With the straightforward premise of five young teens living on a lunar mining colony taking a moon-buggy to visit a crater to fulfil a final wish made to a recently-bereaved member of the gang, we have an unusual setting for a fairly standard Disney live-action gang-on-an-adventure coming-of-age movie but with a sci-fi twist and some unexpected commentary on business politics. The child cast is adequate if somewhat bland, although there is a sensitive performance from Isiah Russell-Bailey in dealing with the death of his father and its impact on his future and some promising nuance from Billy Barratt as his best friend. Effects work is largely simple but effective, and a couple of scenes of (very) mild peril are executed well. Overall, Crater is a very gentle movie in spite of some harsh backstories for the youngsters, resulting in a reasonable children's movie that is pleasant enough but leaves little impression.
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