Good watch, might watch again, and can recommend. It's a little silly, but it's fine for an action comedy. The only weird thing, really was setting on Luna. Having on the its moon instead of on Terra didn't really add a lot to the movie except to facilitate a flimsy backstory and some scenes where people required environmental suits, and that had little payoff. The benefits of being a sci-fi action comedy is to have laser effects for the blasters, and androids, which are used to various levels of humor. Eddie Murphy is great, and he plays well with Rosario Dawson, and if nothing else, you have to admit Randy Quaid is funny: the character would have been much different in someone else's hands. I'll have to admit I thought it was Terry O'Quinn ("Lost": John Locke), which made even funnier at the time, but it's a good job done. Honestly, Eddie Murphy and Rosario Dawson feel a little big for their roles, but the story is good: a former smuggler turns legitimate business owner has to find the mob boss behind the people trying to kill him. While I do think this is an average movie, it is solid, and I don't think I would go changing a lot to it. I could see a couple versions of a reboot, but in 2020, they'd probably put it in the MCU.
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
Quick Stats
4.4
TMDB Rating
558
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1h 35m
Runtime
$100.0M
Budget
$7.1M
Box Office
7%
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Key Crew
DirectorRon Underwood
WriterNeil Cuthbert
CinematographyOliver Wood
ComposerJohn Powell
EditorAlan Heim
Production DesignShepherd Frankel
Produced by
Village Roadshow PicturesCastle Rock EntertainmentNPV Entertainment
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Eddie Murphy
Pluto Nash

Randy Quaid
Bruno

Rosario Dawson
Dina Lake

Joe Pantoliano
Mogan

Jay Mohr
Tony Francis

Luis Guzmán
Felix Laranga

James Rebhorn
Belcher

Peter Boyle
Rowland

Burt Young
Gino

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Miguel

Pam Grier
Flura Nash

John Cleese
James

Victor Varnado
Kelp

Illeana Douglas
Dr. Mona Zimmer

Jacynthe René
Babette







