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Moonbase

  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
424
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Moonbase (1997)
ActionSci-Fi

The first would-be moon colonists discover a horrifying, mysterious, and deadly secret hidden on their new lunar home.The first would-be moon colonists discover a horrifying, mysterious, and deadly secret hidden on their new lunar home.The first would-be moon colonists discover a horrifying, mysterious, and deadly secret hidden on their new lunar home.

  • Director
    • Paolo Mazzucato
  • Writers
    • Brian DiMuccio
    • Dino Vindeni
    • Paolo Mazzucato
  • Stars
    • Scott Plank
    • Jocelyn Seagrave
    • Robert O'Reilly
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.8/10
    424
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paolo Mazzucato
    • Writers
      • Brian DiMuccio
      • Dino Vindeni
      • Paolo Mazzucato
    • Stars
      • Scott Plank
      • Jocelyn Seagrave
      • Robert O'Reilly
    • 8User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Scott Plank
    Scott Plank
    • John Russell
    Jocelyn Seagrave
    Jocelyn Seagrave
    • Dana
    Robert O'Reilly
    Robert O'Reilly
    • Stark
    Kurt Fuller
    Kurt Fuller
    • Deckert
    Randy Vasquez
    Randy Vasquez
    • Masani
    Gretchen Palmer
    • Mina
    Stack Pierce
    Stack Pierce
    • Will
    Billy Maddox
    Billy Maddox
    • Lt. Caldecott
    John Philbin
    John Philbin
    • Lucas
    Samantha Phillips
    Samantha Phillips
    • Gorgeous Woman
    George 'Buck' Flower
    George 'Buck' Flower
    • Murdoch
    Sheila Korsi
    Sheila Korsi
    • Masani's Mom
    • (as Sheila-Sheila)
    Brian Teixeira
    Brian Teixeira
    • Loomis
    • (as Brian Teshera)
    Mel Novak
    • Guard
    Andre Rosey Brown
    Andre Rosey Brown
    • Sanitation Engineer
    • (as Rosey Brown)
    Anna Carli
    • Sophie
    Craig Waser
    • Caesar
    John Cowan
    • Dooley
    • Director
      • Paolo Mazzucato
    • Writers
      • Brian DiMuccio
      • Dino Vindeni
      • Paolo Mazzucato
    • All cast & crew
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    • 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. Turns out when he was a kid, Armstrong lived next door to an older couple named Gorsky. So one day he went over to their yard to get a stray baseball, and he heard a noise. Then he looked in the window, and there were the Garcons going at it on the table. And suddenly Mr. Gorsky stopped and said to his wife, after 30 years of good loving he wanted to try something different. Well Mrs. Gorsky was shocked. How dare him ask her for such a thing. Dream on, she said to him, the day I put that thing in my mouth is the day that little Armstong boy next door walks on the moon.

    • Soundtracks
      Christian Woman
      Written by Peter Steele

      Performed by Type O Negative

      Published by Roadblock Music, Inc./Pyromantic Publishing (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Roadrunner Records

    User reviews8

    Featured review
    2/10

    A tedious and uninspired affair

    I watched this movie last night and already I am struggling to recollect very much about it. The story is about a group of criminals who escape from a space penal colony. They fly to the Moon in a space-age dustbin carrier; when there, they terrorise the dustbin men who work on the Moonbase.

    It strikes me that rubbish low-budget sci-fi films often involve either desert planets or, like this movie, criminals escaping from penal colonies. Why this is I have no idea. But I can say with some certainty that such films are always diabolical. This one is really no exception. It begins reasonably well with a decent credit sequence and a half-way alright dance music soundtrack. It then degenerates into a boring sci-fi thriller. So little of consequence actually happens in this movie that I am literally struggling to write a helpful review, so if you're reading this I apologise for not being able to enlighten you to the film's subtleties and nuances. For the record, I recall a tedious bunch of baddies, a tedious bunch of goodies, some nuclear warheads and a hologram of a naked woman. Other than that, I'm struggling.

    If you feel you could be interested in the activities of lunar dustbin men then I would not hesitate to recommend this film. I would also recommend it to those of you who wish to send their friends to sleep and steal their wallets.
    • Red-Barracuda
    • Mar 28, 2007
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    • Release date
      • December 6, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bázis a Holdon
    • Filming locations
      • Apex Electronics - 8909 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Live Entertainment
      • Planet Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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