kind of disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2016)

If you're looking for something to hail the return of great space adventure movies, this isn't it. The biggest problem I have with this movie is that there is really no arc, since the protagonist appears to have nearly everything under control from the beginning. The terror and dread of being stranded and left for dead in space is never truly captured. The Mars settlement does not really feel cold and alien. You're never really worried about the protagonist, even during the brief time when it looks like there might be actual suspense due to is little potato farm being wiped out in an explosion.
Also, I have nothing against having a little "faith in humanity" type theme in a movie, but this film gives China way too much credit, both in their government's altruism and their ability to surpass our technology in such a way that we would need their help in the first place.