• Nov 19
• MOON: DVD Review
• Posted by Deljhp - 19/11/09 at 08:36 AM

Director: Duncan Jones. Review: Adam Wing.

How many times have you heard the phrase ‘they don’t make them like that anymore’? Well next time some smart arse film fanatic bangs on about the golden age of science fiction cinema, point them in the direction of Moon. Not the actual moon you understand, that would be taking things a little too far, I’m talking about Sam Rockwell’s (Frost/Nixon) latest movie, an engrossing journey directed by Duncan Jones.

You can forget the smash, bang, wallop of Star Trek, this is an altogether different kind of cinematic beast, feeling more at home with genre classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Silent Running. Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the completion of his 3-year contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth’s primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. The only company he has is a vigilant computer called, wait for it, Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey). The only contact he has with the outside world comes via satellite messages from his wife and young daughter. He can’t wait to get home, but a freak accident changes everything he thought he knew about his world, leading to paranoia, altered fates and shocking revelations...Continue review here.

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