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I watched The Last Days on Mars. It is about a international mars base crew that digs up a virus or whatever and turns the crew into zombies. So zombies on mars. It played the idea straighter than I expected, I thought there was going to be some kind of twist, but nope, just zombies on mars. As far as zombies on mars movies goes, this is the opposite of Ghosts of Mars. Ghosts of Mars is outlandish and over-the-top, whereas this one tried to make the premise as plausible as possible and treats everything seriously. The vehicles, suits, and station construction all seem to be plausible, this movie is just a hair short of hard SF. There are no guns or colorful characters in this one, and the zombies themselves are pretty straight forward. Honestly, although I am really tired of zombies, somehow I can not bring myself to hate this movie. It's derivative sure, but it doesn't have a jokey flavor or any in-jokes, it takes itself seriously and feels like it's genuinely interested in the story it has to tell. The high production values and great cast and performances go a long way towards that end. It was fairly absorbing and watchable. I think if you keep your expectations in check, it's not a bad way to spend 90 minutes.
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