Moon

2009

Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi

197
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 89% · 194 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 391920 391.9K

future artificial intelligence moon artificial intelligence (a.i.) isolation dystopia

Plot summary

With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.

Director

Duncan Jones Photo
Duncan Jones

Top cast

Kaya Scodelario Photo
Kaya Scodelario as Eve
Sam Rockwell Photo
Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell
Gavin Rothery Photo
Gavin Rothery as Eliza Rescue Captain
Malcolm Stewart Photo
Malcolm Stewart as Technician
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651.07 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 11
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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4.58 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 42

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bk753 7 / 10

Interesting concept, lost a bit in execution

Reviewed by anuragr 8 / 10

half way between solaris and space-odyssey

I was led to this movie, partly because of a sort of dissatisfaction from what we've known as science fiction due to Star-Treks, Star wars, terminators and transformers. On my visit to the local independent movie theater, I was only expecting something like Apollo 13 and I would've been satisfied with just that.But the movie proved to be much more. It wasn't just the cinematography, few captivating shots of the moon surface, or the great acting performance. It was as if the movie took a while to ponder over philosophical questions that science and technology raise- something that every science fiction ought to do.This work won't be unworthy of a comparison with Kubrick's- space odyssey – only that it is probably not as visually stimulating as the latter. It does make good use of classical music like Kubrick's. I found the movie to be a bit more accessible than Tarkovsky's Solaris in that it is much more fluid and entertaining (Solaris was 3 hr long – executed very slow albeit with a similar idea). Like Solaris, the protagonist's recollections of the life on earth eventually result in some mental instability, but the movie stays away from getting into long philosophical debates on human experience or our place on earth.In general, do expect a lot more than space travel in this movie. To cite an example, the isolation of Sam made him more attached to memories of his life on earth. I don't recall many other movies that have expressed it so well that in isolation, nothing really means anything. Kudos to the director! Such existentialist reflections aside, there are many instances when the movie makes a statement about unethical corporate practices, evasive HR responses - almost to the extent 'Michael Clayton' did. I think that makes it more worthwhile to watch. Still despite all that, it avoids taking any stances on controversies that bother all of us in modern times. It puts us through the fears of the unknown, catastrophes of distrust and what arises from distrust and isolation and all of that.Still, somehow the movie isn't really as dark as the script might make it sound. There is isolation, mistrust, schemes, confusion, curiosities and despair, but the human experience probably transcends the realism of its existence – that was the idea I carried back from the movie theater.
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