Moonfall’s Opening Is Like Gravity Meets The Blob

The opening of Roland Emmerich’s new catastrophe movie, Moonfall, has all of it: Halle Berry, stunning area pictures, astronauts, a twirling shuttle, Patrick Wilson dancing, runaway killer goo, “Africa” by Toto. Truly, in case you weren’t already on board for this movie, this clip ought to do the trick.

Moonfall stars Berry and Wilson as astronauts who discover themselves with a little bit of a problem. They’re the one individuals on our planet geared up to deal with the pending risk of the moon crashing into Earth and destroying every little thing. However, as you’ll see within the movie’s opening 5 minutes, it’s not the moon itself that’s out for blood. It’s one thing else.

So sure, some form of black gooey substance randomly shoots out from the moon, kills an astronaut, destroys a satellite tv for pc, and leaves Berry and Wilson’s characters half alive and with extra questions than solutions. From there, the movie will return to Earth the place Berry’s character thinks she is aware of the way to save the planet, however solely Wilson’s character, and a conspiracy theorist performed by Game of Thrones’ John Bradley, imagine her.

That situation sounds somewhat bit like the brand new local weather change comedy Don’t Look Up and one has to imagine Moonfall has a little bit of that “Hey, look, we’re all going to die unless you trust science” angle to it. But not like Don’t Look Up, this can be a Roland Emmerich film we’re speaking about right here. The identical Roland Emmerich who introduced us Independence Day, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow. (He’s additionally the man behind Stargate, Universal Soldier and the Matthew Broderick-starring Godzilla). Things are going to blow up and crumble to the bottom and audiences are going to like each second of it.

If you need much more Moonfall, Bradley’s character, Ok.C. Houseman, has his very personal conspiracy idea web site that’s up and working: MoonTruth.net. It’s filled with little teases of what to anticipate when Moonfall hits theaters February 4. Here’s a style of the conspiracy.

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