Directed by Peter Hyams
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, ITV Video)
The first manned flight to Mars has a defective life support system, but instead of scrubbing the mission the head of the program decides to fake the landing rather than risk losing political support. The astronauts are secretly rushed to a remote, abandoned military base where they are unwilling participants in the elaborate hoax. However, when the mission ends they realize they are expendable and attempt to escape. They steal a jet and crash land it in the desert. They split up and try to walk out, all the while pursued by military helicopters. Spectacularly entertaining story that plays like a collaboration between Hitchcock and Spielberg.
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