Video Capsule Review

JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS

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Release Date: Aug 24, 2001; Rated: R; Genres: Horror, Thriller; With: Natasha Henstridge and Ice Cube; Distributor: Screen Gems Inc.

C+

By Marc Bernardin

Marc Bernardin

Bet you didn't know that when we finally colonize the red planet, we'll set up a matriarchal military society that will force its femcops to keep the peace while wearing skintight leggings. That's just one of the not-so-prescient touches Carpenter brings to bear in his mostly lame sci-fi potboiler. What keeps it from being totally lame is Cube, who swaggers through his role as superbad criminal James ''Desolation'' Williams, the only thing standing between Henstridge's officer/siren and what looks like a horde of demonically possessed Marilyn Manson fans.

Posted Dec 07, 2001

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