John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Movie Review 2001

John Carpenter unashamedly fires up his B-movie machine to maximum cheese factor in this tale of space babes and zombies. Henstridge is a police lieutenant on the matriarchal Mars colony in 2025 sent to retrieve murderer "Desolation" Williams (Ice Cube). The job turns from get the bad guy to simple survival when long-dormant Martian warriors begin taking over the bodies of the Earth intruders, turning them into zombies. So do you think the bad guys and the good guys have to team up to win one for the humans? At its best during the action sequences, but probably a bad choice to follow "A Room with a View" for a Saturday night double feature.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Alien Beings--Vicious, Cops, Mars, Space Operas, Men in Prison, Zombies, Sci Fi

Screenplay

John Carpenter, Larry Sulkis

Cast

Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Clea DuVall, Pam Grier, Jason Statham, Joanna Cassidy, Rosemary Forsyth, Liam Waite, Richard Cetrone

Cinematography

Gary B. Kibbe

Director

John Carpenter

Music

John Carpenter

Other

Willie Burton, Paul Warschilka, William Hiney, Mark Mansbridge, Robin Michel Bush, William Elliott

Producer

Sandy King, Storm King, Screen Gems