Moonbase (1998)

Director:

Paolo Mazzucato

Writers:

Brian DiMuccio (writer)
Dino Vindeni (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Welcome to the dark side of the moon.

Plot:

The most dangerous criminals in the universe escape from the Off-World Penitentiary and stow away to the quiet Moonbase Waste Disposal Plant...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Independent Film

Cast

Scott Plank	...	John Russell
Jocelyn Seagrave	...	Dana Morgan
Robert O'Reilly	...	Karl Stark
Kurt Fuller	...	Deckert
Randy Vasquez	...	Masani
Gretchen Palmer	...	Mina Lang
Stack Pierce	...	Will
Billy Maddox	...	Lt. Colonel Caldecott
John Philbin	...	Lucas
Samantha Phillips	...	DreamGirl (as Sam Phillips)
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Murdoch
Sheila Korsi	...	Masani's Mom
Brian Teshera	...	Loomis
Mel Novak	...	Guard
Andre Rosey Brown	...	Sanitation Engineer

MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi violence and some sexuality.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Apex Electronics - 8909 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Live Entertainment

Trivia:

The space prison guards wear East German army uniforms and rank insignia.

Quotes:

Murdoch: Well just settle down and relax, while I finish telling you the Armstrong story.
Lucas: OK
Murdoch: Well His first words were 'Congratulations Mr. Gorsky.'
Lucas: Right
Murdoch: Well a lot of theories popped up about what Armstrong meant, like maybe he saw something up here that proved the Russians made it first or that he was some kind of double agent sending a message to Moscow. Finally he got sick of hearing about it so he decides to set the record straight...

No Fireworks Despite Violent Action.

No Fireworks Despite Violent Action.

Science fiction films that reflect quality are scarce indeed, largely because transposal of imaginative themes from the genre to the screen too often falls short of effective execution as a result of insufficient funding or inadequate invention, and unfortunately for its producers, this work is lacking on both counts, woefully so in the case of the latter. With essentially no budget with which to operate, it is a grave mistake to attempt the depiction of such a gamut of events as those within this scenario and, in particular, special effects of space opera warfare which appear only clownish, while seeds from the scriptors' imagination lie fallow due to some of the most fatuous misunderstanding of basic scientific principles to be found. Among these are frequent firing of weapons within a sealed environment, and a wayward law of gravity which enables freedom of movement of cast members while inanimate objects float weightlessly, but it is easier to accept these than it is to pretend that any of the episodes have a basis in plausibility. The plot involves an escape of life sentenced prisoners from a space station penal colony to a waste landfill upon our moon and their various attempts to obtain passage back to Earth, with some few capable players present who are execrably directed by first-timer Paolo Mazzucato, whose production team wastes effort upon such as holographic pornography while ignoring a pressing and basic requirement for the creation of states of suspense and of impetus.