Genre: Sci-Fi, Ghosts, Aliens, Futuristic, Suspense, Police, Demonic Possession, Escape, Gay/Lesbian, Zombie, Drugs, Gore, Murder, Monsters, Cult Classic
Tagline: You Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
Plot: Long inhabited by human settlers, the Red Planet has become the manifest destiny of an over-populated Earth. Nearly 640,000 people now live and work all over Mars, mining the planet for its abundant natural resources. But one of those mining operations has uncovered a deadly mother lode: a long-dormant Martian civilization whose warriors are systematically taking over the bodies of human intruders.Lt. Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) of the Martian Police Force is on transport assignment to bring James “Desolation” Williams (Ice Cube), the planet’s most notorious criminal, to justice. Williams has no plans to make Ballard’s job easy, and what begins as a battle of force and wits between cop and criminal soon turns into something more fundamental: a battle for human survival in the realm of the Martian warriors. It’s civilization against civilization as Ballard and Williams join forces in mortal combat with the Ghosts of
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 Maybe the US Government can appease these interloping Mo-Fos with a casino grant? Not a shinning moment for John Carpenter by any means, but it sticks to the integral elements of FUNCORE! That's all I'm looking for in a movie. I'd buy a ticket.  --B. Alan Orange (MovieWeb)
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars" has a tired, slightly apologetic feel - the work of a visionary turned mere journeyman. Undemanding sci-fi addicts and those who think the sun still shines from his proverbial may find something of merit here, but most audiences will wish these ghosts had stayed undisturbed.  --Neil Smith (BBC Films)
If you love cheesy, violent space warfare flicks, then you will enjoy Ghosts Of Mars. 35/100--Jamie Gillies (Apollo Guide)
Director John Carpenter used to be a director whose latest film was eagerly awaited – after all; this is the man who made Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Over all I would easily say this is Carpenter's best flick since In the Mouth of Madness and definitely one of the most enjoyable films he's ever made.--Ian Button (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
Dull starting horror/sci-fi plays more like an expensive B-movie than anything with so-so to junky acting and a script that's muddled making it a void of a film with vapid plotting and a bunch of badly staged action mayhem backed by an annoying heavy metal score.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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John Carpenter
Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Fog |
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 | Ice Cube
Three Kings, Anaconda, Boyz n the Hood |
 | Jason Statham
Snatch., Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Italian Job |
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 | Pam Grier
Jackie Brown, Mars Attacks!, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey |
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| Music By |
John Carpenter
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween, Halloween |
| Anthrax
Pledge Night, Scoring Ghosts of Mars, Hard 'N Heavy Volume 12 |
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| ...easily the director's least effective work; it's a dumb action movie/sci-fi/western hung on the skeleton of a slapdash plot. The storyline is underdeveloped and, it seems to me, very much underthought, and the movie seems to prefer gunfire to a decentscript. --Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
...the best John Carpenter movie in almost 20 years. All in all, a very, very, very solid John Carpenter movie and one that marks a true comeback for this legendary director. ... This is horror-sci-fi at its finest and a movie that feels like it sprang from the golden age of horror...-- (eSplatter.com)
If you want to go to the movies for a good laugh, to talk on your cell phone, to talk to your friends or just to get some movie theater popcorn, this is the movie for you. As long as your attention is not on the movie and is on something else, you will have a fantastic time at Ghost of Mars.  --MrDisgusting (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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