Well, the idea behind the movie was good. And it is very well made. The sets look genuine and the SFX for the time is good also. It wasn´t a cheap movie. But it fails to generate any suspense or thrill. It jumps through the story early on only to drag out certain scenes to an agonizing length later on. The characters lack depth. That married couple behaves childish and unprofessionell. The built up towards the conclusion is way to slow to really get a grip on the viewer. [spoiler] When it arrives we get a cheesy and predicable ending with fanfares and your typical friendly faced alien that is not really satisfactory. [/spoiler] Shame, because as I said the idea was good. The ingredients were there. It could have been along the lines of 2001 or Close Encounters [spoiler] the idea with the DNA as a code and that Mars could have been habitated once while beeing in the sweet zone, that live on Earth could have spawned there. All that is good sci-fi [/spoiler] Unfortunately the right ingredients without a good recipe gives you a stall meal. So, while this is not a total bust I would say it is a wasted opportunity.