Post by Tobbles on Mar 24, 2007 5:48:42 GMT -5
Anyone seen this film, if so what do you think?
Summary
Set 200 years in the future, intergalactic cop Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) and her team have an assignment of transferring a dangerous criminal named Desolation Williams (Ice Cube) to a prison in the outpost city of Chryse on the planet Mars. But in a turn of events, an adjacent mining team on the Red Planet has unearthed an ancient Martian defense device that unleashes warrior ghosts of the planet's original inhabitants who in turn possess most of the workers. Upon arriving at the outpost, Ballard and her team, including Desolation Williams, must band together to survive the vengeful spirits bent on eradicating all human life on their planet.
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I thought this film was alright. There were some confusing parts within the film. At the beginning she explains what happened which starts the whole film of. Parts that I found confusing was when she was explaining what happened at the mining facility she kept explaining other people's point of view. One example was when she explained how they split into groups. Firstly she explained what she saw. Then it jumped back to where they split up and showed it from the other people's point of view. I think this could have been shown a bit better.
The aliens was just gas possessing the miners which I think was a bit more unique. The possessed miners were pretty weird when they marked and cut there self. In the prison area I can't help but think why did that woman kill the possessed man in the cell. It's obvious the gas alien is just going to going into someone else.
The ending is quite good as it lets us imagine what could happen next. Whether the aliens will continue to kill every human and get them away. Maybe a sequel perhaps?
Summary
Set 200 years in the future, intergalactic cop Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) and her team have an assignment of transferring a dangerous criminal named Desolation Williams (Ice Cube) to a prison in the outpost city of Chryse on the planet Mars. But in a turn of events, an adjacent mining team on the Red Planet has unearthed an ancient Martian defense device that unleashes warrior ghosts of the planet's original inhabitants who in turn possess most of the workers. Upon arriving at the outpost, Ballard and her team, including Desolation Williams, must band together to survive the vengeful spirits bent on eradicating all human life on their planet.
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I thought this film was alright. There were some confusing parts within the film. At the beginning she explains what happened which starts the whole film of. Parts that I found confusing was when she was explaining what happened at the mining facility she kept explaining other people's point of view. One example was when she explained how they split into groups. Firstly she explained what she saw. Then it jumped back to where they split up and showed it from the other people's point of view. I think this could have been shown a bit better.
The aliens was just gas possessing the miners which I think was a bit more unique. The possessed miners were pretty weird when they marked and cut there self. In the prison area I can't help but think why did that woman kill the possessed man in the cell. It's obvious the gas alien is just going to going into someone else.
The ending is quite good as it lets us imagine what could happen next. Whether the aliens will continue to kill every human and get them away. Maybe a sequel perhaps?