Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302999587 Format: Color ISBN: 6302999588 Label: Starmaker Entertainment Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Starmaker Entertainment Release Date: 1993-12-10 Running Time: 87 Studio: Starmaker Entertainment
Customer Rating: Summary: Everything a campy science fiction classic should be Comment: I laughed, I cried - ok, I didn't cry, but I definitely laughed - out loud - on a number of occasions. Moontrap is, quite simply, a hoot and a holler of a film. How could it not be with Walter "Mr. Chekov" Koenig and a young Bruce Campbell taking a wonderfully campy science fiction script and running with it from start to finish? I will warn you not to judge the film by the opening credits, which feature several minutes of absolutely inane chatter; once you get past that, prepare to be entertained. Spaceflights, aliens that could be the ancient ancestors of the Borg, lunar bases, firefights on Earth and the moon, etc., all of it encased in hilarious banter. Heck, Koenig even throws in something of a William Shatner impression for no extra charge; in fact, Koenig probably had illusions of Shatner grandeur here as he finally gets some of the spoils that Captain Kirk always kept for himself back in the Star Trek days.
Walter Koenig's character in the film is named Col. Jason Grant, but I'm going to refer to him as Chekov because, let's face it, you can't look at Koenig without thinking of him as Chekov. Having been too young to fulfill his dream of going to the moon, he flies space shuttles for a living in this futuristic take on 1989. It's old hat by then, as evidenced by Chekov's co-pilot's penchant for sleeping during flights (that would be Bruce Campbell's Ray Tanner) - until the guys suddenly spot an unknown, derelict spacecraft right in front of them. By the time they return to Earth, they've got a really dead body and a giant leather football-looking whatsit with them. It turns out that the body is that of a 14,000-year-old human, and the whatsit contains something incredible and important enough for NASA to pull the last remaining Apollo spacecraft out of mothballs and send Chekov and Ray to the moon, where bigger mysteries await them (and bigger laughs await the audience). Oh, and there's some little thing about saving the world in there, as well.
On the face of it, the team of Koenig and Campbell doesn't sound like it would work, but Koenig's dead-pan delivery makes for a perfect counterpart to Campbell's over-the-top, exuberant acting. As funny as the whole movie is, though, it's not all about the comedy. In its way, Moontrap isn't all that bad of a science fiction movie - well, apart from some huge unanswered questions, sizable plot holes, and random silliness. There can be no argument about the special effects, though; given the film's low budget, they are really quite impressive. Put everything together, and you've got a cheesy, campy science fiction classic that garners high marks on the rewatchability scale.
Customer Rating: Summary: I liked it. Comment: It was a little slow at one place, but Bruce Campbell is great!!! The special effects are not bad for a B movie. Customer Rating: Summary: Rather bad, but hilarious... Comment: I watched this movie the first time on TV, probably a decade ago, and remembered being thrilled at the ending, as well as the fact that it had Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov from Star Trek), but I never found the title. I ran across it recently while looking through Bruce Campbell's IMDB filmography, and recognized the plot immediately. This movie is campy, strangely acted, and absolutely hysterical if you watch it in the middle of the night. Even though it's not the height of cinematic achievement, if you are fond of either of the main actors (Bruce Campbell, particularly, is his usual, bratty self), of old-school sci-fi horror, or just like to make fun of silly movies, you'll probably enjoy this film. I, personally, was pleased to find it again, and I definately enjoyed watching it. Customer Rating: Summary: I'll Take This "B" Movie Over A Coma Anyday Comment: I've seen hundreds of Sci Fi/Horror movies over the years. This is one of those you'll wonder whether you've watched it or not a few years down the road. You just can't remember.
All in all, I figure it's still better to watch a so-so Sci Fi/Horror movie than "Dances With Wolves" or "Evita". This movie will end up being non-memorable, but it's preferable to being in a coma.
Customer Rating: Summary: Amazing! Comment: Let me clarify...amzingly CHEESE! This is a movie I saw NUMEROUS times in 89 I think. That was back in the day of the digital video stabiliser, two VCR's and an RCA cable. Get the picture? ANYWAY, I must have seen this film 200 times! Koeing is putting forth the best dead-pan performance of his career! It really showed just how good of an actor he is. His inadvertant (or In your FACE) caracture of his friend Bill Shatner is CLASSIC! No he dosen't do a direct imitation of a certian famous (or infamous) starship captain, but I caught a LOT of the Shatneresque overacting!
Bruce Campbell is in his prime form in this film. His role is just HILARIOUS! He really shows that our favorite grocery clerk is better as an astronaut. Hey, I'd fly in space with him!
This film has it all! Classic Sci-Fi feel, a unique story( Virus was a ripoff of this film), plastic UZI's, inflatible tents, 14,000 year old corpses, and the like. This is a perfect movie to just hit the floor laughing while you wizz in your pants! Definetly worth the time it will take to find this vid.
Unless the release it on DVD. THAT IS A BIG HINT YOU GOOBERS!
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