The Rift Dark Side of the Moon (2017)
Directed by Dejan Zecevic
Written by Barry Keating, Milan Konjevic
Starring Ken Foree, Katarina Kas, Monte Markham, Dragan Micanovic
Release Date December 10th, 2017
The Rift: Dark Side of the Moon is a strange little low-budget sci-fi horror movie that has no business being as fun as it is. This American-Serbian production from director Dejan Zecevic is well paced, fun and quite creepy. Movies like The Rift are a nice reminder that low-budget sci-fi horror is still being made and can still be quite fun despite our pop cultural prejudice in favor of big budgets, big studios and big movie stars.
The Rift: Dark Side of the Moon stars Katrina Kas as Liz, an American sleeper agent in Belgrade. Liz has been inactive for two years following the death of her son when she is asked to return to the field. The agency, the CIA, has asked Liz to accompany Agent Smith (Ken Foree) to the site of a crashed American satellite outside a small village in Serbia. Joining the mission are a Serbian secret agent named Darko (Dragan Micanovic) and an American scientist and former Astronaut named Dysart (Monte Markham).
Once the team arrives at what they are told is the location of the satellite they find themselves being shot at. A local family has apparently discovered the satellite and is holding it. Darko is shot and thought dead attempting to enter the family’s tiny farmhouse but things are not all that they appear. There is a young boy who appears on the verge of death, you might call him zombie-like. His parents are eventually shot by Liz and Agent Smith in self-defense but are they really dead?
Most importantly, where is the satellite and why is there a man in a full spacesuit in the family basement? The answer, I promise you, is so much fun, but I will leave you to discover that by seeing The Rift: Dark Side of the Moon for yourself.
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