0043396295315. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 97 mins. Language: English. Writer and director John Carpenter returns to the mixture of science fiction and horror that made The Thing (1982) a success. Natasha Henstridge stars as Lt. Melanie Ballard of the Martian Police Force, a member of a law enforcement team two centuries in the future, dispatched to the remote colony of Shining Canyon. There, the most notorious criminal on Mars, James "Desolation" Williams (Ice Cube), awaits transport to a more secure jail. Besides Ballard, the other cops include the rookie Bashira (Clea Duvall), hotshot and fast talker Jericho (Jason Statham), tough veteran and squad leader Helena (Pam Grier), and reliable soldier Descanso (Liam Waite). Once Ballard and her companions arrive in Shining Canyon, however, they discover that it's a literal ghost town. It seems that an archaeologist team led by Professor Whitlock (Joanna Cassidy) has uncovered an ancient relic at a nearby dig site, unleashing the vengeful spirits of the planet's long-ago warrior inhabitants, which have now possessed the bodies of the human invaders and set about trying to destroy them. After her team is decimated by the Martian specters, Ballard is forced to turn for help to the one person she can't really trust: Williams. Ghosts of Mars screenwriter Larry Sulkis broke into the film business as producer of the satirical commercials in Carpenter's They Live (1988). Karl Williams, Rovi
From John Carpenter, the master of horror behind 1998's hit John Carpenter's "Vampires" and classics like "The Thing" and "Halloween", comes a sci-fi thriller full of explosive action and bone-chilling suspense. Natasha Henstridge ("Species") is Melanie Ballard, a headstrong police lieutenant on Mars in the year 2025. Humans have been colonizing and mining on the red planet for some time, but when Ballard and her squad are sent to a remote region to apprehend the dangerous criminal James "Desolation" Williams, played by Ice Cube ("Three Kings"), they discover that he's the least of their worries. The mining operations have unleashed a deadly army of Martian spirits who take over the bodies of humans and won't stop until they destroy all invaders of their planet. With a stellar cast including Pam Grier ("Jackie Brown"), Jason Statham ("Snatch") and Clea Duvall ("The Faculty"), as well as explosive special effects, John Carpenter's "Ghosts Of Mars" is an intergalactic terror-fest like you've never seen.
Actor Commentary, Director Commentary, Featurette, Interviews.
"Video Diary: Red Desert Nights"; "SFX Deconstructions"; "Scoring 'Ghosts Of Mars'".
