Ghosts of Mars
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Natasha Henstridge,Ice Cube, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Jason Statham
A brawny space opera, transplanting the conventions of Western, cop and martial arts films to the Red Planet.
Carpenter writes his own scripts -- here with past collaborator Larry Sulkis -- and their "Ghosts" screenplay lacks the density, character and humor of a Hollywood genre classic.
Borderline-incoherent.
It starts as enjoyable B-movie pulp, degenerates to camp, then turns into laughable lunacy.
A turgid recycling of Mr. Carpenter's remake of "The Thing."
John Carpenter
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (2001)
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