Written By: Ken HulseySource: WENN
The accolades just keep coming for Duncan Jones new sci fi thriller "Moon". Already the winner of the the Michael Powell Award for a new British feature at the 63rd Annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, "Moon" won the awards for best film, best screenplay and best actor (for the film's star Sam Rockwell) Sunday at Spain's Sitges film festival.
I fell in love with this movie after seeing it's trailer back in April, and since then I have been doing nothing less than singing the film's praises to anyone who will listen ever since.
"Moon" looks like a real 'throw-back' to the sci fi films of the late 60s and early 70's that I grew up on, most notably "Silent Running", which looks like it was the inspiration for this new movie.
Here is the plot:
Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He’s been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Sarang, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3. The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earth’s energy crisis.
Isolated, determined and steadfast, Sam has followed the rulebook obediently and his time on the moon has been enlightening, but uneventful. The solitude has given him time to reflect on the mistakes of his past and work on his raging temper. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.
But 2 weeks shy of his departure from Sarang, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him and the new recruit is eerily familiar.
Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront himself and the discovery that the life he has created, may not be his own. It’s more than his contract that is set to expire.
Here is the trailer:
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