History Film / RedPlanet

** It's not the first time that actress Carrie-Anne Moss has to [[TheMatrix whip a misbehaving machine to keep it from killing her and her crew.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Exploration and Evasion). It's not really her fault, however - who leaves military combat software on a robot on a civilian mission? All it took was a few hard bumps and she was back in combat mode. Averted with Lucy, though.

** AMEE, which had been blocking her camera feed to prevent the astronauts from knowing where she is from the moment she went into combat mode, turns the feed back on so Gallagher and Burchenal can have a first-person view of how she beats Pettengill to death.

* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: AMEE is pretty deadly for a scouting robot, isn't she? She was originally a ''military'' scouting robot; pretty much all of her lethality is the result of programming.

* ForcedToWatch: Inverted. When Gallagher's air supply runs out, he starts to suffocate right in front of Burchenal and Pettengill, who will soon run out of air too. They try not to watch, [[NightmareFuel but they can still]] ''[[NightmareFuel hear]]'' [[NightmareFuel Gallagher]], as they can't block the com-link with him.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The explanation of the origin of [[spoiler: the bugs]] and how they function. Also, they're called "nematodes". Nematodes are worms in RealLife.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Sure, bring a ''combat robot'' on a mission of ''science''. What could possibly go wrong?

* ChemistryCanDoAnything: The algae stuff. Which is more than plausible in given setting.

* DisneyVillainDeath / NeverFoundTheBody: Ted Santen, for obviously horrific reasons: [[spoiler: thrown off of ''[[NightmareFuel the planet Mars]]'' by Skip Pentengill during a fight.]]

* FlippingTheBird: Gallagher is flipping one ''toward the whole planet''

%%* FragileSpeedster: AMEE the Robot is tough, but she can get blown away by the wind if she's not careful.
* GaiasLament: By all accounts, Earth of 2056 AD.

In 2056 AD, Earth is in ecologic crisis as a consequence of pollution, it's an TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt 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.

Not to be confused with a more fancifully-plotted [[Film/MissionToMars film about a trip to Mars, released in the same year]].

''Red Planet'' is a 2000 Science Fiction film starring Creator/ValKilmer, Creator/CarrieAnneMoss and a robot with a bad case of [[AIIsACrapshoot multiple personality disorder]].

* ArtificialGravity: [[ShownTheirWork Most of it is really well made and researched.]]

* FragileSpeedster: AMEE the Robot is tough, but she can get blown away by the wind if she's not careful.

* HollywoodAtheist: Burchenal, in ignorant scientist flavour. On the other side of the equation is the faith-espousing Chantilas, with whom we're obviously meant to agree when he says that "science can't answer any of the really interesting questions."

* ShownTheirWork: While there are quite a few science and physics gaffes, things such as counter-spinning artificial gravity rings for the ship are signs of better-than average technical consulting. There's also the time delay between Earth to Mars communications that's used to dramatic advantage.

* AIIsACrapshoot: AMEE(Autonomous Mapping Exploration and Evasion). It's not really her fault, however - who leaves military combat software on a robot on a civilian mission? All it took was a few hard bumps and she was back in combat mode. Averted with Lucy, though.

* AlmostOutOfOxygen : At some points.

* ChemistryCanDoAnything : The algae stuff.
** Which is more than plausable in given setting.

* KillItWithFire : [[spoiler: The bugs]].
** [[spoiler: AMEE]] too.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Pettengill's death.
** Santen's too for that matter.

* UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}: No duh.

--> Gallagher: FUCK THIS PLANET!!!

* PsychologicalHorror: 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. [[spoiler: The killer robot plot doesn't kick in until after the halfway mark in the movie.]]

'''''Red Planet''''' is a 2000 Science Fiction film starring ValKilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and a robot with a bad case of [[AIIsACrapshoot multiple personality disorder]].

* FiveManBand: Landing crew follow this trope
** TheHero: Robby Gallagher
** TheLancer: Quinn Burchenal
** TheSmartGuy: Bud Chantilas
** TheBigGuy: Ted Santen
** TheChick: Chip Pettengill

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The explanation of the origin of [[spoiler: the bugs]] and how they function.
** Actually, it's never explained.
** Also, they're called "nematodes". Nematodes are worms in RealLife.

** [[CrazyPrepared Well]], ''[[CrazyPrepared something]]'' [[CrazyPrepared happened to the algae.]]
** Justified, as the robot was suppose to be used as a navigator on the planet, which was also its primary function and programming. All the rest was self-defense mechanism, which is more than expected from military-grade navigation robot. Also, it's stated almost from the start that the mission was made in haste, not allowing even to fully test the whole ship, not to mention creating purposefully build civilian all terrain navigation system, when military could simply give one.

** Bordering FridgeBrilliance for design of suit meant for exploration of planet on which only unnatural light sources are suppose to come from exploring team.

* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: AMEE is pretty deadly for a scouting robot, isn't she? Justified in that she was originally a ''military'' scouting robot; pretty much all of her lethality is the result of programming.

* HollywoodAtheist: Burchenal, in ignorant scientist flavour. On the other side of the equation is the faith-espousing Chantilas, with whom we're obviously meant to agree when he says that "science can't answer any of the really interesting questions," a ''highly'' debatable statement at best.

** Also, they're called "nematodes". Nematodes are worms.

* ShoutOut: Commander Kate ''Bowman'', [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey the lone astronaut on a stricken interplanetary spacecraft.]] Thankfully, her ship's AI is less insane.
** During the scene where AMEE skulks about, looking for the crew, the same music is played as in PitchBlack when Riddick leads the survivors of a ship crash across a barren planet. The music was done by the same guy - Graeme Revell.

* TheRedPlanet: No duh.

* HollywoodAtheist: Burchenal, in ignorant scientist flavour.

* DuelingMovies: The original title of this film was, simply, ''Mars''. But the release of ''MissionToMars'' in the same year required a name change.

* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Chantilas, after suffering significant internal injuries early on.

* MacGyvering: Rob's gadgeteering saves his life throughout the movie.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: AMEE. Averted with Lucy, though.

* JustAMachine: Though never directly stated, it's obvious that the human characters regard AMEE as this when the surviving crew members start casually discussing plans to disassemble her and use her parts (effectively killing her) to build the communication device they need to contact their ship in orbit. Unfortunately, AMEE is standing right beside them and hears the entire conversation, which is what prompts her to [[AIIsACrapshoot go rogue]].

* ShownTheirWork: While there are quite a few science and physics gaffes, things such as counter-spinning artificial gravity rings for the ship are signs of better-than average technical consulting.

** Justified, as the robot was suppose to be used as a navigator on the planet, which was also it's primary function and programming. All the rest was self-defense mechanism, which is more than expected from military-grade navigation robot. Also, it's stated almost from the start that the mission was made in haste, not allowing even to fully test whole ship, not to mention creating purposefully build civilian all terrain navigation system, when military could simply give one.

* DuctTapeForEverything: [[TruthInTelevision Even stabilising cracked rib]].

* FlippingTheBird: Gallagher is flipping one ''toward whole planet''

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Burchenal says that sooner or later he will find out what happend to the algae. He did, [[spoiler: [[EatenAlive in very]] [[HeroicSacrifice unpleasant way]] ]].