The Last Days on Mars (2013) on Netflix
R20131h 38mHorrorSci-FiThriller
Nineteen hours from the end of their mission, the eight-person crew of Tantalus Base prepares to leave Mars. Scientist Marko Petrović has found samples pointing to life and goes out once more.
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- Rotten Tomatoes18%
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Plot summary
Eight researchers have spent six months at Tantalus Base on Mars, and only nineteen hours remain before their work is finished. The spacecraft Aurora is inbound from Earth to collect them by lander. Marko Petrović, the base's Mars scientist, has found samples that indicate something living, and he keeps the news to himself, unwilling to let the relief crew claim the credit. He invents a reason for one last trip outside, and Richard Harrington drives him across the surface in a solar-powered rover. Petrović gathers soil carrying the organism, then the porous ground gives way and he drops into a sinkhole. Captain Charles Brunel and Lauren Dalby head for the pit to recover him, and Dalby waits there while the others fetch equipment.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Last Days on Mars (2013)
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- Director Ruairí Robinson said Paul Walker was offered the role of Vincent Campbell just before his untimely death, but Walker's father refused; Philip Seymour Hoffman and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau were also considered before Liev Schreiber took the part in April 2012.
- Exterior shots were filmed in Jordan before the production moved to Elstree Studios in England, and the Jordanian vegetation was removed digitally so the landscape would pass for Mars.
