Film: No added dimension in spacey romp

Reviewed this Week: John Carter 3D. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Rating: 3/5. Stella Days. Directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan. Rating: 3/5.

Taylor Kitsch in John Carter 3D.

Reviewed: John Carter 3D

**Directed by Andrew Stanton**

**Nationwide, cert 12A**

**Rating:** 3/5

Given that it's based on a groundbreaking work of early science fiction, it comes as no surprise that Disney's 3D adventure based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars, **John Carter 3D**, carries an air of musty pastiche, being a hodgepodge of elements that have been borrowed by every fantasy filmmaker in the 100 years since it was first ...