# Moon 44 (1990)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Roland Emmerich
**Written by**: Roland Emmerich, Oliver Eberle, Dean Heyde
**Starring**: Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn, Dean Devlin, Brian Thompson, Malcolm McDowell, Leon Rippy

> *In the outer zone... you need a friend*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Die Hard on a lunar mining rig with cons instead of cops and corporate rust instead of blood.  
A convict crew, including an undercover operative, is shipped to a crumbling orbital station where mining bots vanish mid-transit and trust erodes faster than oxygen seals.  
Roland Emmerich’s debut leans hard into sci-fi grindhouse vibes—cheap, loud, and oddly methodical beneath the grime.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, raw, unhinged

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