Nathaniel Shepard (Oldman) heads a space program that monitors a team of astronauts that are stationed on Mars. A situation arises when astronaut Sarah Elliot (Montgomery) is pregnant and a decision needs to be made if she should come back to Earth or have the baby on Mars. The latter prevails and she has a baby boy but she dies from the complications from the birth. Now the United States can't risk the scandal so they must keep this matter a secret. Some sixteen years later the teen Martian boy Gardner Elliot (Butterfield) bored and alone (no other teens) on Mars with just his guardian astronaut Kendra Wyndham (Gugino) and the other fellow astronauts, he befriends his Earth chat buddy Tulsa (Robertson) who also knows about feeling alienated. Having the urge to see how life is on Earth, he is given the chance to come for a visit but eventually goes rogue so that he can find his friend Tulsa and then seek out his dad who he knows nothing about, even though this jeopardizes his health due to his body unable to adjust to the planet's environment. Nathaniel and Kendra race against time to find the young teens so that they can get Gardner back home before he dies on planet Earth.
Reel Talk:
Now...even though there are some very cheesy scenes, this was a good movie. I liked the story about the boy being born and raised on Mars and then the teen love twist, made for a good movie. Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson as the two young love birds were pretty good and Asa was also good as the alien boy visiting Earth. This was a good SCI-FI love story that is family friendly. Worth cashing out to check it out. Oh yeah and I have a confession, I still think Carla Gugino is fine...LOL!
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Cugino, BD Wong and Janet Montgomery
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
Rated: PG-13
I give it 4 corn dogs.
By: THE REEL HUSTLER
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