The Last Days on Mars

The Last Days on Mars (2013)

The search for life is about to end.

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.

Date of release
2013-08-11
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (964)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
Director
Ruairi Robinson

Casting

Interesting facts

The Last Days on Mars is a 2013 science fiction horror film directed by Ruairí Robinson with a screenplay by Clive Dawson, based on the short story "The Animators" by Sydney J. Bounds. It stars Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Goran Kostić, Johnny Harris, Tom Cullen, Yusra Warsama, and Olivia Williams. The film was an international co-production between Ireland and United Kingdom.

Production

Principal photography went from May to July 2012. Exterior shots took place in Jordan, and then shooting moved to Elstree Studios in England. The Jordanian vegetation was removed digitally.

According to The Last Days on Mars director Ruairí Robinson, Paul Walker was offered the role of Vincent Campbell just before his untimely death, but Paul Walker's father Paul William Walker III refused. Philip Seymour Hoffman (also just before his untimely death) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau were also considered for the role of Vincent Campbell. When casting began in April 2012, Liev Schreiber took the role of Vincent Campbell.

The visual effects for The Last Days on Mars were done by Screen Scene VFX in Ireland. Influences include Paul Greengrass, Michael Mann, and Sergio Leone; Robinson wanted to make a paranoid thriller reminiscent of Alien.

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