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The Moon

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Seven years after Korea's first fully manned mission to the moon ends in disaster, a second human spaceflight is launched successfully--until a strong solar wind causes the spacecraft to malfunction. With an astronaut left stranded in space, and quickly running out of oxygen, the Naro Space Center turns to its former managing director to avert yet another fatal catastrophe.
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Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle 07/05/2024
The Moon eventually loses its good favor and begins to feel like a hodgepodge of dangerous scenarios that a collection of studio executives forced into the final product, never coming up for air... Go to Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed 03/12/2024
4/5
The Moon is a solid action adventure drama, a mixed genre film that has a whole lot going and a whole lot going for it. Go to Full Review Daniel M. Kimmel North Shore Movies 03/01/2024
4.5/5
Once “The Moon” grabs your attention, it doesn’t let go. Similar to another crisis-in-space movie, “Gravity” (2013), it offers thrilling visuals with engaging human drama. Go to Full Review Perry Norton Film Threat 02/29/2024
8/10
This is a nicely realized slice of science fiction and a terrific piece of world cinema. Go to Full Review James Marsh South China Morning Post 09/27/2023
1/5
By turns illogical, infuriating, casually xenophobic and head-bangingly stupid, The Moon is one of the worst Korean blockbusters in recent memory. Go to Full Review Abhishek Srivastava The Times of India 09/22/2023
2.5/5
This film undeniably draws inspiration from movies like 'Gravity,' 'Apollo 13,' and 'Interstellar,' but ultimately succeeds in maintaining its own unique flavour. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Victor P 09/09/2023 The special effects were amazing. The lead male actor DO did an excellent job. The supporting acrtress Hong Seung-Hee was a scene stelaer. But overall the movie was overly melodramatic, sappy and cliched. The foreign actors who portrayed the Americans were horrible and the writer painted a very unrealistic view of NASA officials. Kim Hee-ae had major speaking roles in English but it was obvious the movie was written for a Korean audience because her English was unintelligible (they couldn't even hire her an accent coach) See more Jessica 08/31/2023 Doh Kyungsoos acting was really amazing. The movie was one stressful event after another and I truly thought it would end differently at one point. The supporting actors were also really good. The American actors in NASA sounded comical. See more Jackie S 08/24/2023 Worth watching on the big screen! See more Wanting more 08/18/2023 Felt the movie was not long enough the end came and wanted more need a prequel for clarifications perhaps the director/ writers objective See more Steve C Sep 28 Korean nationalism plus stuff that makes no scientific or technological sense equals this movie. This movie is a example why you shouldn't bother watching space movies that are not based on a true story, like Apollo 13, nor based on actual science, like The Martian or Gravity. See more Charles R. @NavyCharles24 Jul 25 Outstanding movie it’s Korean has English subtitles. The special effects and graphics were top-notch. The storyline was gripping. It’s based on the premise that the nation of Korea wants to land a man on the moon, the first mission ended in disaster a decade later they attempted to do it again and this is where the movie takes over while attempting to Land on the moon. The Lunar orbiter station gets hit with meteor shower, destroying it and killing two of the three astronauts. The whole movie is based on this one living astronaut who struggles valiantly to survive and return back home to earth. It’s really gripping. I recommend watching this movie. See more Read all reviews
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Kim Yong-hwa

Director

Sul Kyung-gu

Kim Jae-guk

D.O

Hwang Seon-woo

Kim Hee-ae

Moon Young

Jo Han-chul

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Amy Aleha

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Synopsis Seven years after Korea's first fully manned mission to the moon ends in disaster, a second human spaceflight is launched successfully--until a strong solar wind causes the spacecraft to malfunction. With an astronaut left stranded in space, and quickly running out of oxygen, the Naro Space Center turns to its former managing director to avert yet another fatal catastrophe.
Director
Kim Yong-hwa
Producer
Seo Ho-jin
Screenwriter
Kim Yong-hwa
Distributor
Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co
Vlad Studio
Genre
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 18, 2023, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 27, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$92.7K
Runtime
2h 9m
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