Ridley Scott Takes You There

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2016)

If Ridley Scott is directing, I'm going to see it. He creates worlds you can believe. He recreated ancient Rome in Gladiator, the future LA in Blade Runner and a planet far away in Prometheus.
I want to go to the places he takes us. On Mars, we visit the space colony inhabited by astronauts who are forced to abandon the site because of a storm. Believing the astronaut played by Matt Damon to be dead, the crew leaves him behind.
He survived the storm, and improbably, he is stranded millions of miles from Earth. Armed only with what was left behind, his knowledge of science and his wit, Mark Watney, along with his fellow scientists and mathematicians on Earth, work problem after problem to make his survival in a hostile environment possible.
Funny script, tense drama, great characters, wonderful acting, terrific cinematography.
One of the best films of 2015.