Mission To Mars

Quality: * * * Acceptability: -4

RATING: PG-13

STARRING: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Connie Nielsen, Don Cheadle, and Jerry O'Connell

DIRECTOR: Brian de Palma

DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures/Buena Vista/Wait Disney

GENRE: Science Fiction

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Older children and adults

SUMMARY: In Mission to Mars, Gary Sinise plays an astronaut who travels to Mars to rescue his best friend and finds the aliens responsible for the evolution of human beings and the creation of life on earth. Sinise is astronaut Jim McConnell. Don Cheadle is his best friend, Luke. When Luke's Mars team finds a large alien artifact, the object creates a huge storm that kills Luke's crew and interrupts all transmission to earth, Sinise becomes the copilot on a rescue ship commanded by Tim Robbins as Woody Blake. After much excitement in space, the rescuers touch down on Mars to find Luke still alive and the alien artifact issuing an invitation.

Mission to Mars is a suspenseful, greatlooking movie. Although parts of the script, especially the dialogue and the depiction of the aliens and how they interact with the humans, are hokey and uninspired, and there are some strong profanities, the movie is rather involving. The New Age premise, however, is an attack on the essential Judeo-Christian teaching that God created life on earth. Whatever you may think about the controversy surrounding evolution, this premise is unacceptable viewing for anyone truly interested in Truth.

CONTENT: Strong New Age pagan worldview with strong pro-evolution elements, some political correctness, and moral elements regarding marriage, human courage and sacrifice, with a patriotic scene using an American flag; 4 strong obscenities, 15 mild obscenities, 13 strong profanitites, and 10 mild profanities, mostly exclamatory; action violence includes storm on Mars kills three astronauts, ripping one apart, spaceship explosion and men struggle; no sex but young astronaut unsuccessfully tries to seduce two women; no nudity; brief alcoholic use and smoking.

MOVIE GUIDE RATINGS

QUALITY

(The production quality)

Excellent ****; Good ***; Fair **; Poor *

ACCEPTABILITY

(The moral quality)

+4 Exemplary: No questionable elements whatsoever; +3 Moral: Some minor questionable elements; +2 Good: Moderately questionable elements; +1 Wholesome: Recommended but discernment required for young children; -1 Caution: Discussion advised for older children; -2 Extreme Caution: Discretion advised for adults; -3 Bad: Excessive sex, violence and/or immorality, -4 Evil: Intentional blasphemy, evil and/or gross immorality.

GLOSSARY

Profanity-language that desecrates the sacred. Usually, profanity refers to taking God's Name and the Lord Jesus' name in vain. Obscenity-foul, disgusting, offensive, lewd and filthy language. Blasphemy-language or actions which curse, revile, mock or blaspheme God or church,

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