

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.
Practical Effects
Charming practical effects and a very good space chimp performance.
Acting
Harland Williams commits 110% to every scream, pratfall, and nasal whine.

Director
Stuart Gillard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Mars surface was shot in a massive Utah quarry; the crew nicknamed it 'Mars, Utah' and kept rocks as souvenirs.
Released months after Mars Pathfinder's Sojourner rover landed, cashing hard on real 1997 Mars fever that Contact and Armageddon also rode.