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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop  GHOSTS OF MARS – Carpenter riffs on his early hit 'Assault On Precinct 13' (I would say 'Rio Bravo' but I'm not that cine-literate) with this Mars based action horror, which sees future con Ice Cube forced to team up with the law in order to stave off some hostile body modification enthusiasts. Maybe not classic Carpenter, but I found it vastly entertaining and full of the requisite punchy dialogue, even punchier violence and general all round B movie atmos. Neglected to see it before now, and more fool me.
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I also really rate it and think it gets better with each subsequent viewing too.