Pretty darn bad. I watched this as a fan of Penelope Ann Miller, and I was disappointed, but in her defense, she didn't have much to work with. Daniel Baldwin was atrocious. The best acting was done by people I've never heard of, like Dennis Akayama and Diana Salvatore. The science was beyond ludicrous for reasons others have pointed out. Don't waste your time. Grade: F
20 Reviews
This man is dead and we're in Edmonton
juneebuggy22 June 2020
This was bad, super bad even for a made-for-TV movie but I reached a point where I had to see it through. Decent enough acting from B list stars, terrible script, as in no research done or it technically doesn't make sense. Styrofoam pellets used during a scene when the cargo door randomly opens, that sort of thing.
Follows an airplane full of passengers who are slowly succumbing to an mysterious virus on a commercial flight to Hawaii. Think a very weak version of Airport crossed with Outbreak. As an FYI this was filmed in Edmonton (as Los Angeles), nothing is filmed in Edmonton and it definitely doesn't look like L.A.
Interesting to watch this during these Covid days though because the whole time I'm freaking out about the amount of touching going on, doctor checking each passenger in turn without gloves, no masks even when they know its a virus. Enjoyed the doctor/mortician guy (Daniel Kash) reminding me of Star Trek as he kept exclaiming, this man is dead! Kim Coates overacts, forgets to limp, carries his cane, passengers spew blood, it leaks out their eyes, CDC agents on the ground try to figure stuff out, one of the Baldwins is in it, he's terrible, Smoking Man from the X-Files shows up.
Follows an airplane full of passengers who are slowly succumbing to an mysterious virus on a commercial flight to Hawaii. Think a very weak version of Airport crossed with Outbreak. As an FYI this was filmed in Edmonton (as Los Angeles), nothing is filmed in Edmonton and it definitely doesn't look like L.A.
Interesting to watch this during these Covid days though because the whole time I'm freaking out about the amount of touching going on, doctor checking each passenger in turn without gloves, no masks even when they know its a virus. Enjoyed the doctor/mortician guy (Daniel Kash) reminding me of Star Trek as he kept exclaiming, this man is dead! Kim Coates overacts, forgets to limp, carries his cane, passengers spew blood, it leaks out their eyes, CDC agents on the ground try to figure stuff out, one of the Baldwins is in it, he's terrible, Smoking Man from the X-Files shows up.
A Contender
Alex-37213 January 2005
This movie belongs on a "worst airplane disaster movies" of all time list. By the time we're off the runway, we are well into "Turbulence 3" territory. Sit through the full length of this, and your eyes too will bleed.
I guess the only people who can enjoy this romp is people who have a fetishlike obsession with bad airplane movies.
Is Penelope Ann Miller Poppy Montgomery's twin? They certainly look like twins. Maybe some strange alien experiment. And whatever happened to Daniel Baldwin's career?
This is a baaad movie, and not in any good way. All the actors look and sound as if they're payed up members of the Canadian actor's union. The writing is terribly clichéd, and by the time William B. Davis makes an appearance as a shifty guy from "the government", you know that this was envisioned as the highlight of the movie.
Every room looks like a very cheap set. There are really not enough passengers on this plane, and (as already has been mentioned) only 1 flight attendant? And since when does radioactive material replicate??
I guess the only people who can enjoy this romp is people who have a fetishlike obsession with bad airplane movies.
Is Penelope Ann Miller Poppy Montgomery's twin? They certainly look like twins. Maybe some strange alien experiment. And whatever happened to Daniel Baldwin's career?
This is a baaad movie, and not in any good way. All the actors look and sound as if they're payed up members of the Canadian actor's union. The writing is terribly clichéd, and by the time William B. Davis makes an appearance as a shifty guy from "the government", you know that this was envisioned as the highlight of the movie.
Every room looks like a very cheap set. There are really not enough passengers on this plane, and (as already has been mentioned) only 1 flight attendant? And since when does radioactive material replicate??
Even for TV, this one is bad.
wchoff12 February 2001
This is the worst movie I have seen in the past year. I rented it on tape and could tell right away it was a for TV production. My expectations lowered, but could not get to the level of this sub-TV-standard slop. The movie was obviously a low budget effort, judging by these examples: an interisland flight in Hawaii only had 20 passengers, the plane only had a flight crew of two, the set for the 737 was a DC-10 set from another movie and only 3 Federal agents became involved in a major medical/air disaster! The number of technical errors were numerous too, such as the one hour and forty minute trans-Pacific flight time from Hawaii to California. The worst part of this movie was the performance by Daniel Baldwin, one of the Baldwin boys. It is obvious why we see less of him than his other brothers. I had a hard time figuring out what the deal was with him making a heart-shaped design with the fingers of his hands across his belly as he walked stiffly around the control room. His overacting outbursts were ridiculous too. Avoid this one. Watch one of the old Airport movies instead.
