lindstrom-tacoma
The "science" is whimsical.The "plot" is early James Bond.The "effects" are bargain basement.The "dialog" is pedestrian. (The bad guys say things like, "...this planet you call Earth...")The "characters" are stereotype.The "actors" were clearly not enthused.The "sets" are 1958 (or very very early Dr. Who).Through the first 5 minutes I thought it might be tongue-in-cheek; I'd just seen Mars Attacks and thought I'd stumbled on a farce night. I was waiting for a good laugh. But the joke wore off very quickly. Once I realized SOMEBODY had taken this seriously, I was amazed that real, American money had been thrown at this. (I hope it was Canadian...) A complete waste of time.
TheLittleSongbird
I have disliked the SyFy original movies more than I have liked them, though there were a few I was surprised by. Crimson Force is not their worst or quite bad enough one of their bottom-of-the-barrel movies, but it is still really bad. The special effects even for SyFy are really cartoony, while the rest of the production values including the most fake-looking and inauthentic ship interior ever and rather choppy editing don't fare much better. The script is awful, very hackneyed and lacking any sort of point, while the story is highly derivative(of Stargate mainly), wanders about all over the place and never seems to find a consistent tone and the characters are clichéd and annoying. Unlike the bottom-of-the-barrel SyFy movies, Crimson Farce(excuse me, Crimson Force) does have a redeeming quality, which is the performance of David Chokachi. He's not too camp and he didn't seem to take things too seriously. Which is more than I can say for Thomas C.Howell, whose performance, a very uneasy mix of campiness and phoning in and both at extreme levels at times, is the complete opposite. All in all, a terrible movie, I've seen worse but that is little consolation. 1/10 Bethany Cox
Rob Stradling
This really is Science Fiction by numbers - it feels like it was written by someone who has read books on how to write SF, but never actually seen any.The "World Government vs The Corporations" backstory is laughably juvenile it its monochrome simplicity and - considering this was written in 2005 - the "future history" it tries to establish is woefully naive and dated. It's made clear at the start that this is the first manned mission to Mars. Yet the crew behave throughout as if crash-landing in Cydonia, discovering an ancient civilization, and meeting alien life (and having sex with it), constitutes no more than a rather busy day at the office.All that said, it's engagingly played by all involved, the moral ambiguities are quite interesting, and everything holds together just about well enough to remain watchable. A thoroughly missable movie, but a generally inoffensive one.
mikemoviesmichigan
Crimson Force was the first new Mars movie in years. It moved better than the very boring Mission to Mars, and had all the fun trappings of a self-aware low-budget sci-fi treat. It was funny, complexly plotted, and satisfying.I'm disagree with the negative comments on this Website. The movie has action, sex, adventure, and a plot that was more complex and interesting than the average sci-fi garbage. This movie had highs and lows in pace, giving me a chance to figure out the intricacies of the various alliances.It made me think and it delivered a message.If you don't like it, you didn't understand it.People need to look beyond the Sci-Fi network budget and pay attention to the story. You will see that this movie was better than their other movies.
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