The Martian (2015)

A sudden and violent storm causes the team of the "Ares" mission to hastily abandon their camp and return to the relative safety of their orbiting spacecraft and a journey home. Giving the command to leave, their commander "Lewis" (Jessica Chastain) is informed that one of their number has been killed. Thing is, once the dust has (quite literally) settled, we discover that "Watney" (Matt Damon) is anything but. Impaled by an antenna needle he is alive and alone. Now a sort of space-bound "Robinson Crusoe" adventure ensues with "Watney" trying to ensure…

I feel like this science fiction movie was a stunning achievement, for at least a couple of reasons. Firstly, for much of the time it is a one man show, and that can be risky in a feature length film. It worked with acclaimed actors Tom Hanks in Cast Away, and with Robert Redford in All is Lost, but could it work with Matt Damon in a sci-fi flick? Well, I answer that question with a resounding ‘yes.’ The movie does cut away to planet Earth and the spaceship returning home without him, so it isn’t all Damon all the time. And some humor is injected here…

Review contains spoilers --- You have been warned. One of the movies I just can't stop rewatching because of how good I think it is, the movie contains facts that can excite a wide array of audience, since it tackles many categories from action to adventure to science and astrophysics, the movie has most if not many elements related to one of these categories, if you are even slightly interested in any of those subjects, I particularly recommend this movie. I loved many of the parts from this movie, while I also disliked some parts of it, which I will…