Director:
John CarpenterCámara:
Gary B. KibbeMúsica:
John CarpenterReparto:
Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Clea DuVall, Pam Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Rosemary Forsyth, Duane Davis, Liam Waite, Rodney A. Grant, Peter Jason (más)Streaming (2)
Sinopsis(1)
En el año 2176 DC el planeta Marte lleva muchos años habitado por colonos humanos. El Planeta Rojo se ha convertido en un lugar oscuro y peligroso como consecuencia de una Tierra con problemas de superpoblación. 640.000 personas viven y trabajan ahora en estaciones alrededor de todo Marte, explotando el planeta y aprovechando sus recursos naturales. Pero una de esas operaciones de explotación ha descubierto un filón mortífero: una civilización marciana, que ha permanecido dormida durante mucho tiempo, cuyos guerreros, ahora activos y aparentemente imparables, están tomando sistemáticamente los cuerpos de los intrusos humanos, dispuestos a liberar al planeta de los invasores procedentes de la Tierra. (Movistar+)
(más)Reseñas (7)
Una película de clase B, que pretende ser seria creyendo ser excepcionalmente genial, mientras el espectador piensa lo contrario. Es artificial, sin magia, y se esfuerza torpemente por la audaz anarquía del género («¡¡una película de terror de ciencia ficción de acción con Ice Cube en el planeta Marte» !!!). Fantasmas de Marte, de John Carpenter son el tipo de película que a todos los involucrados les gustaría borrar de su filmografía. Y no son pocas, las estrellas nacientes y de culto que aquí aparecen.
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To say the least, a very mediocre B-movie from horror staple John Carpenter, who seems to have exhausted his creative potential in the first half of the 1990s. The open ending suggests that they were counting on a sequel, which I don't really believe and hope won't happen. I'm sorry that this obscure affair stars the charismatic Ice Cube, he deserves to be in better movies.
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Carpenter is no longer at the top of his game, but this film doesn’t deserve to be called garbage, it’s not that bad, it’s an average B-movie that shouldn’t piss-off anyone (unless you’re expecting another The Thing). The story is fast-paced, the actors are alright, so are the make-up effects, but Ghosts of Mars won’t leave any lasting impression; if that is what you want, better watch The Thing again.
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Unquestionably the weakest of John Carpenter's films that I have had the opportunity to watch so far. Honestly, I don't understand how the director of The Thing or Madness could have signed this creation at all... That one star is actually more for his previous merits. The acting performances are, diplomatically speaking, uneven, the directing is uninspired, but the crown of it all is the screenplay, for which the author should fry in hell. Similar botched films are occasionally saved by magnificent production, but in this case, that's also worthless. So, all in all: a complete waste of time. Overall impression: 20%.
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No puedo evitar la sensación de que John Carpenter simplemente dimitió durante la realización de esta película. Es una película de terror extrañamente estructurada. Parece congelada en los años ochenta por su temática, está protagonizada por una atractiva rubia y un rapero gangsta, se supone que hay que confiar de alguna manera en esos «tipos duros del espacio». Todo ello realmente no tiene mucho en común con las películas clásicas de Carpenter. Y ese final buddy terriblemente guay es para terminar de quedarse perplejo.
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Terrible actors, crappy script, catastrophic sets, idiotic action, incredibly goofy editing... it's everything I expect from a Carpenter action movie. And from a director who made a name for himself partly by making action movies, despite never knowing how to shoot an action movie. In a way, Ghosts of Mars is a bit of a retread of both his Escape franchise (it was also originally intended to be the third installment of The Tales of Snake Plisskin, which was rewritten after the disastrous Escape from L.A.) and Assault on Precinct 13 taken to the extreme. I mean, B-grade like all get-out, a label everyone proudly swears by today, but back then you’d be very dignified and affronted.
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If I didn't know that it was filmed by the same director who also made my favorite movie, The Thing (1982), I wouldn't believe it. I still find it hard to believe. This film had a considerable number of flaws, and some moments startled me. No, it wasn't fear; it was just that there were some poorly executed scenes with weird action or messed-up logic. The logic was being disregarded throughout the whole time. Plus, many action scenes looked very poorly done, and some of the performances weren't exactly up to par. Yet, I'm giving it four out of five stars. Why? Because it was a typical action B-movie without any unnecessary message, which is often supposed to compensate for the lack of a plot in movies today. Nobody was trying to guide me ideologically, and no matter what objections I had, the story itself wasn't bad at all, so despite all the negatives, I had a good time. / Lesson learned: An angry group of miners is dangerous enough; doping is redundant.
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