I wished the virus would have won!
Filmfan-NL17 February 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I am a sucker for impending disaster movies and there are tons of enjoyable titles out there. This, however, definitely isn't one of them.
I have to admit I sort of knew I was in for a bad movie, but it still managed to exceed all my expectations. They sometimes say having starred in an adult film isn't exactly gonna help your future career as an actor. Well, I dare say having had a role in this horrendous waste of celluloid could well be more hurtful to your resume and I bet Alec Baldwin regrets ever signing up for it and has left it out of his. One can only guess why he chose to participate. Really, about everything in this movie stinks. The script was probably written by a lobotomized rodent, it's so full of plot holes and utterly idiotic reasoning I just can't believe someone actually was paid to write it. In fact, it's so lame it almost becomes funny. The 'stunts' and special effects are way below par, even for a B-film. All actors, none excluded, come across like it's each scene's first rehearsal. All the 'scientific' content (computer stuff, cell phones, the virus related 'medical' information) is complete crap.
** Minor Spoiler, but really, you knew this at the start ** Halfway through the film the idea is launched the infested plane should be crashed into the ocean, and I sincerely shouted 'YES! Please!' when the suggestion was made. Please trash the plane and all actors in it. There are bad films, and then there is this. An insult to anyone's intelligence. Someone should be punished, I'm thinking medieval torture here.
I read elsewhere the company that spawned this film have created only a handful of flicks, their IMDb scores combined average about 4.3. I think that's rather high even for this horrible film.
If you decide to watch it, it may be most fun to first load up a crate of beer, share the experience with a few good friends and have a contest: who can spot the most flaws, worst lines uttered, plot holes and such. Have a lot of paper, some pencils and a sharpener ready! You could hand out bonus points for who spots which actor is -based on his/her performance here- most likely never to be cast again.
I have to admit I sort of knew I was in for a bad movie, but it still managed to exceed all my expectations. They sometimes say having starred in an adult film isn't exactly gonna help your future career as an actor. Well, I dare say having had a role in this horrendous waste of celluloid could well be more hurtful to your resume and I bet Alec Baldwin regrets ever signing up for it and has left it out of his. One can only guess why he chose to participate. Really, about everything in this movie stinks. The script was probably written by a lobotomized rodent, it's so full of plot holes and utterly idiotic reasoning I just can't believe someone actually was paid to write it. In fact, it's so lame it almost becomes funny. The 'stunts' and special effects are way below par, even for a B-film. All actors, none excluded, come across like it's each scene's first rehearsal. All the 'scientific' content (computer stuff, cell phones, the virus related 'medical' information) is complete crap.
** Minor Spoiler, but really, you knew this at the start ** Halfway through the film the idea is launched the infested plane should be crashed into the ocean, and I sincerely shouted 'YES! Please!' when the suggestion was made. Please trash the plane and all actors in it. There are bad films, and then there is this. An insult to anyone's intelligence. Someone should be punished, I'm thinking medieval torture here.
I read elsewhere the company that spawned this film have created only a handful of flicks, their IMDb scores combined average about 4.3. I think that's rather high even for this horrible film.
If you decide to watch it, it may be most fun to first load up a crate of beer, share the experience with a few good friends and have a contest: who can spot the most flaws, worst lines uttered, plot holes and such. Have a lot of paper, some pencils and a sharpener ready! You could hand out bonus points for who spots which actor is -based on his/her performance here- most likely never to be cast again.
Pretty bad.
bheyer20 June 2004
In the annals of movie-making, "Killing Moon" ranks up there with such turkeys as "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman." Besides being cursed with a Baldwin in the cast (in this case, Daniel), the movie also suffers from an almost unintelligible script, Ed Wood type cheapo sets, wooden acting and a director (John Bradshaw) who must've come down with the same "mysterious disease" that infected some of the airliner passengers so boringly depicted in the picture. Some truly outrageous dialogue is spoken in this movie, and "you-gotta-be-kidding-me" situations are blandly acted out. Really, HOW many interesting variations of "The High and the Mighty" are there? My advice? ONLY watch this flick if you have a terminal case of insomnia.
