Terra Formars (2016): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2016, Terra Formars is an action, horror and science fiction film directed by Takashi Miike, running about 109 minutes. “We're the ones who will survive.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.

Who’s in it. Terra Formars stars Hideaki Ito as Shokichi Komachi, Emi Takei as Nanao Akita, Tomohisa Yamashita as Jin Muto and Takayuki Yamada as Ichiro Hiruma, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.1/10, Terra Formars has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Night Flight Plus and ARROW and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Terra Formars page.

If you liked it. Fans of Terra Formars tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.