The MAN on the Moon.
Director: Ron Underwood
Producer: Louis A. Stroller, Martin Bregman, Michael Bregman
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
95 min
Rating: 4.381/10
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Top Cast
Eddie Murphy
Pluto Nash
Randy Quaid
Bruno
Rosario Dawson
Dina Lake
Joe Pantoliano
Mogan
Jay Mohr
Tony Francis
Luis Guzmán
Felix Laranga
Movie Info
Director: Ron Underwood
Producer: Louis A. Stroller, Martin Bregman, Michael Bregman
Production Companies: Village Roadshow Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, NPV Entertainment
Countries: United States of America
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Kamurai:
Good watch, might watch again, and can recommend.
It's a little silly, but it's fine for an action comedy. The only weird thing, really was setting on Luna. Having on the its moon instead of on Terra didn't really add a lot to the movie except to facilitate a flimsy backstory and some scenes where people required environmental suits, and that had little payoff.
The benefits of being a sci-fi action comedy is to have laser effects for the blasters, and androids, which are used to various levels of humor.
Eddie Murphy is great, and he plays well with Rosario Dawson, and if nothing else, you have to admit Randy Quaid is funny: the character would have been much different in someone else's hands. I'll have to admit I thought it was Terry O'Quinn ("Lost": John Locke), which made even funnier at the time, but it's a good job done.
Honestly, Eddie Murphy and Rosario Dawson feel a little big for their roles, but the story is good: a former smuggler turns legitimate business owner has to find the mob boss behind the people trying to kill him.
While I do think this is an average movie, it is solid, and I don't think I would go changing a lot to it. I could see a couple versions of a reboot, but in 2020, they'd probably put it in the MCU.