Escape from Mars
- Christine Elise: Lia Poirier
- Peter Outerbridge: John Rank
- Allison Hossack: Andrea Singer
- Michael Shanks: Bill Malone
- Ron Lea: Jason
- Kavan Smith: Sergei Andropov
- David Kaye: Steve Yaffe
- Peter Kelamis: Robert Poirer
- Julie Khaner: Gail McConnell
- Tammy Isbell: Stephanie Rank
- Aaron Pearl: Robert Singer
- Jonathan Barrett: Richard Singer
- Darrell Nicholson: Andy Singer
- Sophia Sweatman: Amanda Singer
- Victor Cowie: IMV - Chairman
Diminishing Mars (AKA Escape from Mars) is a Canadian- American science fiction film directed by Neill Fearnley from the year 1999.
Action
In 2016, the first manned mission is launched to Mars. The crew is made up of five astronauts, including two women. In addition to technical problems occur, it occurs during the long flight to Mars to tensions between crew members. Only in the course of the journey coming out that Commander Rank has recently separated from his wife and to avoid personal contact with her. The other crew members against it behaves cool.
The landing on Mars proves to be successful. The space shuttle is only 17 meters from the planned landing site. Astronaut Lia learns shortly after landing on Mars, that her fiancé is killed in an accident on icy roads. You can the loss but after some time overcome by concentrating on their task within the mission. By meteorite impacts on the planet, the lander will be damaged. The crew takes refuge in a nearby cave to get to safety before the bombing. This astronaut Singer is violated.
The astronauts John Rank and Sergei Andropov make a fact-finding tour with the Mars vehicle in the nearby mountains, to search for raw materials and signs of life; while they get into a violent sandstorm that overturning the Mars Rover. Both men are injured. Andropovs space suit is damaged, creating vital oxygen escapes. John rescues Sergei life by given him his air supply. The two astronauts Lia Poirier and Bill Malone launch a rescue mission with the replacement vehicle and eventually find their injured crew members. Sergei has seriously injured survived, while John died from lack of oxygen.
Sergei refers to an opposing rock face with fluorescent phenomenon which has its origin in bio-organisms. To assure the successful detection of life on Mars has been rendered. John Rank is buried on Mars and hailed as lifesaver. At the end of the mission, after one and a half year stay on Mars, the crew learns from ground control that the fuel and supplies for a return flight of five astronauts would not be enough. The tragic loss of a crew member turns out but for the remainder of the crew as a stroke of luck by recalculating the fuel consumption and inventories are ground control green light for a safe return to their home planet Earth.
Background
Location of the film was Winnipeg, Manitoba ( Canada).
Reviews
" The Canadian TV star Peter Outerbridge also drove for Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars (2000) through space and there she made a better figure than this cheap drama. Conclusion: Mission to Mars for the poor ".
" The crux of the plot seems to have been also the film that has under-produced and tell with inferior Tricktechnik his space mission. In addition, a simple-minded drama and underdeveloped characters that make the pathetic seriousness with which the story is told, appear almost grotesque. "