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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:~~ghosts_of_mars~~ghosts of mars.jpg\|frame]] '''''Ghosts of Mars''''' is a 2001 sci-fi/action/horror film directed by [[John Carpenter]]. It's 2176 and [[The Red Planet\|Mars]] has been [[~~Terraform\|terraformed~~terraform]]ed to have a breathable atmosphere by some [[Lady Land\|matriarchal]] mining corporation. A crack-squad of [[Space Police]] consisting of Melanie Ballard ([[Natasha Henstridge]]), Jericho Butler ([[Jason Statham]]), Bashira Kincaid (Clea Duvall) and Helena Braddock ([[Pam Grier]]) is sent to reallocate notorious criminal James "Desolation" Williams ([[Ice Cube]]), only to discover that half the colony has been [[Demonic Possession\|possessed]] by the spirits of the alien race that used to inhabit Mars [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can\|which were released via a scientific excavation]], causing them to transform into a clan of sadomasochistic self-mutilating punk savages that look as if they're auditioning as extras for ''[[The Road Warrior]]'' and which murdered the other half. The rest of the movie is spent fighting them and... that's really about all there is. {{tropelist}} Line 11: * [[Butch Lesbian]]: Helena. * [[Complete Monster]]: The punk martians, expecially their leader. They love to chop their victim's head and put the face on like a mask. * [[Demonic Possession]]: Which makes killing the crazy people a bad idea. Not only will the evil spirit possessing them ~~escape -- it~~escape—it might relocate into ''you''. * [[Drugs Are Bad]]: Subverted; the fact that she's taking [[Fantastic Drug\|"clear"]] allows Mel to fight off the alien spirit possessing her. * [[Fetish Fuel Future]]: While it's not explored in detail, a [[Hell-Bent for Leather\|black leather-clad]] [[Lady Land]] where [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot\|hot girl-on-girl action]] is implied to be a prominent form of career advancement certainly qualifies. Line 21: * [[Large Ham]]: The leader of the punk savages, "Big Daddy Mars." * [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obIT1GcMzL0 Come on, you mindless mutherfuckers!] * [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: Fourth variation for the [[~~Always Chaotic~~Exclusively Evil\|evil aliens]]. * [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Big Daddy Mars looks a lot like [[Marilyn Manson ~~(Music)~~\|Marirlyn Manson]]. * [[Nuke'Em]]: The heroes resolve to dispatch of the punk savages by blowing up the local nuclear power plant. * [[Off ~~With~~with His Head]]: One of the punks' favorite methods of killing is by decapitation, especially using sharp metal frisbees. * [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: The Matronage. * [[Proud Warrior Race Guy~~\|Proud Warrior Race Guys~~]]s: From Melanie's hallucination; look's as if the extinct aliens were this. * [[The Red Planet]]: It's right in the title. * [[Rule of Cool]]: What the movie was clearly aiming for. * [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Helena (Pam Grier, of course). * [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: The Martian spirits. * [[Shout-Out]]: When Braddock shouts "Who goes there?", it's a reference to [[Who Goes There ~~(Literature)~~?\|a short story with that title]] by [[John W. Campbell]], which has been made into a film twice, once by John Carpenter as ''[[The Thing (~~Film~~film)\|The Thing]]''. * [[Space Police]]: Most of the main characters have this occupation. * [[Traintop Battle]]: The finale.