Red Planet (film)

Red Planet is a 2000 Science Fiction film starring Val Kilmer and a Robot with a bad case of A.I. Is a Crapshoot.

In 2056 AD, Earth is in ecologic crisis as a consequence of pollution, it's an The End of the World as We Know It story with a twist. Missions have been seeding Mars with atmosphere-producing algae for twenty years as the first stage in terraforming the planet. When the oxygen quantity produced by the algae is inexplicably reduced, the crew investigates, and must continue the mission of terraforming the planet for human colonization.


 * A.I. Is a Crapshoot: AMEE. Averted with Lucy, though.
 * Almost Out of Oxygen : At some points.
 * Anticlimax Boss:
 * Artistic License Astronomy: For a full and detailed list of what's wrong with this movie, see the Bad Astronomy article (warning: spoilers). Surprisingly, many things were done correctly.
 * Awesome but Impractical: Sure, bring a combat robot on a mission of science. What could possibly go wrong?
 * Well, something happened to the algae.
 * Bittersweet Ending: The world is saved.
 * Body Horror: The Bugs do this to the astronauts. Don't ask how.
 * Chekhov's Gun: All over the place.
 * Chemistry Can Do Anything : The algae stuff.
 * Continue Your Mission, Dammit!: The Doctor says this, in fact many of the characters say this rather a lot.
 * Eaten Alive: Defied.
 * Fragile Speedster: AMEE the Robot is tough, but she can get blown away by the wind if she's not careful.
 * Gaia's Lament: By all accounts, Earth of 2056 AD.
 * Ghost Planet: Mars obviously.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * It Got Worse: After the group lands on mars, well you can guess what happens next.
 * Kill It with Fire : The bugs.
 * Meaningful Background Event: Actually, Meaningful Foreground Event. If you look very closely in one of the earlier scenes, you can see  in the foreground as the camera pans across the landscape.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Well, some of the crew feel this way towards the rest of humanity.
 * Orifice Invasion / Orifice Evacuation:
 * Psychological Horror: Very arguable, but much of the horror elements of the film is due to the thought of being abandoned on Mars while running out of oxygen.
 * The Red Planet: No duh.
 * Sanity Slippage: The Robot AMEE, kinda.
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong: The mission is to find out what happend to the algae.
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: Somewhat between Kate and Rob.