Moonwalkers

Name: Moonwalkers
Genre: Comedy
Released: January 15, 2016
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Robert Sheehan, Ron Perlman, Rupert Grint, Stephen Campbell Moore

2016

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Alchemy | Release Date: January 15, 2016 | R

Starring: Robert Sheehan, Ron Perlman, Rupert Grint, Stephen Campbell Moore

Summary: After failing to locate the legendary Stanley Kubrick, an unstable CIA agent (Ron Perlman) must instead team up with a seedy rock band manager (Rupert Grint) to develop the biggest con of all time—staging the moon landing.

Director: Antoine Bardou-Jacquet

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 107 min

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Richard Roeper

Jan 14, 2016

This is a cheeky, madcap romp, with exaggerated views of 1960s American stereotypes about Brits and vice versa, featuring terrific performances by Perlman and Grint, a most unlikely and most likable buddy duo. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jan 10, 2016

The whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts, but the various detours coalesce into an amusing wannabe-cult curio. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Jan 12, 2016

Nothing in Moonwalkers matches Perlman's performance, but he frequently elevates desperate-to-please gags to stoner-comedy greatness. Read full review

The Playlist Oktay Ege Kozak

Jan 12, 2016

Moonwalkers takes a brilliant idea and runs it to the ground thanks to a confused and illogical screenplay, an atonal execution, and a bizarre addiction to Tarantino-level gleeful ultra-violence awkwardly crammed into what was obviously supposed to be a biting satire. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 14, 2016

A famously crackpot conspiracy theory, psychedelic humor and arty ultraviolence make for dreary bedfellows in the scattershot British comedy Moonwalkers. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Jan 14, 2016

Though Mr. Grint and Mr. Perlman both come off credibly, the movie is practically laugh-free. Read full review

Stephen Whitty

Jan 13, 2016

Moonwalkers is supposedly a comedy. So its clever conspiracy quickly goes disastrously wrong. Read full review

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quincytheodore

Jan 16, 2016

The ultimate deception produced in quality of Youtube prank.

If one is going for the awkward duo shtick, Rupert Grint and Ron Perlman might fit the bill. Their chemistry is slightly off at times, but the gap between characters could offer a few chuckles. Unfortunately the humor is neitherThe ultimate deception produced in quality of Youtube prank.

If one is going for the awkward duo shtick, Rupert Grint and Ron Perlman might fit the bill. Their chemistry is slightly off at times, but the gap between characters could offer a few chuckles. Unfortunately the humor is neither amusing nor witty, it's a long arduous exhibition of people failing extraordinarily or ridiculously diving into hippie lifestyle, cursing and confused the entire time. Its better jokes are, ironically, from show of gore and blood.

Jonny (Rupert Grint) is a manager down on his luck, he serendipitously meets with Kidman (Ron Perlman) in a silly "mistaken identity” plot. Kidman is tasked by CIA to falsely the moon landing and he's stuck with Jonny to produce a film to such effect. The events and people they meet are increasingly more bizarre than the last one. Perlman and Grint make for decent duo, although in some parts they just don't seem to click.

This is juvenile and slapstick humor without much restrained, everyone is the parody of stereotype in drug overdose, and that's not figuratively. Half the movie is people getting high or simply having personality equal of a person in intoxication. Yelling and complaining go hand-in-hand, misery loves company and all that jazz. Among these rambunctious bunch, probably only one or two characters would stick, because their silliness get old incredibly fast.

Expect a lot of people messing up, in fact this might just be homage for people failing at their mission. The clash of culture wanes after one or two jokes since it's merely a comical version of hippies. Strangely, the brutal parts are pretty enjoyable. It's just as outrageous as the rest, yet the sudden eruption of blood is done very well, could even pass for horror flick.

The humor used is shady and corny, it may present some amusement over the silliness but the loud bantering eventually loses its voice.… Expand

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LeZee

Sep 1, 2016

It's July 1969, the world's eye on the US, but they're one step and one man away from the humiliation.

This is really a brilliant concept, but lacks the production quality since it is a small budget film. At least they got some decent actors where Ron Perlman and Rupert Grint led it withIt's July 1969, the world's eye on the US, but they're one step and one man away from the humiliation.

This is really a brilliant concept, but lacks the production quality since it is a small budget film. At least they got some decent actors where Ron Perlman and Rupert Grint led it with full responsibility. The story of a CIA agent Kidman, who was sent to London to make some fake video clips of moon landing from a renowned filmmaker when pentagon thought the NASA mission might fail. But he meets the wrong men and loses the money. Now he got no time, but to find a quick solution and accomplish his mission, where some fun filled adventures follows in the remaining narration.

It is a French production, almost everything shot in England in the English language, but there is a bit of American flavour in it. Based on the speculation on the Apollo 11 mission, but it never took seriously on that topic, other than narrating humorously. Only the theme was new, but most of the jokes weren't. Overall, an average film, directed by some totally unknown guy, but as a B movie, it is acceptable. If you know what kind of film you're about see and anticipate according to that, then the time you spend for it won't end badly, except you're not going to give it a perfect score.

5/10… Expand

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TheFormalReview

Feb 4, 2016

Check out the Formal Review episode on Moonwalkers and full review here:
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