Sticker makes it to DVD
IOBdennis23 January 2002
I didn't know this bomb of a movie was made-for-TV. I stumbled onto it on DVD. Can you imagine? Someone actually produced this stinker for further distribution! It looks bad, feels bad, smells bad! Just because Daniel Baldwin has a famous acting last name should be no reason EVER to use him as an actor ever again. He can't act. He poses. Why he walks around the entire movie with his fingers and thumbs folded into a triangle in front of him is a mystery. He also looks like he just got up from a large pizza and pitcher of beer. (Daniel, PLEASE join a fitness club!) The rest of the cast is equally bad. The plot is so predictable, although the sudden revelation and turn of allegiances in the film are totally unmotivated. And why is this film called "Killing Moon"? You'll have to wait until the last line of the movie to find out why.... if you can make it that far.
I first though it was a satire
nostromo-131 March 2001
I got into this movie on the movie channel maybe 15 minutes after it had started. My wife and I laughed here and there, until we realized the film was not meant as a comedy. So we laughed even more while we watched the rest of the movie, even though the leaden pace got us to reach for the remote again and again. Everything about this movie feels amateurish: from the cliché ridden script to the totally inept, one expression only performance of Daniel Baldwin (who was somehow better in Vampires, for instance). Do I have to mention the total lack of suspense? When you are obviously on a very low budget, they should experiment and strive for some originality, for God's sake, instead of trying to imitate mainstream, run of the mill Hollywood fare.
Almost as bad as described in other user comments...
JakeGiddes11 October 2004
Warning: Spoilers
So bad, I spent most of the movie sifting through IMDb and noticed some vaguely interesting things:
1. The production company Trinity Pictures has six other movies listed on IMDb. They have a combined user rating of 4.4, Trinity should probably look into making wedding videos...
2. Three people in the cast were also in the film Full Disclosure. In fact there are quite a few joint ventures as you go thru, probably owing to the inbred nature of Canadian films...
3. There are six recognizable character actors (including The Smoking Man) in the movie. In spite of name recognition Baldwin and Miller are billed below the ubiquitous but mostly unknown Kim Coates (who played the jerk archetype in this movie and wasn't integral to the story such as it was).
4. Chris Makepeace is not listed in additional crew but had a credit as Second Assistant Director. He is of course the geek who needed the protection of Adam Baldwin in My Bodyguard who while sharing a surname with Dan Baldwin is no relation.
5. It really is a shame that a once promising actress like Penelope Ann Miller has to take tripe like this now-a-days. Long ways from co-starring with the likes of Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn, Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando and even Govenator Arnie not to mention Dan's more successful but equally fatuous brother Alec... She seemed to have been given the script on the way to the set as she continually stumbled over lines, but then her lines would be difficult to say aloud in any circumstance where other people might hear you.
6. I counted plot elements lifted from no fewer than eight well known movies, including some of the main characters (An out of element Dr. who rises to the occasion; Barely trained pilot who heroically manages; An overzealous mil group guy who wants the infectious virus at the expense of the infected; A paranoid cowardly jerk who continually and improbably screws everything up, too bad Helen Hayes wasn't around to slap him; A thief who inadvertently contracts and spreads virus etc etc etc).
1. The production company Trinity Pictures has six other movies listed on IMDb. They have a combined user rating of 4.4, Trinity should probably look into making wedding videos...
2. Three people in the cast were also in the film Full Disclosure. In fact there are quite a few joint ventures as you go thru, probably owing to the inbred nature of Canadian films...
3. There are six recognizable character actors (including The Smoking Man) in the movie. In spite of name recognition Baldwin and Miller are billed below the ubiquitous but mostly unknown Kim Coates (who played the jerk archetype in this movie and wasn't integral to the story such as it was).
4. Chris Makepeace is not listed in additional crew but had a credit as Second Assistant Director. He is of course the geek who needed the protection of Adam Baldwin in My Bodyguard who while sharing a surname with Dan Baldwin is no relation.
5. It really is a shame that a once promising actress like Penelope Ann Miller has to take tripe like this now-a-days. Long ways from co-starring with the likes of Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn, Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando and even Govenator Arnie not to mention Dan's more successful but equally fatuous brother Alec... She seemed to have been given the script on the way to the set as she continually stumbled over lines, but then her lines would be difficult to say aloud in any circumstance where other people might hear you.
6. I counted plot elements lifted from no fewer than eight well known movies, including some of the main characters (An out of element Dr. who rises to the occasion; Barely trained pilot who heroically manages; An overzealous mil group guy who wants the infectious virus at the expense of the infected; A paranoid cowardly jerk who continually and improbably screws everything up, too bad Helen Hayes wasn't around to slap him; A thief who inadvertently contracts and spreads virus etc etc etc).
