This was the dumbest movie I’ve seen in a long time. The plot has gaping holes. Why can’t brad Pitt record a message on earth? Why do they send this critical mission with only 2 buggies for protection and no air support? why is a monkey science experiment taking place half way to mars? How did a couple of monkeys kill everyone on a space station. Why is the mars base filled with massive empty corridors, and a stray dog? Why didn’t they record Pitt’s message so he doesn’t have to reread it over and over? Why is the mars commander’s room filled with creepy lights that fade in and out? Why do they need a manned mission if all they want to do is blow something up? Why do you have to carry a nuclear bomb instead of using a missile? How exactly did brad Pitt surf his way back to his shop from miles away? How did the explosion push his ship when the ship is in a vacuum? Also, in a movie this expensive to make, why couldn’t they at least pretend to show low gravity on the moon or mars?
The stupid events in this movie were impossible for me to ignore. Even if I could have, I did not find the father-son story compelling. I hated this movie.