Moon 44 (1990)

Rated:
Starring: Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn.
Director: Roland Emmerich

Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color

A murder mystery on a bleak station in outer space staffed by people who could not find a better berth and a group of convicts who could not get a better deal. Two young nerds who play a pivotal role but are ignored by everyone, except by the convicts during an unnervingly well-acted shower scene.

Tyler, played by Dean Devlin, is a truly witty and likeable nerd, and his buddy, Cookie, played by Stephen Geoffreys, has cornered the black market on board and is happy. Until the plug-uglies show up. Michael Pare is among them, charged with discovering who is stealing company property.

Intrigue, violence and discovery unfold in this desolation and the ending is not entirely predictable.

Grim, but with moments of bright humor, this movie left me wondering why I had never heard of it before.