ActionHorrorScience Fiction

Ghosts of Mars

- Terror is the same on any planet.

In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.

Release Date : 2001-08-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : AnimationwerksScreen GemsStorm King Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

Cast

Character Name : Lt. Melanie Ballard

Original Name : Natasha Henstridge

Gender : Female

Character Name : James 'Desolation' Williams

Original Name : Ice Cube

Gender : Male

Character Name : Commander Helena Braddock

Original Name : Pam Grier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sgt. Jericho Butler

Original Name : Jason Statham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bashira Kincaid

Original Name : Clea DuVall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Arlene Whitlock

Original Name : Joanna Cassidy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Big Daddy Mars

Original Name : Richard Cetrone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inquisitor

Original Name : Rosemary Forsyth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michael Descanso

Original Name : Liam Waite

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uno

Original Name : Duane Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dos

Original Name : Lobo Sebastian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tres

Original Name : Rodney A. Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Akooshay

Original Name : Wanda De Jesus

Gender : Female

Character Name : Engineer McSimms

Original Name : Peter Jason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benchley

Original Name : Doug McGrath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zimmerman

Original Name : Rick Edelstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yared

Original Name : Rex Linn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in the Rover

Original Name : Michael Krawic

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rodale

Original Name : Robert Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman Warrior

Original Name : Eileen Weisinger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Woman

Original Name : Marjean Holden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miner

Original Name : Matt Nolan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Charlotte Cornwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Local Lady Cop (uncredited)

Original Name : Danielle Burgio

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hand-Double (uncredited)

Original Name : Lena Milan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shape-Male Intern (uncredited)

Original Name : Damon Caro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Demon Miner (uncredited)

Original Name : Christopher Allen Nelson

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-13

Frankly, this could have been set anywhere, but Mars in the late 22nd century is the venue for this slice of mediocre sci-fi horror. It all centres around a group of police officers who are detached to a remote mining colony to apprehend the wanted murderer "Desolation Williams" (the single-gear actor that is Ice Cube). Led by "Ballard" (Natasha Henstridge) these cops, and their target, soon discover that their location has been compromised and pretty soon they are under siege from an army of zombies with an unique (and quite well depicted) means of entering and controlling the human body. Odd to see Jason Statham with hair, but otherwise I found this to be a pretty unremarkable drama that I can't think John Carpenter would look back on particularly fondly. Henstridge is competent, but her part is so generic and the dialogue - especially with her and a lacklustre Pam Grier is banal. It looks OK, and the pace once we start picks up too, but the whole thing is really derivative and this attempt to mix the horror and sci-fi genres is too dependent on some, admittedly decent, make up effects before an ending that left me wondering if a sequel were to be in the offing. Fans of JC may get more from it, but for me it's not a film to bother watching again.