An international exploratory team on the planet Mars makes an emergency departure to evade a severe storm leaving behind one of its members (Matt Damon) who the team believes has been killed in storm's lead up. However Damon has not been killed and as he recovers from injuries he sets about a survival strategy hoping it can keep him alive until the next team is due at the planet in a few years time.
'The Martian' is rather fanciful science fiction which requires more than just a minor level of suspension of belief and reality. But it is well filmed and photographed and makes for above average entertainment. The increasing importance of China to the USA's film industry (financially and otherwise) is evident - as we've seen in other recent movies - by that country being given prominence in the eventual resolution of the plot.
★★★1/2
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