The Tank

A better script would have made this film a lot more bearable. I can believe that incompetence or greed might have made a mission destined to fail. But the whole idea was that they rushed the project through to spend their budget surplus. First of all, there are substantially better way to do that. But second and more importantly, how could you rush a project like this that requires setting up a simulated Martian habitat in one of the most inhospitable places on earth?

Furthermore, a simulated mission of Mars analogue conditions would be under constant surveillance. An important aspect of these missions is learning what kinds of interpersonal issues arise and how to determine if a given person is suitable for this kind of mission.

I'm a big fan of science fiction and want there to be some attempt at having science be part of it.

So the only part true is the Mars simulator? No one went crazy? Strange why they would say true story so misleading. If they would have left that off I could have stopped googling if this was true or not.

May be based on true facts about Mars Simulation Projects but NOT the plot as I could find no such story out there. Very misleading to viewers. Ugh.

If the location of the entire movie is inside a completely self-contained "tank" that is locked from the outside, why is it built in a remote and problematic area like the arctic? Is this really based on a true story?

This movie lacked a plot and had an oddly abrupt ending. Without going into spoilers, it's also pretty clear no one in a medical field was consulted on some of the plot points and I was torn between laughing and grinding my teeth with some utterly unrealistic plot points. Also some vaguely offensive portrayals of both gay and religious people, providing an unpleasant experience for almost any viewer. Avoid at all costs.