Reviews

The show is a typical network series, nothing special. The biggest problem is every scene with the 4 kids. Screaming, talking all at the same time, really obnoxious little brats.

So all the bad reviews are true. I stuck through 4 epidodes but I can't take it anymore. Everything from so many sci-fi/space movies all mashed up and vomited out. I can't find anything good to say about this series. To add insult the music is extremely bad, vocals over action is annoying and not necessary.

Not making this movie would have been better. I am not sure what movie the two positive reviewers (at the time of this writing)saw but to compare this to 2001 A Space Odyssey is nothing short of sacrilege. I kept asking why would they go to Mars, looking for signs of life and not even take any weapons? The only thing they seemed to have was a flashlight, a cheap one. It should be required by all future astronauts to watch Alien. Even watching any number of bad horror movies would provide them with the basic survival skills, don't do the dumb stuff they do. Learn your lesson. Pack a couple of cool weapons, just in case and buy a better flashlight. This is a cheaply made made movie. Comparing it to Prometheus, Mission To Mars, etc. is just plain silly.

It wants to be The Transformers, It wants to be Independence Day, It wants to be Space Cowboys, It wants to be War of the Worlds (either version), It wants to be anything but what it is. Liam Neeson is good. in a small role. Peter MacNicol is good, in a small role. Brooklyn Decker has great bounce. Rihanna doesn't sing. (Col.) Gregory D. Gadson, a real wounded warrior, acts like he wants to be somewhere else, and who could blame him. Taylor Kitsch probably wishes he had stayed on Mars. When the actors were learning their lines, how times did they add, WTF? This is one more extinction event movie. The world survived. Unfortunately, so did this movie.

While parts of the movie peaked my interest, overall, it was very disappointing. A vague plot, poor script, weak effects and actors trying their best to make it work. Too bad they failed. A movie with this premise has great potential, it can lead the viewer down a path and let the audience intellectually fill in the blanks. In order for that to occur, the movie itself must provide the plot points, the material that that allows, and draws the viewer to want to connect the dots and create, so to speak, their own movie within a movie. I just gave up, and so, apparently, did the filmmakers. I won't gave away anything, because there really isn't anything to tell.