Director: Antoine Bardou-Jacquet
Writer: Dean Craig (Screenplay) Antoine Bardou-Jacquet (Story)
Starring: Rupert Grint, Ron Perlman, Robert Sheehan, Stephen Campbell Moore, Eric Lampaert
Plot: After failing to locate the legendary Stanley Kubrick, an unstable CIA agent must instead team up with a seedy rock band manager to develop the biggest con of all time-staging the moon landing.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Simple Comedy
Story: Moonwalkers starts we follow the unstable CIA agent Kidman (Perlman) travel to the England in an attempt to track down legendary film director Stanley Kubrick to help the American film the moon landing in case the Apollo 11 mission goes wrong. While in England quick talking band manager Jonny (Grint) who is in desperate need of money.
When the two clash through mistaken identity Jonny pretends to know Kubrick, he gets his friend Leon (Sheehan) to get a deal done. When Kidman catches up with Jonny and learns he was conned, the two must team up to film the fake moon landing with artistic director Renatus (Audenaert).
Thoughts on Moonwalkers
Characters – Jonny is the quick talking manager of a small band who is in need of money, he will cut any corner to get money which includes crossing paths with CIA agent, we see his drive through the film as he is a man who just wants to get rich quick. Kidman is the CIA agent that will kill anyone that gets in his way, but he is unstable because of his time in Vietnam, he is assigned to get the film made and ends up dealing with the drug scene on 60’s England. Leon is the friend of Jonny that is stoned through the whole film, he claims to be an actor and gets his chance with the film being made.
Performance – Rupert Grint is good in this leading role and it is good to see him doing leading roles post Harry Potter. Ron Perlman is the star here because we don’t normally see him in a comedic role and he does nail this with his performance here. Robert Sheehan is a lot of fun to watch here too.
Story – It was always a conspiracy theory that the moon landing was faked and this film shows the comedic attempts to have a backup in case the landing didn’t happen. The story does follow an if it could go wrong it did go wrong formula which does for the film. it is a fun watch but don’t take too much seriously in this story.
Comedy – The comedy is mostly stonner comedy which is fine, it has its market out there and this will reach that market.
Settings – The late 60s England makes for a great setting because of the drug culture that seemed to be running rampant during the time comes off well.
Scene of the Movie – Kidman’s trip.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Too many just stoned jokes.
Final Thoughts – This is a simple comedy that will have the market that will enjoy this movie, it pokes fun at a conspiracy in the fake moon landing too.
Overall: Good background comedy.
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