Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong, Samantha Morton, Dominic West, Ciaran Hinds
Certificate: 12
Genre: Sci Fi, Adventure
Awards: None
John Carter is based off the book A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It follows the civil war captain John Carter (Kitsch)who is transported to mars by a special medallion. There he meets a tribe of four armed barbaric aliens called the Thark. He soon earns the trust of their leader Tars Tarkas (Dafoe) and becomes their secret weapon. Carter has other ideas however and after witnessing an air battle, he rescues the princess Dejeh (Collins) of Helium - one of the human cities - and gets her help to transport her back to earth. But Princess Dejeh wants him to help her people fight back against the enemy Sab Than (west), who is being advised by some mysterious monk like person (Strong).I enjoyed John Carter. The beginning in the west was brilliant and the visuals were great to look at. The story is riddled with cliches, but this is based on the book that created all the cliches in the first place. You can tell what films have taken influence from the book by watching this. Star wars took the speed bike chase and arena fights, Prince Of Persia took the characters and Avatar took the view of the aliens part.
What I found strange about the film was a flashback Carter had while fighting a hoard of aliens. He remembers the death of his family but we never hear anything about it before or after this scene. It just seems out of place.
Overall, John Carter is an enjoyable film, but you will be reminded of other films while watching. But that really just shows how inspiring the original story was.
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