Laughable plane thriller
Leofwine_draca13 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Yet another predictable made for television thriller which seems to have been churned out in a hurry and on the cheap, judging by the sets (all two of them), the rubbish computer-generated plane which appears in a couple of long-distance shots, and the total lack of action or excitement. The direction is bland and unimaginative, the cast unappealing and the characters are of the dullest, politically correct nature you could imagine.
Three main plot strands have been mixed into one to make this bomb. Firstly, a disease-of-the-week thriller premise taken from OUTBREAK; secondly, an aeroplane disaster movie taken from TURBULENCE and many others, and thirdly, a government conspiracy thriller taken from about a hundred others. Even William B. Davis (the Cigarette Smoking Man from THE X-FILES) shows up to drive the point home, and could well be described as "Coffee Drinking Man" in this film.
The effects of the virus are predictably gruesome but not particularly shocking. Penelope Ann Miller once again proves herself to be a talentless actress, re-using the same stupid 'wide-eyed' shtick that she essayed in THE RELIC, and is the subject of some cheap exploitation when she spends a twenty-minute scene bent over a desk in a low-cut top. Daniel Baldwin - why? Why is he here, in this film? He serves no purpose and is completely extraneous to the plot. Worse still, he proves himself to be an even worse actor than his brother Stephen (if that's possible) and his greasy, slick hair-do is positively disgusting.
The typical television movie type cast fleshes out the rest of the roles, while the film hurriedly throws in as many clichés as it can (even that old "short straw" routine again). This film will have you in howls of derision when one kid manages to hook up with the ground control team on her laptop computer via a modem made of iridium while everyone else on the plane is unable to communicate because their phones have been jammed. KILLING MOON is only worth watching to be laughed at - as a serious film, it fails completely.
Three main plot strands have been mixed into one to make this bomb. Firstly, a disease-of-the-week thriller premise taken from OUTBREAK; secondly, an aeroplane disaster movie taken from TURBULENCE and many others, and thirdly, a government conspiracy thriller taken from about a hundred others. Even William B. Davis (the Cigarette Smoking Man from THE X-FILES) shows up to drive the point home, and could well be described as "Coffee Drinking Man" in this film.
The effects of the virus are predictably gruesome but not particularly shocking. Penelope Ann Miller once again proves herself to be a talentless actress, re-using the same stupid 'wide-eyed' shtick that she essayed in THE RELIC, and is the subject of some cheap exploitation when she spends a twenty-minute scene bent over a desk in a low-cut top. Daniel Baldwin - why? Why is he here, in this film? He serves no purpose and is completely extraneous to the plot. Worse still, he proves himself to be an even worse actor than his brother Stephen (if that's possible) and his greasy, slick hair-do is positively disgusting.
The typical television movie type cast fleshes out the rest of the roles, while the film hurriedly throws in as many clichés as it can (even that old "short straw" routine again). This film will have you in howls of derision when one kid manages to hook up with the ground control team on her laptop computer via a modem made of iridium while everyone else on the plane is unable to communicate because their phones have been jammed. KILLING MOON is only worth watching to be laughed at - as a serious film, it fails completely.
pretty bad
SnoopyStyle21 March 2020
Various people board a red eye flight. One of them is seriously ill. The man dies while spitting out blood. He had stolen a vial of military virus. Soon, the two pilots are taken ill. Clayton Durrell is the angry passenger. On the ground, NSC agent Frank Conroy and Laura Chadwick from the CDC are working the problem.
This is a lower grade made for TV movie. The production is on the weaker side. The acting is functional and that includes the bigger names. Kim Coates is overacting but at least, he's injecting some energy. Mostly, this is really flat with little tension. Something does happen midway through which is more and less silly. The only interesting aspect is that smoking man shows up. I insist on seeing this as a side adventure from the X-Files. This movie is technically questionable and is generally pretty bad.
This is a lower grade made for TV movie. The production is on the weaker side. The acting is functional and that includes the bigger names. Kim Coates is overacting but at least, he's injecting some energy. Mostly, this is really flat with little tension. Something does happen midway through which is more and less silly. The only interesting aspect is that smoking man shows up. I insist on seeing this as a side adventure from the X-Files. This movie is technically questionable and is generally pretty bad.
Not bad
Omne23 January 2002
Warning: Spoilers
I didn't have much in the way of expectations when I rented this DVD. That was a good thing.
The first hour of the movie was fairly interesting. The actors did a good job for the most part with the notable exception of Daniel Baldwin.
