Moontrap: Target Earth

Somewhere in this plodding, underdeveloped mish-mash of a movie there is a story worth doing. Sadly, it wasn't done correctly here. You will find yourself wondering why they didn't do "X" or "Y" all the way through it. That is, if you can stay with it long enough. This movie could have been done in half the length of time it took, and the result would have been far superior. Vast chunks of time are wasted on long, lingering shots of ...... nothing important. Or s-l-o-o-o-w pan shots that do nothing to advance the story. The SFX are mediocre, at best. The dialog goes from snappy to dull in the blink of an eye. With a few more bucks in the budget, and a director and cinematographer who actually cared, this could have been a half decent B flick.

Save your precious dollars, and find another flick to watch.

I never leave reviews, but I felt it necessary to warn people about this film.

The premise was great! It is the stuff I love to see in films, but the execution was just downright terrible. The acting, the props, the writing... it was all half-assed and not thought out in the least. It's almost as if they didn't even try! I've seen better movies with beter effects and acting come out of high school A/V clubs. Seriously, it is that bad. Don't waste your time.

This film had so much potential – and it squandered all of it.

The editing was off, but my primary complaint is that the various characters never acted as if they were real people. Case in point, a main character loses what would have appeared to be the love of their life, yet shows virtually no emotion about it whatsoever, even to the point of seeming to completely forget about that person's existence shortly afterward.

The plot is disjointed at best, and the entire film seems to be a series of set pieces strung together in a very haphazard fashion.

As for the ending of the film?

Well, it ended. It didn't make any sense, but neither did the rest of the movie.

Poor, bad, boring, weak, slow, disjointed, unintelligible, pointless, etc etc..

Probably every known negative adjective can be applied to this film.

I just wish I could have back the hour or so of my life that I lost watching this rubbish.

This has got to be one of the worst movies I've seen. The writing's bad - unless you are entertained by tons of swearing and a very lame story... both evidence of lack of education on the writer's part. Editing sucks, too. And every time something's about to happen, my husband announces what it will be, it's that predictable. I think I'll go find the original, maybe that one has some redeeming qualities.

I wonder if there's a way to get our $4 back from Amazon.