The world stands on the brink of annihilation when a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling toward a collision course with Earth. With only weeks before impact, NASA executive Jocinda "Jo" Fowler teams up with a man from her past and a conspiracy theorist for an impossible mission into space to save humanity.
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Donald Sutherland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rated PG-13 for violence, disaster action, strong language, and some drug use
Runtime: 2h 10m
Review:
Roland Emmerich's latest sci-fi disaster film is a campy busy mess of a film that never embraces it's overall absurdity and just have fun with it. Emmerich's film feels more like a relic from the early 2000s with it's tired redemption arches and shoehorned product placement. Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson and John Bradley do the majority of the heavy lifting with the main story thread. Patrick Wilson does the best he can with the material but at least he doesn't phone it in like Halle Berry who looks like she's just a collecting a paycheck here. John Bradley is likeable as the conspiracy nerd and he seems to be the only one who's having a good time. A secondary story thread drags the entire film down with a pointless earthbound subplot dealing with the leads kids and some overly persistent thieves. That subplot is as ludicrous as it is boring and could probably have been excised from the film altogether and streamlined the story. A third act reveal is a goofy fun but thematically interesting even if the movie doesn't explore it in any sort of depth. Moonfall is the type of film that will run on cable endlessly which will make for perfect background noise.
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