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This film is centered around the Apollo 18 mission, which "officially" was a canceled space mission. This film takes top secret tapes that show three men, Ben Anderson, Nate, and John Grey, actively visiting the moon and encountering some alien life form. These top secret tapes are slightly edited to present a feature film that exploits a great government cover-up.
This film is directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, and this was his first American film. This 86 minute film plays off the ideals of government cover-ups and controversy by using facts to add to the film's controversy. The Nixon administration did give away 135 pounds of moon rocks from Apollo 11 and 17 missions were given to dignitaries that are now missing for one reason or another. There is also a website, that can be found on google.com, for lunartruth.com. Lunartruth.com is disabled, but there is an alternate site that is full of secret documents and the like. This film takes place in December of 1974 which is the reason for the film being filmed in 9 MM. Since the film is found footage the sound is full of static that tends to drown out the speech of the actor's. It gets so bad that there is a need for subtitles. The imagery is good for a static filled 9 MM film. There are several scene's set up to build up tension. Since the film was so short there wasn't an amazing build up of tension with the needed release. The shortness of the film also keeps audience's from building a relationship with the characters. The idea of the moon rocks being the alien life form was a great idea. It's different from the usual alien life being giant and humanoid, and this was a nice change of pace. The additional footage of the many deaths of Ben Anderson takes away from the belief of the film being found footage, but the ending chosen was the best fitting ending.
The actor's were good together for the amount of time they are together on screen. These actor's are not too well known to popular film audience's, so it helps in making it appear more realistic. Warren Christie played the role of Ben Anderson. He did great in creating the typical character whose fighting for survival along with the only other person he's with on the moon. Lloyd Owen played the role of Nate. He was great in creating the man who transforms into the psycho possessed man. There wasn't enough time to build a connection with his character before the transformation, but the performance was still well done. Ryan Robbins, John Grey, was good in his role. He's on screen for only fifteen minutes, but he does good in adding emotion and confusion to the film. I give this film 2 out of 5 stars! It's a great idea, but it wasn't all it could've been. The film was too short, and there was too much static, that hindered the film instead of helping it.
Answer to last blog: Director Justin Chadwick also directed the life story called The Other Boleyn Girl (along with the The First Grader).
Que: What other film has actor has actor Warren Christie starred in?
What's Your Number
In Time
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
This Means War
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