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And West is quite good a story like this doesn't work without a villain who is both brutal and charismatic. Defoe is surprisingly effective as the CGI Thark leader. Collins is decent enough, though she feels a bit generic. He's good with the action stuff, he's so-so as far as romantic chemistry dude's going to make a lot of movies. Do I buy him as being from late 19th century Virginia? Not really, but it doesn't much matter in the overall scheme. Kitsch surprised me as John Carter there's a weird meat-headed amiability about him that makes him engaging to watch, especially in a sword-swinger such as this one. But could this film meet its potential with a family-friendliness-driven studio such as Disney at the helm? Would the spirit of the original survive? The structure exists to tell a lengthy, potentially very engaging saga of one man's adventures in another world. In the Barsoom stories, Burroughs really created a sweeping, epic world a wonderful blend of sword-and-sorcery and pulpy science fiction. Before long, Carter is swept into the long-standing war between the good nation of Helium and the sinister traveling city of Zodanga.Īlongside Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins, 'Ten Year'), Princess of Helium, and a number of other allies, John Carter must prevent the mysterious Thurns (who are pulling the strings behind the scenes) from helping the evil Sab Than (Dominic West, 'The Awakening') to marry the Princess and assume dominion over all of Barsoom. He quickly finds himself taken in by the Tharks, the most non-humanoid of Barsoom's races, after proving himself to the tribe's leader Tars Tarkas (Willem Defoe, 'The Hunter').
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When he arrives, he quickly learns that the differences in gravity and physiology give him great strength and allow him to leap great distances. It's the story of John Carter (Taylor Kitsch, TV's 'Friday Night Lights'), a Confederate veteran from Virginia who, while questing for a legendary cave of gold, accidentally finds himself transported to Mars (or Barsoom, as the natives call it).