The script was fairly formulaic as expected but it did a better than average job setting up some of the main characters. Overall I would rate it better than most TV movies but it suffered from a low budget. With better sets and writing it would have rated higher.
Spoiler:
The major problem I had was with the typical Hollywood techno illiteracy. The explanation of the virus was easily the most absurd thing since China Syndrome. The alleged agent was a DNA that somehow combined with, get this, Tritium. As the DNA replicated the Tritium also allegedly replicated thereby killing the person with radiation. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of Hydrogen- 3 protons 1 neutron.
Of course the only way that could occur is if the virus managed what Pons and Fleischer didn't- COLD FUSION. After I got done laughing it was somewhat difficult to get back into the movie.
With a decent explanation I would have rated the movie higher.
Overall a simple movie that managed to become more than a sum of it's parts. Good for a quick escape without too much thought.
The first hour of the movie was fairly interesting. The actors did a good job for the most part with the notable exception of Daniel Baldwin.
The script was fairly formulaic as expected but it did a better than average job setting up some of the main characters. Overall I would rate it better than most TV movies but it suffered from a low budget. With better sets and writing it would have rated higher.
Spoiler:
The major problem I had was with the typical Hollywood techno illiteracy. The explanation of the virus was easily the most absurd thing since China Syndrome. The alleged agent was a DNA that somehow combined with, get this, Tritium. As the DNA replicated the Tritium also allegedly replicated thereby killing the person with radiation. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of Hydrogen- 3 protons 1 neutron.
Of course the only way that could occur is if the virus managed what Pons and Fleischer didn't- COLD FUSION. After I got done laughing it was somewhat difficult to get back into the movie.
With a decent explanation I would have rated the movie higher.
Overall a simple movie that managed to become more than a sum of it's parts. Good for a quick escape without too much thought.
So low-budget, so many obvious errors...
sdiegotw9 May 2012
One of the best things about this movie is that it centers around the outbreak of an unknown illness that is suspected to be caused by a virus. So, of course, they get the CDC involved. The great thing is that everyone, including the doctor, refers to it as the Center for Disease Control. Even the woman in the film who is supposed to be from the CDC does not know that it's the CenterS for Disease Control.
They couldn't even spring for a real uniform for the Navy officer. He looks like he should be getting your bags out of the back of your taxi or opening a door for you.
The acting and the script are horrible. There are a couple of good performances (like that of the actor portraying the pilot), but the only serve to highlight how bad the rest of the performances are. There are many moments of tense confrontation, minus any tension.
Low-budget is one thing. That explains the horrible sets and confined feeling of the movie. But surely someone could have made the dialogue more believable.
They couldn't even spring for a real uniform for the Navy officer. He looks like he should be getting your bags out of the back of your taxi or opening a door for you.
The acting and the script are horrible. There are a couple of good performances (like that of the actor portraying the pilot), but the only serve to highlight how bad the rest of the performances are. There are many moments of tense confrontation, minus any tension.
Low-budget is one thing. That explains the horrible sets and confined feeling of the movie. But surely someone could have made the dialogue more believable.
The worst
lisalck31 December 2009
Now I know why I get Showtime for free...because they show horrifying turds like this. The Canadians are delightful at their humor but I have yet to see a thriller I like...I did love when the hatch opened - it looked like the packing peanuts were coming in from the outside, the image of the plane diving mine as well as have been drawn in by a 5 year old with a Cratola crayon, and no offense to the actress playing the attendant, but I loved watching her tossed to the ground. I had a great laugh. And the blunders! An inter-island flight could not be rerouted for a final destination to LA: There would be fuel problems, not to mention requirements for a different plane, right? Never watch...not worth it!
Uneventful late 1990s made-for-tv airplane disaster flick
terrywatt37515 August 2022
The plot is mildly reminiscent of the 1980 Zucker Brothers airline disaster parody Airplane! The problem is that Killing Moon wasn't made as a comedy.
Much like Airplane!, Killing Moon has all the typical 1970s airline movie disaster cliches (pilots sick/unable to fly, a hatch opens while in flight depressurizing the plane, passengers are all sick, plane is diverted, etc.). However, Airplane! Was made close enough to those 1970s airline disaster movies to be effective. Killing Moon was made twenty years after those disaster flicks had peaked, so all the cliches are beyond stale here.
In addition to all the staid airline disaster cliches, Killing Moon also has a viral infection subplot chock full of THOSE cliches (impossibly fast-spreading infection, limited amount of medicine, passengers actually drawing straws to see who gets a dose), too.
