Stranded (2001)

Stranded is a 2001 English-language Spanish science fiction film about a fictional first crewed mission to Mars. It stars Vincent Gallo and Maria de Medeiros, and was directed by Spanish filmmaker and actress María Lidón (credited in the English version of the movie as “Luna”), with screenplay by Spanish science fiction author Juan Miguel Aguilera. Lidón won the “Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver”, and Gallo and de Medeiros were named best actors at the 2002 Fantafestival in Rome.

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If you want to Google this film make sure you Google “Stranded 2001” since there are quite a few movies that go by this name.

I do enjoy the eclectic cast of characters aboard the space ship as they all seem to be of several cultures and countries. Points for that, but minus points for the uncreative and over-used movie title. Most of the crew members are fairly likable but of course there has to be one naysayer that comes across as a bully.

I do rather like this movie, it’s quite good. It’s not jus another “stranded on an isolated piece of rock” movie. The crew deals with immediate death of their captain and then their own impending deaths. I’m not sure what I would have decided in their situation.

My Ranking: ★ ★ ★