As much as I think Bruce Campbell is cool, then it was just difficult to fully get into this movie and be entertained by it. It was cheesy to the point of being painful to bear witness to.

The story is about astronauts Col. Jason Grant (played by Walter Koenig) and Ray Tanner (played by Bruce Campbell) who explore an abandoned space vessel and bringing back a several thousand year old corpse from space and a strange pod. The pod, however, contains a homicidal entity though and humans are such easy prey...

Storywise, then the movie was campy, cheesy and too much off a rip-off of other more famous Sci-Fi movies, such as "Alien" to mention just one.

For a movie of this particular caliber, then you know what you will get in terms of the acting talents and the script, and "Moontrap" does deliver what is expected of it.

"Moontrap" is boring, rather uneventful and not particularly enjoyable. And not even Bruce Campbell managed to save this train-wreck - or should I say space-wreck - of a movie.

MOONTRAP has the perfect genre cast: THE EVIL DEAD's Bruce Campbell and STAR TREK's Walter Koenig team up as a pair of astronauts who are busy investigating a robotic mystery on the surface of the Moon. That set-up sounds great, but in reality the execution turns out to be quite pedestrian; this has the look and feel of an Albert Pyun movie, say, rather than a 'proper', well made movie.

It looks cheap and it is. About the only thing MOONTRAP has going for it are a series of robotic creations which are pretty good in a cheesy '80s kind of way. The animation is fairly decent, with some scenes bringing to mind the likes of ROBOCOP, but it's the story that also lets this one down. There's little to no scope here, just characters wandering around aimlessly and fighting repetitively.

Campbell is given short shrift by the script and that awful haircut of his doesn't help. Koenig is, somewhat hilariously, playing a youthful hero type (his character appears to be at least 20 years younger than the actor),the sort of guy who gets the girl at the end, which is a little weird and unworkable. But really, there's not a lot going on here, especially for fans of the sci-fi genre who will have seen it all before.

Aging astronaut Col. Jason Grant (a sound and credible performance by Walter Koenig) and his easygoing partner Ray Tanner (a lively and engaging portrayal by Bruce Campbell) discover a lethal bunch of nefarious war machine robots on the moon.

Director Robert Dyke keeps the enjoyably pulpy story moving along at a steady pace, maintains an admirably sincere'n'serious tone throughout, generates a nice amount of tension, and throws in some mild gore and a few bare boobs for good trashy measure. Koenig and Campbell display a likeable relaxed and natural chemistry in the lead roles. Leigh Lombardi lends sturdy support as the frightened Mera. The killer robots are really cool while the special effects are pretty acceptable considering the modest budget. Peter Klein's crisp cinematography provides a neat polished look. Joseph Lo Duca's robust score hits the rousing spot. A fun B-movie.