The vast amount of the flick takes place in a cheap airplane interior set, with a dozen or so quick scenes taking place in a cheap control center set. The star power for Killing Moon consists of Penelope Ann Miller, the Smoking Man from the X Files and...Daniel Baldwin, none of whom are on the plane during the flight, all three of whom appear to have spent maybe a total of two days on set. Penelope Ann Miller does actually try to actually emote and act. Daniel Baldwin doesn't, mostly because he can't.
In terms of the action, about 95% of Killing Moon consists of people either standing or sitting and speaking trite dialogue to one another. Outside of Baldwin, Miller and The Smoking Man, the rest of the Killing Moon cast (who get far more screen time than the three stars) are people one is unlikely to have ever heard of. Their collective acting is mundanely average.
Having said all that, I won't go on to say that Killing Moon is "the worst movie ever" or any such hyperbole. It's not an enjoyable or memorable "so bad it's good" flick. It just plods along to no effect one way or the other. Like, a watchable hammy b-movie will engage the viewer with ineptitude. Killing Moon is just a boring, predictable, forgettable slogging grind to watch.
Much like Airplane!, Killing Moon has all the typical 1970s airline movie disaster cliches (pilots sick/unable to fly, a hatch opens while in flight depressurizing the plane, passengers are all sick, plane is diverted, etc.). However, Airplane! Was made close enough to those 1970s airline disaster movies to be effective. Killing Moon was made twenty years after those disaster flicks had peaked, so all the cliches are beyond stale here.
In addition to all the staid airline disaster cliches, Killing Moon also has a viral infection subplot chock full of THOSE cliches (impossibly fast-spreading infection, limited amount of medicine, passengers actually drawing straws to see who gets a dose), too.
The vast amount of the flick takes place in a cheap airplane interior set, with a dozen or so quick scenes taking place in a cheap control center set. The star power for Killing Moon consists of Penelope Ann Miller, the Smoking Man from the X Files and...Daniel Baldwin, none of whom are on the plane during the flight, all three of whom appear to have spent maybe a total of two days on set. Penelope Ann Miller does actually try to actually emote and act. Daniel Baldwin doesn't, mostly because he can't.
In terms of the action, about 95% of Killing Moon consists of people either standing or sitting and speaking trite dialogue to one another. Outside of Baldwin, Miller and The Smoking Man, the rest of the Killing Moon cast (who get far more screen time than the three stars) are people one is unlikely to have ever heard of. Their collective acting is mundanely average.
Having said all that, I won't go on to say that Killing Moon is "the worst movie ever" or any such hyperbole. It's not an enjoyable or memorable "so bad it's good" flick. It just plods along to no effect one way or the other. Like, a watchable hammy b-movie will engage the viewer with ineptitude. Killing Moon is just a boring, predictable, forgettable slogging grind to watch.
Standard disaster movie.
Bernie444417 December 2023
What can I say about this movie? Disaster strikes the plane. Just because it is a full moon, do not let the title distract you from the plot. Some planes have mechanical problems. Some planes have snakes. Some planes have time travel problems. This one has - well watch and see.
This is a 2000 TV movie, so it will have the standard 2000 TV movie actors. The lines are standard. We have the standard bad guys including Daniel Baldwin with his stoic face and the standard carrying person. Only this time she (Penelope Ann Miller) is not a discredited fringe scientist; she is just misplaced. Will the doomsayer passenger get slapped like in "Airplane," or will he finally survive to annoy the world?
If you have some time to kill, add this to your standard disaster list.
3 stars.
This is a 2000 TV movie, so it will have the standard 2000 TV movie actors. The lines are standard. We have the standard bad guys including Daniel Baldwin with his stoic face and the standard carrying person. Only this time she (Penelope Ann Miller) is not a discredited fringe scientist; she is just misplaced. Will the doomsayer passenger get slapped like in "Airplane," or will he finally survive to annoy the world?
If you have some time to kill, add this to your standard disaster list.
3 stars.
This Belongs In The 99 Cent discount bin....
