John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Reviews

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4)
The great John Carpenter film awaits a cinema near you. "Halloween," "Assault on Precinct 13" and "Starman" were a few stellar examples but mostly we have been saddled with fascinating experiments like "In The Mouth of Madness," "The Thing" and grave...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B)
Starring Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Jason Statham, Liam Waite, Joanna Cassidy, Wanda DeJesus, and Richard Cetrone as "Big Daddy Mars." Directed by John Carpenter. Rated R. more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 1/10)
Susan Granger's review of "GHOSTS OF MARS" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Horror auteur John Carpenter ("Halloween," "Vampires") strikes out with this sci-fi eco-fable that's so bad it boggles the mind to imagine how the project ever got...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Ram Samudrala
Director John Carpenter, one of the pillars of B-movies, projects a surreal atmosphere onto Earth's colonisation of Mars, on his latest outing. The year is 2176 and the matriarchical society in Mars is well-established. But things appear to be going...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 4/10)
CAPSULE: In 2176 on the planet Mars police taking into custody an accused murderer face the title menace. There is a lot of fighting and not a whole lot of story otherwise. John Carpenter reprises so many ideas from his previous films,...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 1.5/4)
John Carpenter makes B-movies. Always has ("Halloween," "Escape from New York," "The Thing") and, by the looks of it ("They Live," "Escape from L.A.," "Vampires"), always will. more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Mark O'Hara
JOHN CARPTENTER’S GHOSTS OF MARS is the full title of this movie. Including his name is the strategy the director has chosen to make his work into a sort of franchise, a recognizable player in a field cluttered with folk who want to make horror...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: C)
It's 175 years into the future and Mars is colonized by over ½ million Earthlings. To ensure order on the pioneer planet terrestrial laws apply and are enforced vigorously by the MPF (Mars Police Force). When an unmanned trained arrives from a far flung...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4)
GHOSTS OF MARS by John Carpenter, one of the B-movie kings, is a horror movie set on the red planet in the year 2176. Don't worry, you'll feel right at home since it is a retro future in which flashlights and many other technologies haven't advanced at...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10)
PLOT: The year is 2176 and the planet Mars has been colonized. A bunch of cops are sent to a village to pick up a killer from prison. Upon their arrival, they find an empty town filled with decapitated corpses. It isn't long before they realize that...more

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 1/5)
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea Duvall, Joanna Cassidy, Liam Waite, Wanda DeJesus, Duane Davis, Lobo Sebastian, Rodney A. Grant, Robert Carradine, Peter Jason. Music by John...more
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: .5/4)
JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS (2001) 1/2 star out of 4. Starring Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Joanna Cassidy and Clea Duvall. Written by Larry Sulkis and John Carpenter. Music by John Carpenter. Directed by Carpenter. Rated...more
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Review
by Joshua Tyler (Rating: 1/5)
America loves convenience. After all, we're the culture that invented the cell phone, the 24-hour ATM, and my most beloved, the remote control. Yet perhaps this time, with Ghosts of Mars, we have taken our love of convenience to far. more