The Last Days on Mars

The Last Days on Mars is a 2013 science fiction horror film directed by Ruairí Robinson with a screenplay by Clive Dawson, based on the short story "The Animators" by Sydney J. Bounds. It stars Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Goran Kostić, Johnny Harris, Tom Cullen, Yusra Warsama, and Olivia Williams. The film was an international co-production between Ireland and United Kingdom. The Last Days on Mars was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It received a limited release on 6 December 2013 in the United States and 11 April 2014 in the United Kingdom. Plot In the 2040s, a Martian research base, Tantalus Base outpost, is established. The eight-person crew, which has been stationed there for six months, is only nineteen hours from the completion of their research mission. The spacecraft Aurora is inbound from Earth and will collect the team by lander. Mars scientist Marko Petrović has found samples that point to life on the planet. Without revealing his discovery, he devises a ruse for a last EVA on the surface. Crewmate Richard Harrington drives Petrović in a solar-powered rover to the spot where he found the sample. After he obtains soil with the biological agent present, Petrović falls into a sinkhole that suddenly opens.