APOLLO 18Â (15)
D: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego
Dimension (Timur Bekmambetov & Ron
Schmidt)
USA 🇺🇸 2011
86 mins
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Science Fiction/Horror
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W: Brian Miller
DP: Jose David Montero
Ed: Patrick Lussier
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Warren Christie (Capt. Ben Anderson), Lloyd Owen (Cmmdr.
Nate Walker), Ryan Robbins (Lt. Col. John Grey), Andrew Airlie (Thomas Young)
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The plot is the same as Paranormal Activity (qv) except
it's set on the surface of the moon, with astronauts panicking and trying to escape an unseen terror.
It wouldn't have been too bad had some effort gone into
the screenplay and the direction didn't simply ride on the coat-tails of the Paranormal Activity films and it's rather insulting that the story claims to have any basis in the
truth.
Nothing particularly scary happens, it's all incredibly
forgettable and it looks like the entire production was filmed using a cheap webcam.
I've seen several webcam movies which are far more
entertaining, but I probably wouldn't be able to review them on here...
3/10