The Moon

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The Moon

Released Aug 18, 2023

2h 9m

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Drama

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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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

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...

Jul 5, 2024

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

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.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 12, 2024

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Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

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.

Rated: 4.5/5

Mar 1, 2024

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Perry Norton

Film Threat

This is a nicely realized slice of science fiction and a terrific piece of world cinema.

Rated: 8/10

Feb 29, 2024

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

By turns illogical, infuriating, casually xenophobic and head-bangingly stupid, The Moon is one of the worst Korean blockbusters in recent memory.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 27, 2023

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Abhishek Srivastava

The Times of India

This film undeniably draws inspiration from movies like 'Gravity,' 'Apollo 13,' and 'Interstellar,' but ultimately succeeds in maintaining its own unique flavour.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 22, 2023

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Victor P

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)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/11/23

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Jessica

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/31/23

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Jackie S

Worth watching on the big screen!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/24/23

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Wanting more

Felt the movie was not long enough the end came and wanted more need a prequel for clarifications perhaps the director/ writers objective

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/18/23

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Pat L

This one is the best SPACE movie from South Korea so far !!! I enjoy it very much both Sci-Fi Action part and Emotional Drama part

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Joe W

The special effects were great, but... oh boy: The acting was atrocious. Every character is always at an emotional 11, on a 1 to 10 scale. Either crying or exited. The behaviors were completely unbelievable. The science ridiculous: sound in space, solar flares causing meteors. It'll take a low bar to enjoy this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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Kim Yong-hwa

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Sul Kyung-gu

Kim Jae-guk

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Hwang Seon-woo

Kim Hee-ae

Moon Young

Jo Han-chul

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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: CJ ENM 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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