realistic, and the astronauts may be scared and under pressure but they never turn stupid. I found it more realistic than The Martian and more enjoyable for about a tenth the budget. It's fast, violent and scary and it had me gripped from start to finish.How they did this for seven million dollars I do not know but if that really is all it cost why can't we have a few like this every year? A perfect B movie, and I mean that as the most sincere compliment.

Timea A good science fiction is the best thing in the world, but if it's done poorly it is a pain in the butt. And this one has so many unexplainable aspects, it's hard to watch. They seem to know exactly what happen, even if this is the first time they've met with an alien life form. Why would anyone send the team, risking more lives to search for a dead body? They tell the base station that they find and alien life form and what the HQ does? Yeah, nothing. How can someone with severe claustrophobia be an astronaut? Probably they never tested that during training, really realistic. It seems they have 1 first aid kit for the whole mission so if they didn't carry it to the rover, there's no way they can deal with a simple cut. Oh, and the girl can't walk unless they but a bandage to her really small cut. The girl's space suite was cut with a knife, but if she doesn't pull the knife out, the oxygen can not go out of the suite, yeah right. And it goes on and on and on and on. It could be a small budget film, still they should be able to find someone with a sense of logic. I give it a 5 because I live space mission movies, but it was bad

ajakusev I'm not going to lie to you about the script, it's sh*t and painfully unimaginative and the rating reflects that. But as a cinematic experience this film nicely stands out from a lot of the recent dregs that I've seen. With this film it's not just the sets or the editing or the set pieces, but the way everything is flawlessly put together, makes for quite an enjoyable watching despite the worst idea ever for a film set on Mars. Also, the film doesn't drag it's feet, all the scenes last as long as they should, without any epic pretense. Back to the zombies.. it must be the accessibility of the zombie make-up that accounts for this inexplicable trope penetration into any genre fathomable, but they really need to cut down, it's been over a decade of f*cking zombie stuff already.

David Roggenkamp This movie takes place in the not too distant future and involves a group of explorers. They are an exploratory group that has spent some time on a planet in our own system – Mars. Their research is nearly done and they are scheduled to blast off in a little less than a day. One of the members has chosen to venture off on his own to deal with some findings at a sight; the rest of the team discovers that he has found microbial life. This doesn't bode well as he has kept it a secret; the speculation is that he wants to keep the credit for himself.Things go further awry as the selfish crewman suddenly false into a giant pit around the microbe site. Contact is lost and the rest of the team sets out to follow; all while their countdown time to liftoff encroaches. Once on site they set up base and one of the team members go down the hole via tether. What he finds is microbial life that is growing on the rocks. He breaks into a panic attack for for cinema effect and is reeled back up. Once surface side, he reports he saw the bottom and nothing else. One of the team members sees tracks and the group follows. They finally meet up with the monstrosities that their crew has become. The microbial life has infected them and causes them to act like berserk zombies that do not require oxygen and can survive in vacuum of Mars.The final goal of the adventurers is to get their way back to the launchsite where they will rendezvous to blast off with the mothership so they can get home. The movie is quite an adventure and plays out very similar to "Prometheus". Many people did not like "Prometheus" due to the childish antics of the characters involved; but "The Last Days on Mars" does away with this and goes for an entirely scientific exploratory crew that follows orders; only when they become infected or in hysteria do they violate this oath.The movie is quite a good watch and I recommend it. It is part science fiction, action as well as horror.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/?p=9713).