Queue it up on your Plex server or Jellyfin instance. Pour a drink. Turn off the lights.

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If you recognize that file name, you’re either a serious cinephile or a data hoarder with excellent taste. For everyone else, that string of text represents one of the most underrated sci-fi epics of the 2010s, squeezed into its most efficient and beautiful format.

Let’s talk about . The Comeback Kid of Disney’s Back Catalog Released in 2012, John Carter (based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars ) was famously labeled a box office bomb. The marketing was terrible, the title was generic, and critics were harsh.

"Virginia, take me home... to Barsoom."

Forget the box office failure. In 1080p/x265 glory, John Carter of Mars finally gets the visual respect it deserves.