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Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2016)

The Martian
The best thing about commercial space travel is the black box is easy to find in the floating wreckage.
Fortunately, all the astronauts in this sci-fi movie made it back safely – save for one.
Believed killed in a Martian dust storm by his crewmates (Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Michael Peña, Sebastian Stan) and left behind, botanist Mark Watney (Matt Damon) must learn to survive on the inhabitable planet.
Once communications with Earth has been reestablished, NASA (Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Chiwetel Ejiofor) begins work on retrieving Mark before his food supply runs out.
Rich in hard science and unique in its narrative, director Ridley Scott does an exceptional job of harmonizing the two. While Damon's lighthearted one-man performance deserves accolades as well.
However, these positives don't make-up for the film's improbable premise.
Besides, NASA would only return for a marooned astronaut if they were impregnated with an alien.
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