The Last Days on Mars

"The search for life is about to end."

Sep 19 2013 R 1h 38m
Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.

Plot

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he's made an historic discovery; fossilised evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up, and goes out on an unauthorised expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster, when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they begin to realise; the life-form they've discovered is highly dangerous to all human life.

Written by

Clive Dawson, Sydney J. Bounds

Directed by

Ruairi Robinson

Cast

Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, Ireland

Production Companies

Screen Ireland, Canal+, Fantastic Films, Qwerty Films, BFI

Languages

English

Awards

4 nominations total

Trailers
Last Days On Mars - Extd. N.American Trailer (TADFF 2013)
Scores
# of Votes
40,570
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
46
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