Moonfall

Right now you can watch Moonfall in Australia on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube TV — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. With 3,621 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Halle Berry sets the tone, and the world-building does the rest. Put it on tonight on Netflix and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Moonfall earns its spot. The world-building is meticulous, but it is the characters who carry Moonfall through its more ambitious moments. A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2022. The world-building is meticulous enough to sustain multiple rewatches, with details early on that only make sense later. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Moonfall a chance. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Watch for Halle Berry in particular — the performance elevates the material. Satisfying on multiple levels.