Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Adventures of Pluto Nash’

Written by Scott Edwards 

Living off world seems like a dream, but it may become reality within our lifetime. With approval for a moon base to be built and a planned trip to Mars in the future, we are going to start seeing science fiction become reality. I don’t know if I would ever want to be part of this since I like to keep my feet on the ground, literally and figuratively, but there are plenty of people that would jump at the chance to move on to brave new worlds. Not knowing what the universe has in store for us is one of the greatest and scariest things that I can think of, but one thing we do know is that eventually there will be human life on another planet in our solar system.

Getting out of prison, Pluto Nash is looking for his next adventure and has it fallen into his lap in the form of a nightclub.  Being able to make it one of the most popular spots on all of the moon, Pluto is approached with an offer to sell it to the biggest tycoon on the moon, Rex Crater. Although the money is tempting, Pluto wants nothing to do with the deal and hopes that everyone else is saying the same thing, but what he does not know is that Rex Crater and his men will stop at nothing to acquire what they want. Having his club and wooden barstools blown sky high, Pluto is forced to leave his home, and he decides the time has come to meet the mogul face to face.

But in order to do that, Pluto must learn more about Rex since he keeps quite the low profile, so Pluto sets out on his quest for knowledge. Pluto is not alone on his new adventure however since his body guard Bruno and former waitress Dina are at his side. Calling in favors from his old friends, Pluto is able to get some of the information that he needs, but Crater’s men are quickly on his tail at every junction. Knowing that he will need to get to the far side of the moon as quickly as possible, with his friends help, he may be able to do just that. Moon jacking a car, Pluto and his team make it to an old storage facility that they held up in during his life of crime, but Crater’s men are able to find him sooner than they expected. 

Thinking that they have found the whereabouts of Crater, along with his true identity, Pluto and Dina are able to make it to the far side of the moon with the help of another brill hopper who is star struck by who he found. Going after a man on the inside, Pluto works to pull some strings with a man named Tony Francis to arrange a meeting with the enigmatic Crater. But when all that falls through, Pluto learns the hard way that Rex Crater will only meet with people on his own terms and when the moment finally arrives to meet the man that has been trying to kill him, Pluto Nash is left stunned, because the man he is face to face with at last... is an unexpected blast from the past...

You know that there are movies well ahead of their time, and this is definitely one of them. One of the things that I love about Eddie Murphy movies is the fact that he gets to play multiple characters in them and they are never the same. This one is no different and with an all-star cast surrounding him, it is just a fun ride into the future with plenty of action, adventure and you guessed it, comedy. I think I like this movie more than I should when all is said and done and while it may not deliver a message for the ages, it is sure as heck entertaining. You might want to pop this one in again and give it a second chance since you will see all of your favorite stars making fools of themselves, along with becoming action icons for the ages. 

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