First this was made in 2005 the CGI is ambitious even though its lacking depth you find even now on the SyFy channel but don't let that get in you way...or you risk missing one of the better films they have ever offered. C Thomas Howell well he always kinda leaves me running for the remote and here he plays a bad guy should I say over plays, however the rest of the cast isn't bad at all and does a decent job. The script could of used some polish but moves along telling a good story with lots of twists and surprises. I caught this on SyFy website for free late tonight, enjoyed it completely even stopped doing my chores sat down and paid attention. Check it out, I don't honestly think you will be dissatisified. I give it a 6 out of 10 losing one mark for less than stellar CGI.

The worst thing about this movie is that C. Thomas Howell is in it.I haven't seen all his stuff, but I did buy the version of War of the Worlds staring Howell, and it was so bad I threw out the DVD and kept the case. (I did re-watch it a 2nd time just to make sure I wasn't stoned or something).In this movie he's just as bad. How does a guy like that make his living acting? Man he sucks.Some people had the usual delirious complaints about an overly complex plot. They are right, scifi channel does write to their audience. They make movies with such simple plots even a baby could follow it. It seems it's too simple for the simple minded however.There is some bad acting in this movie, most of it from Howell. However there is also some mighty fine acting that's good enough even Howell can't ruin it.All the effects and scenery are fine. Obviously those people complaining about the scenery think they could do a better job. It all looked good to me. Someone actually criticized the ship interior. Heh heh, that's pretty funny. Maybe if this person wants to criticize a space ship interior he should check out the last Star Trek movie with the lame "engineering" decks on the federation ships. Poor excuse for ship interiors. Looked like they ran out of money and resorted to filming at a brewery (oh wait, they did...)...One guy mentioned how all the women were wearing tight little black undershirts....hey buddy, it's called a t-shirt. I have news for you, the guys were wearing similar shirts. Get a brain.This movie deals with runaway corporations that have become enemies with the "government". A Mars mission is sent out because of some energy readings on Mars. Once arriving people start to die, and the bad actor (Howell) thinks there is a traitor. It turns out to be Martens (who have been living underground) killing off the humans. What's left of the crew enter a pyramid and find the Martens. They have two casts who don't like each other, Religious and Warrior (reminds me of the Minbari on Babylon 5). The leader babe of the warriors convinces the bad actor to kill the head priest. The crew ends up splitting up, and each party befriends one of the two Marten factions.And the fun begins.I have seen a lot of bad movies in my life, and this one is only marginally close to being as bad. As an older scifi fan, I have seen the 50s movies when scifi was just starting out, and this movie is much better than those old time movies.However, if the wannabe big time critics want to see a REALLY bad movie, try checking out Hard Gun with Tony Ja some time.These people don't seem to understand how a 1 to 10 scale works either. Giving this movie a 1 or no stars would seem to indicate it's on the bottom of the movie heap, which is clearly isn't (in spite of Howell). And those people giving it over 8 stars seem to think it's one of the great works of art, which of course it isn't even close to.I've stopped some movies in my day and threw them out, deeming the cases worth more than the movie. This movie however wasn't one of them.If I saw this movie in the bargain bin at my local big box store, would I buy it? No, but because I've seen it and I don't care to see it again. If I was bored to tears one night and there was nothing on TV, but this movie came on while I was cruising the Internet would I bother changing the channel? Again, no, because this movie is not that bad (again, in spite of Howell).Watch it once, it's entertaining enough....

Of course CRIMSON FORCE won't shine in terms of spectacular but it is actually a fun movie, I mean if STARGATE ATLANTIS is popular enough to run for multiple seasons with similar CGI effects, how can this film be bad if it has the same crummy looking effects? Sure its not going to win any awards and true the storyline isn't anything to write home about, but its a good movie if you just switch your brain off and take it as it is.Plus the unintended humor is actually intended, I'd say if you're going to see this film, do so with all expectations on the floor and your brain turned off, if you're going in thinking you're going to see mainstream standard fare even if you do know this is a SCI-FI channel original, then you might as well write the word disappointment on your forehead.

The film it self has a good narrative and "bone structure" as it were. The acting however from most parties leaves much to be desired, it is the acting from the Howell in this film that runes the film completely. The Dialogue is said too over zealously making the wording throughout the film seem cheesy. The costumes weren't bad (about the only good thing about the film really). the acting from the gentleman(Tony Amendola) that plays the High Priest is the best in the film, which makes me wonder why he decided to be in the film. parts of the film are completely unnecessary. This is an honest opinion(of mine) on the film. It is for most part a headache.