Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Princess of Mars

I've stayed away from the John Carter novel series, because, to put it frankly, it seems a little cheesy.  That said, no sci fi film is too cheesy for me, and thus here I am.

This straight-to-video classic details John Carter's first adventures on Mars, here updated to be a planet in a nearby star system, where he's sent by the CIA after suffering mortal wounds in Afghanistan.  The rest of the film, though, feels straight out of the 1950s, with rubber suits, bad acting, and broken plots.  It's about as I expected.

Princess of Mars
2009, 93 minutes, directed by Mark Atkins

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