Terra Formars
Seen it?2016 | 109 min | Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a lukewarm 6.1 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans, sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved Total Recall, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 49 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesBelow par
6.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$6 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 139K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Takashi Miike
- Hideaki ItoShokichi Komachi
- Emi TakeiNanao Akita
- Tomohisa YamashitaJin Muto
- Takayuki YamadaIchiro Hiruma
- Shun OguriKo Honda
- Kane KosugiGod Lee
- Rinko KikuchiAsuka Moriki
- Masaya KatōKeisuke Dojima
- Mariko ShinodaSorae Osako
- Kenichi TakitohShunji Tezuka