Moonwalkers (2015)
Rated R
Starring Rupert Grint, Ron Perlman, Robert Sheehan
Directed by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet
The Story:
Just in case the upcoming Apollo moon landing doesn't work, the government wants to have a backup plan. They send CIA Agent Kidman (Perlman) to offer a ton of money to director Stanley Kubrick to stage the whole thing. However Kidman runs into Jonny (Grint) who pretends to be Kubrick's manager, and then convinces his friend (Sheehan) to pretend to be Kubrick so they can get their hands on the cash.
What should have been a ripe satire or even a gripping joy ride to one of the oldest, and greatest conspiracy theories of all times is dead on arrival.
I gave it the full 20 minutes.
I was pressed to eject it out much sooner.
It's a shame because they nailed the opening credits to be some cross between Monty Python and Yellow Submarine.
After that though, Perlman's delusions of being in Vietnam and seeing the enemy everywhere he looked added nothing to the proceedings.
The quick sequence in Diamonds Are Forever poking fun at the moon landing is a much better alternative to watch than this.
Then again, so is just about anything.
Final Grade: D
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