The material proves describable only through other films and never stands out on its own.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 22, 2022

Spends a bit too much time in faux Kubrick Mode before switching to full-on Corman style exploitation, but once it clicks over it'll make your pulse race.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 1, 2021

Robinson has crafted a film that is too simple and too similar to other titles, an unconvincing rendering that fails to engage.

| Aug 29, 2019

That it never feels like we're actually on the red planet shouldn't matter, but when everything else is so familiar, it's a little disappointing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 8, 2019

The passive-minded The Last Days On Mars never really convincingly taps into its dramatic potential as a notoriously spunky crater-creature feature looking to work diligently on our escapist nerves.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 11, 2018

Liev Schreiber and Romola Garai struggle to find chemistry in their Mars rover, while Olivia Williams keeps her exasperation at full throttle.

| Dec 31, 2017

A sci-fi-horror yarn stocked with a winning cast but hobbled by a lamebrained script and dull set pieces.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 13, 2017

Old fashioned, straightforward, entertaining sci-fi horror.

| Aug 24, 2015

From the get-go, Last Days on Mars looks like a film which the parties involved put about half their effort and care into.

| Sep 7, 2014

Once danger presents itself and the screaming starts, it all becomes a basic space horror film that plucks tropes from the peg and rarely does anything interesting with them.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 14, 2014

Our band of estimable actors have to contend with a storm of B-movie dialogue and the remorseless hammer blows of a stock horror plot line.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 13, 2014

Consistently solid acting, smart direction and striking imagery cannot overcome a hackneyed storyline that cobbles together stale ideas and scenarios to a fittingly alienating effect.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 12, 2014

This sci-fi drama begins promisingly but loses its way in the Martian dust.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 11, 2014

Even at 98 minutes, the whole thing lasts way too long.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 11, 2014

Solid but derivative space horror ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 11, 2014

An elegantly crafted adventure in classical science-fiction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 10, 2014

You've never seen the red planet looking quite as humdrum as the one in The Last Days on Mars.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 10, 2014

This is an intelligent and engaging sci-fi thriller that's well worth checking out. Also, did we mention the space zombies?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2014

Manages to break free from its low-budget limitations but is hamstrung by its own love of the genre.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 7, 2014

A sci-fi horror dimmer than the dark side of the moon.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2014