Sam Rockwell stars in an engrossing, intelligent sci-fi thriller from debut director Duncan Jones. Sam Bell is nearing the completion of his 3-year-long contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth's primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. Alone with only the base's vigilant computer Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey) as his sole companion, Bell's extended isolation has taken its toll. He longs to return home, but a terrible accident on the lunar surface leads to a disturbing discovery that contributes to his growing sense of paranoia and dislocation so many miles away from home.

sam has been on the lunar base alone for nearly three years and is looking foward to going home to his wife and his daughter so when he goes out on a routine survalance he ends up in a crash and wakes up back in the lunar medical centre when he comes around there is another person there with him and he looks exactly like him.
a very interesting movie great storyline great sfx and great acting 10/10

Moon is an auspicious debut from Duncan Jones (née Zowie Bowie), a talented new director who happens to be the son of David Bowie (let me officially be the first person to predict that every review of this film in the mainstream press will have the tagline "SPACE ODDITY!"). Sam Rockwell gives a truly remarkable performance as Sam Bell, a lunar miner who is nearing the end of his 3-year contract at a single-man mining outpost. His only companion is the station computer, Gertie, a straight-up HAL homage that tantalizingly suggests how a culture informed by decades of watching 2001 might choose to design a companion robot.

To say too much more about the plot would be to spoil its central conceit, and while I'm sure many reviewers will talk openly about it, I want to preserve the surprise if at all possible at least until the film gets its theatrical release this coming June.

Suffice it to say that Jones admirably mixes together stock genre tropes, paying tribute to a number of classic science fiction features while retaining his own idiosyncratically dark vision. Familiar filmic concepts of the "clean future" and the "dirty future" are mixed together to create a unique atmosphere; the milieu is suitably claustrophobic, the cramped quarters of the mining station serving the film's conceptual purposes while masking the shoestring budget. In fact, it may be hard to spare a glance at the meticulously designed sets with your eyes glued to Rockwell for the duration of the picture. His performance is utterly mesmerizing, inhabiting the role so completely that it is impossible to imagine any other actor having the chutzpah to pull it off.

Which is not to say that Moon is without its problems; the pacing is hardly consistent and Jones' reliance on Rockwell tends to undersell his direction. Parts of the film veer dangerously close to identical thematic elements in Steven Soderbergh's recent adaptation of Solaris, without being as emotionally potent. But what it lacks in originality is mostly compensated for by the sheer audacity of its central performance and the careful economy of its direction.

Moon may be dressed in familiar clothing, but it is a singular experience, a clever, darkly funny and genuinely moving journey into the nature of individuality. Jones is already at work on a second science fiction feature, and it is welcome indeed to see such a promising new talent continue to develop his voice by working in genre film-making!

3.5/5

An astronaut miner extracting the precious moon gas that promises to reverse the Earth's energy crisis nears the end of his three-year contract, and makes an ominous discovery in this psychological sci-fi film starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey. For three long years, Sam Bell has dutifully harvested Helium 3 for Lunar, a company that claims it holds the key to solving humankind's energy crisis. As Sam's contract comes to an end, the lonely astronaut looks forward to returning to his wife and daughter down on Earth, where he will retire early and attempt to make up for lost time. His work on the Selene moon base has been enlightening -- the solitude helping him to reflect on the past and overcome some serious anger issues -- but the isolation is starting to make Sam uneasy. With only two weeks to go before he begins his journey back to Earth, Sam starts feeling strange: he's having inexplicable visions, and hearing impossible sounds. Then, when a routine extraction goes horribly awry, it becomes apparent that Lunar hasn't been entirely straightforward with Sam about their plans for replacing him. The new recruit seems strangely familiar, and before Sam returns to Earth, he will grapple with the realization that the life he has created may not be entirely his own. Up there, hundreds of thousands of miles from home, it appears that Sam's contract isn't the only thing about to expire.

Starring Sam Rockwell, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart , Dominique McElligott , Kevin Spacey.

a great hit at BAFTA and British Indie Awards but wasn't an Oscar Nominee.

ok so this is one of the most discussed movies of the past years. i would say it is a good entry in Sc Fi genre. for such a small movie to be this much good is a nice thing. i would say that this is slightly overrated movie. i had a good time, i liked the movie but it could have been so much better. Sam Rockwell's performance, background score and the whole set up of this movie are the only good things. i do however appreciate Duncan Jones' effort for trying this, a good step for which he got deserved appreciation. i still however prefer his latest effort Source Code over this.

this is a small budget Indie Sci Fi movie set in space, over Mon obviously. it is however more of a mystery drama than a thriller, or was the thrill part not good. a man called Sam Bell experiences some personal crisis as he nears the end of a 3 year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the moon. he works there but he experiences some unusual situation and after an accident as he wakes up to find that there is another him, a clone. the whole set up is a lie, the are just used for work there ad after 3 years contract they have to change to give another colne a try. the whole lie process repeat all over. while what happens that yo have to see for yourself. he is accompanied by a smart artificial intelligence named GERTY voiced by Kevin Spacey.

as i said earlier, Sam Rockwell gave the best performance of his career, he deserved more praise than what he got. he is a good actor, i think like that now for him after this movie. i don't however remember his best performance yet that some negative supporting roles here and there. but he gave a believable and quite well done performance. Kevin Spacey's voice was well used.

Duncan Jones has a great crave for Sci Fi and i would really appreciate if he does some good for this genre right now because i see a good vision in him for this genre which however been ruined by many movies, obviously some exception. he is a good director however i don't think this was his best work.
Screenplay had some problem towards the end, it looses the momentum after that one twist. plot again is not thin or very thick. i wish it was written more well. excellent score by Clint Mansell, right from the start his score makes the atmosphere isolated, lonely and haunting. Editing was good enough and effects were quite simple and so good for a movie like this, not over done. it proved that a sci fi movie doesn't always need a Trillion dollar budget to prove its good.

some viewers suggested it is very complicated, i thought it lacked that. i mean to call it as confusing as Inception is an insult to Nolan, this was a plane simple movie. without knowing anything about this movie i guessed what was going to happen, twists weren't surprising for me nor was shocking. predictable movie. but i really appreciated the effort. a good movie for a one time watch. Critics and Viewers however overrated it a bit.

While the movie starts off slowly, and starts to become slightly confusing, if you can sit and watch the whole film, it all comes together near the end and makes sense.
A good movie, with an original story line. Well worth making some popcorn, and parking up on the couch when theres nothing else on the tellie :)