The magnificent red planet

Rating: 9/10 (26 April 2016)

This movie really surpassed any expectation I had for it. The previews made it seem like an incredibly plain movie on survival. But the previews were deceiving.
Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, is the world's leading botanist (plant scientist) and also a mechanical engineer that works for NASA. Watney was a part of a team that took on a mission to planet Mars. While the team was conducting their studies on Mars, a fierce storm clashed upon them. Unfortunately for Watney, he was victim to the storm's powerful thrusts and the team was not successful in finding him. Watney was announced dead due to his vital readings showing that he was dead. The team left Mars and returned to Earth.
But to everyone's surprise, Watney was not dead. During the storm, his suit was damaged in the area where it reads a person's vitals, and that is what gave the impression that he was dead. With no way of getting back to Earth or communicating with anyone on Earth, Watney had to use his skill set and training to survive. He managed to grow potatoes on Mars, and he was also successful in creating water.
So Watney is alive, and he has found a way to survive; however, eventually he was going to run out of supplies. As hope was slowly thinning, members of NASA had noticed shifts in equipment that was left on Mars. After a closer look, NASA was able to verify that Watney had indeed survived. Communication was established, and a plan was created to rescue the abandoned astronaut.
This movie did an exceptional job with telling the story of survival of a single human on another planet. It was different from the usual survival movies out there.