Moon 44
Seen it?1990 | 98 min | Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 5.1 out of 10 from audiences and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans. If you loved Westworld or Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, start here.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last deposits on other planets and satellites. This is the situation when one of the bigger mining corporations has lost all but one mineral moons and many of their fully automatic mining robots are disappearing on their flight home. Since nobody else wants the job, they send prisoners to defend the mining station. Among them undercover agent Stone, who shall clear the whereabouts of the expensive robots. In an atmosphere of corruption, fear and hatred he gets between the fronts of rivaling groups.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
17% on Rotten Tomatoes, 39 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
5.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 32K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Roland Emmerich
- Michael ParéFelix Stone
- Lisa EichhornTerry Morgan
- Dean DevlinTyler
- Brian ThompsonJake O'Neal
- Malcolm McDowellMajor Lee
- Leon RippyMaster Sergeant Sykes
- Jochen NickelScooter Bailey
- Mehmet YilmazMarc
- John MarchMoose Haggerty
- Drew LucasRiffle