Moontrap: Target Earth (2017)

I have nothing against low-budget pieces. In fact, I even prefer them to recent Hollywood blockbusters. Why? Because quality of a film does not come from the amount of money invested into it but from other criteria such as whether it does tell an interesting story and whether it makes any sense at all. Unfortunately, this film lacks severely in the logic department and in the end doesn't make any at all.

I suppose, no ever taught the "director" what continuity was. In spite of the fact there were several "well known" actors in this summer camp play, it just didn't make it. It was so disjointed I suppose the "director" was trying to be Quentin Tarantino. It didn't work. It was so bad, at one point the main male character was killed by the bad guy's black helicopter, then a second later the female "wakes up" and we see that it was a dream,. That he didn't die. Then a few minutes later the guy is dead again, for real. When did that happen? Maybe the "directer" was trying to make a really bad 40's B or D movie? If that's the case, then he did a good job of it.

This movie will have a cult following. It's so bad you should get a special accolade for watching it from start to finish. Awesomely awful. A must see. Script stated well for first 5 mins then got handed over to numb-skull incorporated. Story makes absolutely no sense just a hotchpotch of silly ideas. The special effects really are terrible. I could have done better with a toilet roll, some shiny marbles and a bit of string.

Daniel (Damon Dayoub) and his girlfriend Scout (Sarah Butler) are attempting to raise funds about a discovery of a large female head statue. Meanwhile, and apparently nearby, a pyramid is uncovered with writing estimated to be 14,000 years old. They are called in by a group (them) to decipher the meaning. Scout is able to decode them, by a means that seems to be more of channeling their meaning than an actual deciphering.Anyway, Richard Kontral (Charles Shaughnessy) is a bad guy and people die to keep the secret. The plot doesn't have any decent twist and oh ya, there is that moon thing at the end, a moon that has the same gravity as Earth something the special effects people ignored. There were a couple of bots, nothing overly impressive. The film has a New Age theme. Sarah Butler wears a revealing gown and has some blurred side view nudity.The film felt like it was written for the Saturday morning crowd, but then they added the risqué outfit and some awkwardly placed F-words, spoken by people who don't know how to swear. Sarah Butler was very unconvincing. Nice red outfit.