Andy Weir's The Martian

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Ridley Scott returns to familiar surrounding of the space, an domain he has come to enjoy and revel in. The Martian can be described in a nutshell as Matt Damon left behind on Mars alone. The movie is an book adaptation of Andy Weir's The Martian, which will leave you itching to talk about with your friends. There is more to this review than that and lets get into it. The Martian starts on planet Mars as the crew of NASA's ARES III mission are forced to abort the mission as a violent sandstorm whips up. As the crew evacuate Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is struck by an radio-communications antenna dish and is lost in the storm. The crew are forced to leave after attempts to find him in the zero-visibility environment and trying to communicate with …show more content…

The crew led by Cmdr. Lewis (Jessica Chastain) on the way home dealing with the loss of their friend as they travel through space and the decision they will have to make when they learn Mark is alive. And the third track back home on Earth as we are treated to a thriller as Chief of NASA (Jeff Daniels) ponders whether it is worthwhile to risk lives and spending millions to save Mark. While at the same time Mars Program director (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and ARES III mission director (Sean Bean) fight time and other obstacles to get their boy back. And surprise! Sean Bean does not …show more content…

The main characters of the NASA officials are aided by (Kristen Wiig, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover) in their attempts to figure out a plan to rescue their boy. The astronauts up in space flying home (Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie) under the leadership of Cmdr. Lewis attempt a long shot rescue which has been rejected by NASA in the first place. Screenwriter Drew Goddard has managed to keep the script tight and flowing while at the same time making sure not to overwhelm the audience with a lot of technical scenes and

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