Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2012

A Civil War veteran finds himself on Mars, where the reduced gravity allows him to jump really high, making him a kind of superhero. He gets involved in the planet’s insufficiently explained politics involving two warring human sides and some native Martians, opting, natch, for the side with the babe. It’s overstuffed and hard to follow; or care about. It’s not terrible. It’s just that for $350 million you expect something more than “not terrible.” In short, while it’s clearly aiming for Lord of the Rings with an Avatar vibe, it more closely resembles those crappy Star Wars prequels.