Special Report: Journey to Mars |
USA • 1996 • 120m •
   • Directed by: Robert Mandel. • Starring: Gibby Brand, Keith Carradine, Philip Casnoff, Rosalind Chao, Michael Chinyamurindi, Christine Estabrook, Dean Jones, Leonard Kelly-Young, Deborah Lacey, Tiiu Leek, Maria Mayenzet, Michael Murphy, Anne O'Sullivan. • Music by: Mark Snow.     When the worlds first spaceship is close to its goal, Mars, the TV-network GNN begins it's live coverage of the last two hours. Then the problems starts. The landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on televison.
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Review:
Apart from the irritating manner of the on-board journalist, this film is well enough presented; it certainly deserved better publicity that it received. But the ending, whilst interesting, leaves the viewer with too many questions. In some ways it is good to leave something undecided- it leaves more for the imagination. Unfortunately it can also leave a sense of dissatisfaction, as it did for me.
Review by noelcox from the Internet Movie Database.
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