DiamondGirl42720 June 2010
I get Showtime for free with my cable package...and now I know why. They offer junk such as this to chose from. When I saw there was a Baldwin brother in the cast and Penelope Miller as well, I thought maybe it might be semi-decent. Well..I was so wrong about that. As I watch this..it gets worse and worse. The acting skills of most of the cast is weak and the plot line beyond ridiculous. Apparently, this is a government caused disaster..a planned one...and the unknowing passengers are basically guinea pigs for the entire thing. I can clearly see why Daniel Baldwin has never been more than a B-movie actor..he does not have much depth to his character at all. I am sure Ms. Miller wishes she had avoided accepting her role in this mess too. The set looks so fake,the blood looks fake...the expressions on the faces of the actors look fake..well..you get the idea. As I am watching this..the wise guys have just opened a hatch...and chaos has briefly ensued..but they found the stuff to save the people who have gotten sick from whatever virus was being carried on the plane. The decision to draw straws is made to decide who gets the meds to save them against the virus...cos..well..there isn't enough for everyone...of course..possibly thanks to government planning? One of the characters is a very rude guy who speaks up loudly every few minutes..and he tries to bargain with passengers by offering money to them to buy a dose of the antidote..but...OK...they are in the sky..on a doomed plane..where is he going to get the big bucks to give anyone? And the guy who is "just a coroner"...seems very knowledgeable about everything...wow..he is kind like a genius perhaps? Is he going to solve this mysterious problem and save everyone? Or is the plane going to crash into the ocean anyway like the government wants it to? ...which might be a good way to end it all and stop the horrible lines these poor saps have to keep speaking in every scene. The plot gets worse and worse. If you see this film in a video store..walk on past..unless you enjoy bad acting and flimsy plot lines...even seeing in for free seems to expensive to me.
My problem with movie planes
chachadynamite2 November 2004
I don't ask for much in an air disaster movie, but this one is pathetic. It all starts on a small plane sitting at the gate that all of a sudden is huge on the inside, so some people may not notice that. How about a flight attendant going from first class back into coach and as she passes through the curtain she's coming up
from the back of the plane? Obviously the work of a lousy director (the flight attendant puts a pitcher of water on the cockpit floor for instance) speaking of her, why is she all by herself in a big plane like that? Someone apparently blew the budget on the fake blood dripping from the actors nostrils. Am I ranting, no not really, but if you have the ability to make a film no matter how lousy the script/story, or how bad the actors you are stuck with, at least keep the sets common with one another.
from the back of the plane? Obviously the work of a lousy director (the flight attendant puts a pitcher of water on the cockpit floor for instance) speaking of her, why is she all by herself in a big plane like that? Someone apparently blew the budget on the fake blood dripping from the actors nostrils. Am I ranting, no not really, but if you have the ability to make a film no matter how lousy the script/story, or how bad the actors you are stuck with, at least keep the sets common with one another.
Typical tv movie
Hollywood-328 July 2000
A made for tv movie starring Penelope Anne Miller, Killing Moon has a good plot but poor direction and screenplay. The cast did a good job with the exception of Daniel Baldwin who has absolutely no acting talent and is definately the worst performer of the Baldwin brothers. While the plot had plenty of potential, it was'nt developed properly by the writers who did a pretty ordinary job with the conclusion as well. All in all, it's a typical tv movie - good performances from Penelope Anne Miller, Daniel Kash and Diana Salvatore.
Down in Flames
rmax30482321 January 2004
Warning: Spoilers
SPOILERS.
Back in the mid-1950s there was "The High and the Mighty." It was a success, so there followed a spate of other airplane disaster movies (eg., "The Crowded Sky."). But you can only have so many engine failures and so many mid-air collisions, I guess, so some other crisis must take place before or after -- or, in this case, while -- the passengers reveal their own mid-air crises to one another. "Zero Hour!" in, what, 1957?, gave us all a dose of food poisoning that killed off all the competent pilots. "Airplane" (1980) sent it up. Then, for some reason, probably the ebola scare, in the 1990s there were several versions of "Outbreaks" and "Carriers."
This cheaply made and thoughtless film is the first that I know of to combine some kind of viral outbreak with the traditional mid-air disaster. It's not really worth going into in any detail. The stereotypical characters and conflicts are promptly laid out for us. I more or less gave up after the first hour or so. I guess that's why I couldn't understand how everyone was able to leap to the conclusion that the pathogen was a virus and not, say, a bacterium, or how or why they assumed it was airborne and not in the water or something. Or how it's possible that "red and white blood cells are essentially becoming radioactive isotopes." Not that any of that matters to the viewers who will enjoy this, or to the witless writers either for that matter. The film achieves monuments of implausibility.
The mechanism of infection and death isn't any more than a peg to hang a half-baked mystery on, and an excuse for Baldwin to chew out the wanly pretty blonde, Penelope Ann Miller, for which may his soul roast in hell. What is Baldwin doing in this movie anyway? What is he doing in ANY movie? I can grasp Penelope Ann Miller's presence. She's an actress of sorts, and eye candy to boot.
