An accident-prone and obnoxious geek joins a NASA space mission to Mars. During the flight, he manages to put himself and the entire crew in jeopardy, but is in danger of emerging as a hero when his new colleagues need him to save them from the unforgiving surface of the red planet.
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Film Cast:
- Fred Z. Randall: Harland Williams
- Julie Ford: Jessica Lundy
- Wild Bill Overbeck: William Sadler
- Paul Wick: Jeffrey DeMunn
- Ben Stevens: James Pickens Jr.
- Bud Nesbitt: Beau Bridges
- Gary Hackman: Peter Onorati
- Le Chirurgien du Vol: Don Lake
- Mission Controller: Bill Jenkins
- Mission Controller: Ken Farmer
- Gordon A. Peacock: Blake Boyd
- British Reporter: Paxton Whitehead
- NASA Lab Tech: Sean Tweedley
- Reporter: Cindy Hogan
- Gary’s Nurse: Lidia Porto
- The President: Richard Dillard
- Bartender: Gil Glasgow
- Mrs. Randall (uncredited): Shelley Duvall
- Mr. Randall (uncredited): Gailard Sartain
Film Crew:
- Director: Stuart Gillard
- Executive Producer: Jon Turteltaub
- Story: Craig Mazin
- Story: Greg Erb
- Leadman: Ray Fisher
- Producer: Roger Birnbaum
- Producer: Eric L. Gold
- Costume Design: Daniel Orlandi
- Production Design: Roy Forge Smith
- Director of Photography: Steven Poster
- Original Music Composer: Michael Tavera
- Co-Producer: Peter Safran
- Executive Producer: Jonathan Glickman
- Story: Oren Aviv
- Editor: William D. Gordean
- Casting: Rick Montgomery
- Casting: Dan Parada
- Casting: Beth Sepko
- Best Boy Grip: Frank Detone Jr.
- Visual Effects: Patrick Tubach
Movie Reviews:
- r96sk: I, somewhat weirdly, have no negative feelings about ‘RocketMan’. That’s strange because the film is very bad, there is nothing I even marginally liked – and yet, I have no annoyance towards it. Odd.
- I think what helps in that regard is the short run time and the fact that I do believe the actors were trying, they were just lumbered with a poor product. Harland Williams plays the role of Fred as well as anyone could have to be honest, while it’s nice to see Jeffrey DeMunn – shoutout Dale, ‘The Walking Dead’.
- The way the premise is brought to life is the biggest downside to this. It’s cringe, predictable and lamely written. The more serious space ending is OK but doesn’t fit the rest of the film’s silliness at all. There aren’t many, if any, laughs; for me at least. I did kinda rate the references to other films, e.g. ‘Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Pinocchio’, but that’s about it.
- A harmless film, one I truly don’t even have an ounce of hate for despite how bad it actually is.