Amazon Prime today adds a sci-fi blockbuster that is huge on paper to its lineup. It didn’t appear in theaters until 2022. Unfortunately, Moonfall flopped brutally.
Almost two years ago, the first trailer for Moonfall was released and the glowing red image of a moon crashing into Earth went viral. It was still a few months before Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi disaster movie hit theaters – it was a time filled with anticipation.
The Independence Day director’s blockbuster couldn’t live up to those expectations. Moonfall has everything that fills Roland Emmerich’s filmography – orgies of destruction, bad jokes, big pictures, flat characters and a sympathetic tendency towards gigantism. The only thing is that the film doesn’t give a well-rounded picture. Moonfall is now available as a subscription at Amazon Prime *
What is the sci-fi disaster Moonfall about?
It was bound to happen: The moon, which has been orbiting the Earth for millennia, is knocked off its orbit by an unknown force and suddenly stops on a collision course toward the Earth. Thus, the task of stopping it falls to a small troop of astronauts who must first settle their differences among themselves in order to save the world.
Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson and John Bradley (Game of Thrones) play the trio that stands in the way of the disaster. But what mystery is really behind the falling celestial body?
How badly did Moonfall flop?
what do you get when you mix star wars, the core, life, armageddon,2012 and insidious?
you get moonfall. might be the shittiest movie that I’ve ever watched. pic.twitter.com/ffGN6TfvIW
– AJ (@thelastknight_) August 7, 2023
Unfortunately, Moonfall put in one of the worst crash landings of 2022. The blockbuster couldn’t even come close to recouping its lavish production budget of at least $150 million. Only just under 60 million US dollars came together worldwide, according to The Numbers. Critics also tore apart Roland Emmerich’s heart project. On Moviepilot, Moonfall only gets 4.8 out of a possible ten points on the rating scale. A bad report card.
The two planned sequels, which according to Emmerich were supposed to be even crazier, therefore came to nothing.
