Apollo 18 (2011)

Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where three American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.

Director:

Gonzalo López-Gallego

Writer:

Brian Miller

Stars:

Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Warren Christie	...	Ben Anderson
Lloyd Owen	...	Nate
Ryan Robbins	...	John Grey
Michael Kopsa	...	Deputy Secretary of Defense (as Mike Kopsa)
Andrew Airlie	...	Mission Control (voice)
Kurt Max Runte	...	Lab Tech #1 (as Kurt Runte)
Jan Bos	...	Lab Tech #2 (voice)
Kim Wylie	...	Laura Anderson
Noah Wylie	...	Ryan Anderson
Ali Liebert	...	Nate's Girlfriend
Erica Carroll	...	John's Fiancée

Storyline

Cmndr Walker, Cptn. Anderson and Lt. Col. Grey are assigned to a secret mission to the moon. Walker and Anderson land, while Grey stays in orbit. As they collect samples, they find footprints...and the body of a Soviet cosmonaut on the moon. Soon they hear weird noises andv find they're not alone.

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Plot Keywords:

moon | secret mission | cosmonaut | footprint | astronaut | 

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Taglines:

There's a reason we've never gone back to the moon.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not screened in advance for critics.

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Goofs

Quindar tones (the famous "beeps" that are heard during radio voice transmissions from Houston) are heard in the film. However, the actual Quindar tones of Apollo were only audible to Earth-based listeners of the transmissions; astronauts did not hear the tones.

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Quotes

[first lines]
John Grey: There's just a lot at stake here, you know? We're talkin' nation versus nation, and the race is still on. There's lots to discover out there, man.

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Connections

Referenced in Reel (2015)

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Soundtracks

Not Coming Home
Written and performed by Harry Cohen and Wylie Stateman

User Reviews

much better then thought it was going be

Seen this now, i don't know why, I have been avoiding this one over the year. I was expecting it to be really dull and boring movie..

It was not as boring as I thought it was going to be, well start of slow like all the other found footage movies then gets going before the half hour mark.

I found really enjoyable for most of part of the movie, there was decent amount of Jumps scene in this movie. some jumps scene worked and some missed the mark a little.

The acting was really good from small cast crew, the ending was really predicable.

As I had low expectation of this movie, I found it much better then thought it was going be, not one of best Found footage movies, Decent movie for this genre 5 out of 10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 September 2011 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Apollo 18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,704,271, 4 September 2011

Gross USA:

$17,687,709

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,236,153

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Bekmambetov Projects Ltd. (BPL), Apollo 18 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound) SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1