Apollo 18

2011 "There's a reason we've never gone back to the moon."

Apollo 18

5.2 | 1h26m | PG-13 | en | Horror

Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.

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5.2 | 1h26m | PG-13 | en | Horror , Thriller , Science Fiction | More Info

Released: September. 02,2011 | Released Producted By: Bazelevs Production , Dimension Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://apollo18movie.net/

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Cast

Ryan Robbins , Warren Christie , Lloyd Owen

Director

Peter Bodnarus

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Bazelevs Production , Dimension Films

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Reviews

Michael Ledo This review contains the spoiler of telling you why they went to the moon, but not the ending.The reason why no one knew about this mission was because it was top secret. 2 astronauts land on the moon near its south pole. The movie cleverly combines actual film footage of NASA with their own track over and their own film. They were careful enough to use side lighting to create the long shadows seen in the NASA films. I appreciate it when they do their homework. The cameras have been put in place. This avoids much of that sea sick motion you get from the other reality (translate:cheap) type movies.Now the reason why they really went there was to check on the Russians who have landed a LEM (looks like a diving bell) on the moon. The crew was not informed about this so they really panicked when they found another set of footprints. What we know:1)The Russian is dead, apparently killed. 2) There is a strange rock that seems to move on its own, but we don't see it move. 3) There is a strange crater/shaft made from different rock which is at the heart of the problem. 4) There are communication issues and there appears to be strange going-ons outside the LEM that suggests visitors.Now I hate hand held reality movies. My finger is on the fast forward button more than a lab rat pressing for cheese. But this one held my interest. I wanted to see what was causing all the grief, even if it was just for a fleeting moment and later they did resort to the herky-jerky camera. I was too far along at the time. I wonder how this lines up with "The Dark Side of the Moon?"

Alan Smithee Esq. So this wasn't as bad as I thought it may be nor was it anything particularly exceptional. I'm admittedly not a huge horror found footage fan. It's been overdone and there are few stand outs. This actually had a very interesting premise but a poor follow through. So if you're a found footage fan than it's definitely worth a watch. But there are far superior sci-fi horror films instead. The absolute king of the mountain would be "Alien".

gpeltz Apollo 18 (2011) Directed by Gonzalo Lopez Gallego, and written by Brian Miller, Is a clever concept, A mocumentary about the last unreported Lunar landing. Spoiler Alert ahead, I Intend to talk about the film, What I liked; It very much captured the technology of the period, the film ratio was pure period nostalgia. Did we detect Super 8 on some of the home movies? Nice attention to detail. All the footage at the start mimicked the images we recall, they were uncannily set up in the studio, so as to intimate that the original footage we recall, might have thus been staged as well, but I digress.No, there is a far more sinister plot about, The movie goes to great length to introduce us to the three Astronauts chosen for this top secret mission, Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen and Ryan Robbins play Ben, Nate and John. Good old, all American Team players. Ben and Nate would land on the Moon, and John would orbit in the return module. By the time we get to the first, "Wawazat?" The movie was already in decline.OK, there was some degree of originality in the nature of the threat. Here's that spoiler alert, Keyword; Moonrocks. A mineral,slash Biological organism that wants the moon for its own. For an alien race, it seemed to understand human biology, enough to invade and infect a person, Ben is infected, Nate won't abandon him. It's all a DOD cover up. And now we know why we don;t go to the Moon anymore.Worse yet, there may be many of these phony Rock impersonators running amok down here on Mother Earth. Downside of this movie; Standard Sci fi cliché's take one; Electronic surveillance cameras will go all static rather then reveal the monsters appearance.In truth, the monster here never fully reveals itself nor it's motive; Sometimes its just a pointy rock, other times it seems like a biological parasite, and to top off the confusion, It leaves rather odd looking footprints. So how does this film rate, Fair to average, a clever idea pushed further than they knew what to do with. Seven out of Ten "Moonrock" stones, I mean Stars.

brian_m_hass "Apollo 18" is a science fiction/horror film which depicts a top-secret Apollo mission to the moon during the early 1970's. The film is presented in a mock-documentary format, using footage which was designed to appear as old archived NASA footage from the Apollo mission.The film has a number of things in its favor. The footage of the moon landing is fairly realistic-looking, making it relatively easy for members of the audience to suspend their belief for the duration of the movie. The cast consists of relatively unknown actors who provide decent performances during the movie. The film provides a number of genuinely creepy moments as well as enough cliffhanger moments to keep members of the audience on the edge of their seats.The film does have a few logic flaws. Since the film was presented in a mock-documentary format, one has to wonder how the footage from this mission was supposedly recovered when the spacecraft and crew supposedly failed to return to Earth. One also has to wonder why members of the public were not surprised by an unannounced nighttime launch of a Saturn V rocket."Apollo 18" is not a perfect film. It falls short of being as riveting as Ron Howard's film, "Apollo 13." However, "Apollo 18" is still an entertaining "what if" film about a fictional top-secret Apollo mission. The film is definitely worth seeing and would make a good entry for those showing horror movies on Halloween night.