Runtime: 100 minutes
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, Bernard Bresslaw
From: Hammer
It's time for me to catch up here. I should have posted this on Sunday, but alas...
A movie set (in part) on May 9th, 2021.
Just last night on another site I saw a still that someone posted of this movie; it was a sign which noted that the date in Moon Zero Two's universe was today. Seeing more than one motion picture set in 2021 was something I wanted to do this year and at least this was better than Johnny Mnemonic. If only this was more exciting...
In 2021, everything is owned by a corporation... at least that prediction was correct. The leads are two pilots who own the last private ship; they salvage space junk. There is plenty of kitsch with the low budget sets/effects and the 2001-like space suits. There are some rather curious choices made with some hair styles, not to mention hair colors. At least this has a version of Monopoly known as MOONOPOLY where the board is circular. Not only is a millionaire A-hole looking to mine a giant asteroid made out of sapphire (?!) a woman is looking for her missing brother, a miner on the moon.
This is said to be like a Space Western and in ways I do agree. There's even a saloon brawl, only done without gravity... which on this budget could only be presented as “it was easy to toss people and crap around.” This movie-made by Hammer!-is not awful (despite it appearing on the very first season of MST3K) yet the movie is not a must-see for sci-fi fans unless you are an extreme die-hard fan. At least it was an average experience which did have a nice jazzy musical score from jazz artist Don Ellis. This was his first score, before the French Connection movies and The Seven-Ups. For a movie seen by happenstance, this could have been FAR more painful.
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