Adapted from the early nineteen hundreds, science-fiction
classic novel by Edgar Rice Burrows, John Carter is an expansive tail of wonder
and adventure. We follow the lead and film's name sake, played by a gruff Taylor
Kitsch, through a fantastical journey from the wild west to the surface of, a very
unexpected, Mars.
The film moves at a quick pace, the effects stunning and
dramatic. John Carter finds that he has super powers on mars and at first
struggles to control them. But he becomes embroiled in the civil war on the
alien world and bounces to the aid of an exotic princess called Dejah Thoris and
played by the alluring Lynn Collins, who's onscreen presence is at times
hypnotic. Kitsch is a foil for her charm and successfully remains in character;
a broken hearted war hero, until he realises that he has fallen for the Martian
princess. Together they battle the convincing Mark Strong as the power hungry Matai
Shang with the aid of twelve foot aliens and the unrecognisable Samantha Morton
and William Defoe who both put in excellent performances.
John Carter, the film, has had much press coverage before
release, it's Oscar award-winning Director Andrew Stanton of Toy Story fame,
one of the reasons for this. But on release it had mixed reviews the
expectations perhaps not lived up to. Yet John Carter should be approached with
its origins in mind. It tells a story of how a world was perceived by a
Victorian man, it grapples with a traditional love story and steers away from
the commonly accepted hard science fiction which we have become used to in
features such as Prometheus and Lockout. John Cart is an excellent family film and will no doubt grow in
popularity in the coming years.
72/100
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