Lets go to Mars and meet some little green men.

In 2020, astronauts are sent to Mars on a mission (hence the imaginitive title) to rescue the survivor of a previous mission gone awry. However, things go wrong, and they eventually encounter an alien presence. And that is pretty much all there is to this shoddy, cliche-ridden script.

You may be forgiven for thinking, after watching the first 15 minutes of the movie, that it really isn't that bad. We get to see some impressive special effects, including a nice space walk scene. After that, it all goes downhill and gets increasingly rediculous.

Resigned to the fact that his character is more wooden than a plank, Tim Robbins puts very little effort into making his corny lines sound sincere. Sinise tries a little harder, but the actors cannot be completely blamed for the faults of Mission to Mars. What was intended to be a regular megabucks run-of-the-mill sci-fi flick turned out to be much worse than average thanks to a totally unconvincing and weak plot, held together by some bad acting. Some pretty CGI work simply cannot hide the rotting carcass of a movie beneath.

There are so many better sci-fi movies about - do yourself a big favour and don't go near this one.

See also: Gary Sinise; Brian De Palma

Awful in almost every aspect, if this doesn't make you laugh, it will make you cry when you realise what a waste of money this really is.