Storyline
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Directors
Cast
Bryan Cranston, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, James Purefoy, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, Taylor Kitsch, Arkie Reece, Polly Walker, Daryl Sabara, Christopher Goodman, James Embree, Lynn Collins, Davood Ghadami, Pippa Nixon, Philip Philmar, Emily Tierney, Edmund Kente, Nicholas Woodeson, Kyle Agnew, Don Stark, Josh Daugherty, Jared Cyr, Amanda Clayton, Joseph Billingiere, Steven Cree, Umit Ulgen
Trailer
Reviews
75
Rather than trying to overwhelm viewers by overloading the senses, John Carter's effects strive to create something new using as their foundation a book that's fired imaginations for the past century.
70
Director Andrew Stanton's Disney extravaganza is a rather charming pastiche.
63
Does John Carter get the job done for the weekend action audience? Yes, I suppose it does. The massive city on legs that stomps across the landscape is well-done. The Tharks are ingenious, although I'm not sure why they need tusks. Lynn Collins makes a terrific heroine.
60
Stanton has built a fantastic world, but the action is unmemorable. Still, just about every sci-fi/fantasy/superhero adventure you ever loved is in here somewhere.
50
Boxoffice Magazine
The film's biggest (and saddest) crime is malaise - it's not that John Carter doesn't care about what it's doing, it just can't make us care, even though the magnitude of every event, conflict and emotion is as melodramatic as its Victorian roots.
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