Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

When the zombie appears and takes a drill and drills into the guy's stomach, it's just comical. It's supposed to be sci-fi horror, but it's much more like "Scary Movie", except that it takes itself seriously. If you had a lot to drink and then watched this film, it might be hilariously bad.

For completists only this movie is another to add to the list of my disappointments on Brit SF and horror, and that is becoming a loooong list. The title is about as dumb as the plot - what were they thinking of? Some cleverdick punning on the BOC track "Last Days of May"? Schoolboy humour best left on the suggestion list. But thankfully they at no time do the media cliche thing and call it "Mars, the Red Planet" FCS how annoying that is. Maybe I should not have watched that Europa movie so recently (thanks Film 4) because I had a dose of deja vu here. And I can also see why some allude to Prometheus or Alien Covenant.... how come such morons get on such missions? These cardboard characters are an insult to NASA scientists and engineers who would be on such missions. Maybe Nostromo had some drones "managing" a spaceship but that is so unlikely and hackneyed this movie should have come up with something more original and relevant. In fact I am bored with writing this review having wasted 90 minutes watching the wretched thing.... cue the Yardbirds song.... Next up from Film 4 is "The Raid" now that IS a great film....!

Once again we have a film detailing a mission to Mars that goes awfully wrong and once again the film's antagonist of choice is the zombie. Zombies on Mars? Did nobody watch John Carpenter's GHOSTS OF MARS and think that, you know, maybe that wasn't such a good idea? I've seen a few movies detailing catastrophic trips to Mars now (RED PLANET is my favourite of a rather average bunch, it has be said) but THE LAST DAYS ON MARS isn't one of the better ones.The problems with the film are twofold. First off, the script is entirely derivative and the writer seems to think that we won't notice that it rips off ALIEN quite extensively, albeit with a little PROMETHEUS-inspired modernising. Secondly, the direction is terrible. The dialogue scenes are okay but as soon as the action hits, the director opts for awful shaky-cam work that detracts from the experience, and pointlessly jumbled editing that makes the whole thing rather confusing. Giving control of this film to a first time director wasn't a very clever idea.Those were the bad things but there is some good stuff here, namely the film's cast. The reliable old-timer Elias Koteas has a predictable role as the group leader but he's typically efficient in the part. Romola Garai is surprisingly good as she always is in her performances. I didn't used to care for Liev Schreiber very much but he has been growing on me recently. Olivia Williams, Tom Cullen, and Yusra Warsama aren't really very good at all but they don't get too much screen time and Johnny Harris builds on the creepy persona he had in the THIS IS ENGLAND TV series.The film does have a good pacing and there are few slow spots so it's just a pity that what does take place on screen is so derivative. I liked the look of the zombies as it's pretty scary but the action is predictable and you can guess the ending from the outset. Plus I was never convinced that the film really was taking place on Mars as it looks much more like the Jordanian desert. Couldn't they have given it a red filter or something?

It could be argued that Last Days Of Mars has at least passing similarities to 'Ghosts Of Mars', 'The Thing' and many other films besides.And as others have said, essentially it's a zombie film, probably more akin in some ways to the T-Virus in Resident Evil.So with that said, why would I give it a 7 ? Well, it's not really a bad film at all. Could argue that the characters could have been better written, but that's a common complaint with many movies (some of which have far higher ratings on IMDb).And for 7 million, it's really well put together. Good CG-I, some good acting and many times feels like a far higher budget effort.All I can say is, if you like older style sci-fi films, or like zombies, then give this a go and don't be put off by the low rating.