Terra Formars

Terra Formars

We're the ones who will survive.

Directed by Takashi Miike

Produced by Warner Bros. Japan, Shueisha

2016109 min6.1 / 10

A visceral sci-fi action-horror film centered on humanity's brutal struggle against evolved alien threats on a hostile planet.

With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.

Questions people ask

  • Is Terra Formars violent? Yes, very. More violent than 98% of films.

  • Is Terra Formars one of a kind? No. Less singular than 93% of films.

  • Is Terra Formars easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Terra Formars scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does Terra Formars end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Terra Formars sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love25

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