Moon 44
“In the outer zone... you need a friend”
Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last deposits on other planets and satellites. This is the situation when one of the bigger mining corporations has lost all but one mineral moons and many of their fully automatic mining robots are disappearing on their flight home. Since nobody else wants the job, they send prisoners to defend the mining station. Among them undercover agent Stone, who shall clear the whereabouts of the expensive robots. In an atmosphere of corruption, fear and hatred he gets between the fronts of rivaling groups.
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Cast
24 people
Michael Paré
Felix Stone
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The Virgin Suicides
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Lisa Eichhorn
Terry Morgan
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About Time
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Dean Devlin
Tyler
Known for
The Wild Life
Brian Thompson
Jake O'Neal
Known for
Cobra
The Terminator
Malcolm McDowell
Major Lee
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Halloween
Leon Rippy
Master Sergeant Sykes
Known for
Deadwood
11.22.63
Jochen Nickel
Scooter Bailey
Known for
Stalingrad
We Are the Night
Mehmet Yilmaz
Marc
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Beyond the Sea
Chain Reaction
John March
Moose Haggerty
Drew Lucas
Riffle
Known for
The Ugly Duckling and Me!
David Williamson
Lt. Gallagher
Known for
Queer as Folk
Calvin Burke
Capt. Stojanowicz
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Roland Emmerich Director · Dean Heyde Screenplay Oliver Eberle Screenplay
Budget $15M · United States release February 15, 1990 · Produced in Germany
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Budget
$15,000,000
Production
Overseas FilmGroup
Production
Centropolis Film Productions
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · February 15, 1990
Theatrical
United States · February 15, 1990
Theatrical
Germany
July 11, 2024 · Theatrical · Re-release
Hungary
February 15, 1990 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 1, 1992 · Physical · VHS
July 11, 1997 · TV · TV3
February 28, 2022 · Physical · Blu-ray
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