Description: Further DetailsTitle: John Carpenter's Ghosts Of MarsFormat: DVDCondition: NewNumber Of Discs: 1Release Date: 05/10/2004Actors: Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier, Jason Statham, Clea DuVallDirector: John CarpenterAudio Language: EnglishRuntime: 1 hour and 32 minutesRegion Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)Studio: UCASubtitle Language: English, German, Hindi, TurkishDescription: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Sci-fi feature directed by John Carpenter and starring Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge and Jason Statham. The year is 2176 and Mars has been colonised by Earth, but the spirits of the old planet still continue to cause trouble. When a police team travels to a distant Martian mining outpost in search of the mass murder suspect Desolation Williams (Ice Cube), they find the place populated mostly by headless corpses. Williams is discovered locked in the town jail, and when the team is attacked by a mob of miners possessed by Martian spirits, it seems the jail might be the safest place for them all to be. AMAZON REVIEW John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars attempts a productive combination of SF elements (a largely terraformed Mars with its long-lost civilisation) and horror (mass possession that turns the victims into rampaging, self-mutilating monsters that kill and burn). A police-force detachment turn up in a mining community to collect a bandit, whose last heist was uncharacteristically violent, and soon find themselves under siege from rampaging hordes who used to be solid citizens. This is a fairly simple set of variations on stock Carpenter elements--a hybrid between Assault on Precinct 13 and In the Mouth of Madness. However, there is some powerful chemistry between Nastasha Henstridge's icy, drug-abusing police lieutenant and Ice Cube's bandit, Desolation Williams, made stronger by the lack of sexual tension. Other characters, such as Pam Grier's tough commander and Clea Duvall's nervous rookie, are more or less defined by plot functions; the mobs never become more than faceless, or facially distorted, anonymous menaces. This is one for die-hard Carpenter fans only. On the DVD: Ghosts of Mars on disc comes with Dolby Digital sound and its original widescreen ratio of 2.35:1. A sparky commentary by Carpenter and Henstridge is included, which is informative, but otherwise there are uninspiring documentaries on the musical score, the special effects and the difficulties of shooting at night in the Mexican desert, as well as filmographies and the theatrical trailer. --Roz KaveneyDVDs ARE REGION 2 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATEDPlayback Region 2 :This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. You will require a multi-region DVD player and a PAL compatible TV to view. Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Movie/TV Title: John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars
Title: John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars
Format: DVD
Director: John Carpenter
Actor: Clea DuVall
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hour and 32 minutes
Release Date: 05/10/2004
Release Year: 2004
Studio: UCA
Language: English
Subtitle Language: Turkish
EAN: 5050582247022
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
