Director Ridley Scott rediscovers the light touch he’s been missing in recent misfires such as Prometheus, The Counselor and Exodus: Gods and Kings.
After only 18 sols this NASA botanist has been left for dead on the Red Planet. His crew believe he died in a freak dust storm, his spacesuit and torso punctured by a flying antenna.
So they abort the mission and head back to Earth, where Watney is mourned as a martyr. Satellite photos reveal that Watney is still alive, using botany ingenuity to survive. He even grows potatoes for his survival on Mars. Later he is rescued by his crew with a beautiful ending ots a must watch movie.