Apollo 18 (2011)

This is a mockumentary released on 2 September 2011 directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego and produced by Timur Bekmambetov with a screenplay by Brian Miller and starring Warren Christie (Captain Benjamin Anderson), Ryan Robbins (Commander Nathan Walker), Lloyd Owen (Lieutenant Colonel John Grey).

The film Apollo 18 presents a story that certainly causes intrigue and nervousness. According to the plot, in 1974 NASA secretly launched the Apollo 18 mission to the moon, but the details of what actually happened during that expedition have never been revealed.

The film offers us a recently found alleged video recording, filmed by the astronauts themselves, which shows the events they experienced during their stay on the satellite.

At first everything goes normally, as the three men go about their planned tasks to explore the dark side of the moon.

Soon, however, strange and disturbing events begin to occur, such as noises and shadows that they cannot explain.

This undoubtedly generated great fear in those who found themselves so far away and isolated in an unknown and hostile environment.

When they realised later that they were not alone on the Moon, and that an unknown threat was lurking, their fear and desperation to survive and return home must have skyrocketed.

We can imagine the terror they felt as they faced the unknown in such extreme conditions.

Sadly, the end of this supposedly Apollonian mission was marked by tragedy.

The film leaves questions about what really happened and what NASA is still hiding. It certainly raises a fascinating and shocking perspective for the viewer.