There is a guy aboard the plane who is some sort of naval liason with the types who develop biochemical warfare agents. The only reason I can make that statement is that the character announces it out loud. I could never tell from his uniform because wardrobe has been able to supply him with only a generic gabardine and a brass "U.S." badge on each lapel. He has no sign of rank, nor does his uniform give any indication of which branch of the armed forces he's a member of.
There's another character aboard the plane who is the stereotyped moron that every catastrophe movie needs. He's as much of the part of the plot as the Chief of Police in the cop/action movie who demands that the rogue cop turn in his badge and his gun for overzealousness or cantankerousness or excessive mopery in office. You can't miss this dilatory jerk. He's only there to shout abuse at everyone, accuse them of incompetence, display his cowardice, and infterfere with everyone's attempt to find a solution to the problem. He drips with sarcasm. He's the guy with the blue shirt and big jaw with a tiny mouth in the middle of it. I'd also mention that he speaks with a Canadian accent but it's hardly worth it since, with the exceptions of maybe Baldwin and Miller, everybody in the movie speaks with a Canadian accent. Not that that's necessarily bad. Canadians are bland and inoffensive. Some of my best friends are Canadians. In fact some of my relatives live in Athabasca, Alberta. They don't own any gold mines or anything, but they do have gallon jars of pickled moose on the pantry shelves. I only hope the Canadians never stop enforcing their anti-litter laws, and I love Moose Head Ale. I've never met a Canadian I didn't like. I've met a few movies I didn't care much for, and this is one of them.
Back in the mid-1950s there was "The High and the Mighty." It was a success, so there followed a spate of other airplane disaster movies (eg., "The Crowded Sky."). But you can only have so many engine failures and so many mid-air collisions, I guess, so some other crisis must take place before or after -- or, in this case, while -- the passengers reveal their own mid-air crises to one another. "Zero Hour!" in, what, 1957?, gave us all a dose of food poisoning that killed off all the competent pilots. "Airplane" (1980) sent it up. Then, for some reason, probably the ebola scare, in the 1990s there were several versions of "Outbreaks" and "Carriers."
This cheaply made and thoughtless film is the first that I know of to combine some kind of viral outbreak with the traditional mid-air disaster. It's not really worth going into in any detail. The stereotypical characters and conflicts are promptly laid out for us. I more or less gave up after the first hour or so. I guess that's why I couldn't understand how everyone was able to leap to the conclusion that the pathogen was a virus and not, say, a bacterium, or how or why they assumed it was airborne and not in the water or something. Or how it's possible that "red and white blood cells are essentially becoming radioactive isotopes." Not that any of that matters to the viewers who will enjoy this, or to the witless writers either for that matter. The film achieves monuments of implausibility.
The mechanism of infection and death isn't any more than a peg to hang a half-baked mystery on, and an excuse for Baldwin to chew out the wanly pretty blonde, Penelope Ann Miller, for which may his soul roast in hell. What is Baldwin doing in this movie anyway? What is he doing in ANY movie? I can grasp Penelope Ann Miller's presence. She's an actress of sorts, and eye candy to boot.
There is a guy aboard the plane who is some sort of naval liason with the types who develop biochemical warfare agents. The only reason I can make that statement is that the character announces it out loud. I could never tell from his uniform because wardrobe has been able to supply him with only a generic gabardine and a brass "U.S." badge on each lapel. He has no sign of rank, nor does his uniform give any indication of which branch of the armed forces he's a member of.
There's another character aboard the plane who is the stereotyped moron that every catastrophe movie needs. He's as much of the part of the plot as the Chief of Police in the cop/action movie who demands that the rogue cop turn in his badge and his gun for overzealousness or cantankerousness or excessive mopery in office. You can't miss this dilatory jerk. He's only there to shout abuse at everyone, accuse them of incompetence, display his cowardice, and infterfere with everyone's attempt to find a solution to the problem. He drips with sarcasm. He's the guy with the blue shirt and big jaw with a tiny mouth in the middle of it. I'd also mention that he speaks with a Canadian accent but it's hardly worth it since, with the exceptions of maybe Baldwin and Miller, everybody in the movie speaks with a Canadian accent. Not that that's necessarily bad. Canadians are bland and inoffensive. Some of my best friends are Canadians. In fact some of my relatives live in Athabasca, Alberta. They don't own any gold mines or anything, but they do have gallon jars of pickled moose on the pantry shelves. I only hope the Canadians never stop enforcing their anti-litter laws, and I love Moose Head Ale. I've never met a Canadian I didn't like. I've met a few movies I didn't care much for, and this is one of them.
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