Large-scale devastation specialist Roland Emmerich, famous for destroying large sections of the planet in films like Independence Day and 2012, extends his destructive purview beyond terra firma with this moon-centric disaster action flick that nevertheless
Movie review: Moonfall
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Halle Berry stars in disaster movie Moonfall. In cinemas now.
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But this was never about dialogue, or the bog-standard character conflicts thrown up. It's about big crazy space action and people running around on Earth avoiding death thanks to a well-timed "gravity wave" - in this movie, the debris falls upwards.
And although it rarely makes sense, it's a genuine novelty to see a movie of this scale not based on existing intellectual property. I miss this kind of forgettable blockbuster.
Cast: Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, Donald Sutherland
Director: Roland Emmerich
Running time: 130mins
Rating: M (Offensive language)
Verdict: Ultra cheesy. Highly ridiculous. Plenty of fun.
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