Under a Killing Moon (1994) (VG)

Director:

Chris Jones

Writer:

Aaron Conners (screenplay)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the year 2042, a clumsy noir gumshoe named Tex Murphy must stop a cult of religious fanatics who plan to destroy the human race. |

Plot Keywords:

Cult | Virus | Shapeshifting | Video Game | Mutant

Cast

Chris Jones	...	Tex Murphy / Insp. Burns
Brian Keith	...	The Colonel
Russell Means	...	The Chameleon
Margot Kidder	...	Bartender
James Earl Jones	...	The Big P.I. in the Sky
Mindy Lawson	...	Eva Schanzee
Monique Lanier	...	Countess Renier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michail Bailey	...	Lowell Percival
Steve Barnes	...	Clint (the bum)
Suzanne Barnes	...	Chelsee Bando
Wayne Braithwaite	...	Eddie Ching thug #2
Jeri Christian	...	Francesca Lucido
Rebecca Clay	...	Alaynah Moore
Aaron Conners	...	Ardo Newpop / Moonchild Technician #2
Travis Driscoll	...	Security guard
Randall Edwards	...	Louie LaMintz
Shannon Engemann	...	Melahn Tode
Brian Ferguson	...	Hamm Underwood
Richard Haslam	...	Pug
Mark Hulka	...	Paul DuBois
Shanon Ingman	...	Melahn Tode
Sandy Jensen	...	Eddie Ching
Kevin Jones	...	Mac Malden
Nathan Larsen	...	Moonchild technician #1
David Madsen	...	Ferrel Pus
George Manousakis	...	Rudy
Mark McArthur	...	Marcus Tucker
Kris Mickler	...	Sylvia Linsky
Les Oswald	...	Capt. Wallaby
Dave Pehrson	...	Eddie Ching thug #1
Jay Richards	...	Mick E. Flemm
Douglas Vandegrift	...	Rook Garner / Beek Nariz / Sal Lucido
Willie Walker	...	Franco Franco
Trisha Woods	...	Computer (voice)
Brandon Wright	...	Monks

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Access Software Inc.

Quotes:

Tex Murphy: Ah, Sylvia. My ex-wife. Whenever I think things can't get any worse, I think about her and how she totally screwed up my life. She's a woman who loves a man; *any* man, *any* time. I'll never forget the day I came home early and caught her with the upholstery man. I married her for better or worse. Unfortunately, it never got any better.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Pandora Directive (1996) (VG)

Humor makes all the difference..

Tex Murphy's been around, for a while. I owned Mean Streets, the game with the 1940's detective in 2000+ future (Does the year really matter? )

But in this game, two huge leaps are made. Firstly a new interface has been integrated, featuring a 3D movement screen, and (slightly less impressively ) a full-motion video dialogue screen. The 3d engine is gorgeous, but the full-motion video only ever has one person moving at one time, and it is distracting.

But the more important leap is in Tex's character. Practically an invisible entity in "Mean Streets", here, Tex is given a wry, self deprecating sense of humor. It makes the game, and makes it work. He pleads for his life (embarassingly), he falls off chairs, and crashes into a brick wall playing alley basketball, one on one.

His commentary.. "He's... Fouled..."