Ghosts of Mars (2001)

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Written by Larry Sulkis, John Carpenter

Directed by John Carpenter

Also known as "Fantasmas de Marte", "John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars"

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2001

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

At the Martian town of Chryse City, a train pulls in with one passenger: tough cop Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge). She was a member of a team sent to a small mining community to bring back convicted killer Desolation Williams (Ice Cube). She's called in front of a court of enquiry, and John Carpenter's chilling sci-fi horror goes into flashback as she tells her story...

Arriving at the mining camp, Ballard and her team find it empty but for corpses. Then they find a lone survivor who tells them what's happened: mining revealed a doorway that released the ghosts of the long-dead original inhabitants, who invaded the bodies of the humans, turning them into zomboid killing machines, wreaking revenge on those who dared lay claim to their planet. Now the team and their prisoner must fight for survival as the Ghosts of Mars attack...

The film is gloriously OTT with lashings of gore. Carpenter is quite happy to pay homage to himself, referencing Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing and Village Of The Damned as the action unfolds with both Henstridge (ironically a bloodthirsty alien in Species) and Ice Cube holding centre screen as their companions (including the iconic Pam Grier) meet their ends.

Cast

Image for Natasha HenstridgeNatasha HenstridgeMelanie Ballard
Image for Ice CubeIce CubeJames 'Desolation' Williams
Image for Jason StathamJason StathamJericho Butler
Image for Clea DuVallClea DuVallBashira Kincaid
Image for Pam GrierPam GrierCommander Helena Braddock
Joanna CassidyDr. Arlene Whitlock
Richard CetroneBig Daddy Mars
Rosemary ForsythInquisitor
Liam WaiteMichael Descanso
Duane DavisUno
Lobo SebastianDos
Rodney A. GrantTres
Peter JasonMcSimms
Wanda de JesusAkooshay
Doug McGrathBenchley
Rick EdelsteinZimmerman
Robert CarradineRodale
Michael KrawicMan in the Rover
Eileen WeisingerWoman Warrior
Rex LinnYared
Matt NolanMiner
Marjean HoldenYoung Woman
Charlotte Cornwell

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