Some time in the future, astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is stationed on the moon. The world’s energy problem has been solved with helium-3 and it is massively available on the moon. Sam is alone in his station except for his talking computer Gerty (voice by Kevin Spacey). He is approaching the end of his 3 year-contract with Lunar Industries and he can’t wait to go home to his wife and baby daughter.However, he starts having problems. He starts imagining things. And outside the station, he has an accident. When he wakes up back at the station, he is in for a massive surprise….
I wish I could write more but anything else will be giving spoilers. The truth is, it is safe to say the movie really begins after Sam wakes up in the infirmary. The first scenes of the film are used to show the surroundings, get to know Sam and his mission. While it is not boring, the pace is slow. But after Sam wakes up, it is one intriguing revelation after another.
Sam Rockwell is almost the only actor and he has done fascinating job at keeping your interest and winning your empathy.
I’m not the biggest sci-fi fan, but when a movie is good, you have to give its due. See it.
Directed by Duncan Jones. Screenplay by Nathan Parker.
8.0 on IMDB, voted by over 40.000 people. Yeah, I am not the only one who liked it.
I couldn’t watch the movie yet but I believe that he had done a good job as an actor in the movie. Recently he was very good in “Everybody’s fine”, right? 🙂
Yep, Everybody’s Fine was fine in deed and so was Sam. But here, there’s no Robert De Niro to steal scenes or screen time from him. I think you will rather like it.:)
i cannot wait to see this movie:)) and i’m suprised that you watched a sci-fi movie that i haven’t watched yet:)) good job!!
Ha ha. Strange things happen.
I like Sci-fi more when it is not about creatures or kingdoms but the human emotions and humans. So, this is like a sci-fi directed to me. Hope you will enjoy it. Sam’s performance rocked. Great screenplay and really cool setting. Come back to comment after you have seen it:)