The horrific events of a group of astronauts continue during their journey to Mars to detect samples of bacteria and during the research the Martian bacteria transformed them into fast zombie-like aggressive creatures with black skin and no trace of their original characters. They try to escape from these objects in the midst of exciting and terrifying events.
Consistently solid acting, smart direction and striking imagery cannot overcome a hackneyed storyline that cobbles together stale ideas and scenarios to a fittingly alienating effect.
The acting is convincing across the board, especially Schrieber's, despite being saddled with such dialogue inanities as saying "you're gonna be all right" to a crewmate who is zombifying before his very eyes.
Once danger presents itself and the screaming starts, it all becomes a basic space horror film that plucks tropes from the peg and rarely does anything interesting with them.
