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Moon |  | Director: Duncan Jones
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw, Adrienne Shaw
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: Movie
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Rating:  171 reviews
Sales Rank: 8944
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 98 Minutes
ASIN: B0030B621W
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2009
Release Date: February 10, 2010
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| Synopsis:
Sam Bell has a three year contract to work for Lunar Industries. For the contract's entire duration, he is the sole employee based at their lunar station. His primary job responsibility is to harvest and periodically rocket back to Earth supplies of helium-3, the current clean and abundant fuel used on Earth. There is no direct communication link available between the lunar station and Earth, so his only direct real-time interaction is with GERTY, the intelligent computer whose function is to attend to his day to day needs. With such little human contact and all of it indirect, he feels that three years is far too long to be so isolated; he knows he is beginning to hallucinate as the end of his three years approaches. All he wants is to return to Earth to be with his wife Tess and their infant daughter Eve, who was born just prior to his leaving for this job. With two weeks to go, he gets into an accident at one of the mechanical harvesters and is rendered unconscious. Injured, he awakens back at the station in the infirmary, he assumes assisted by GERTY. GERTY tells him that a rescue team named Eliza will come to the station to clean up the aftermath of the accident. After his recuperation, he takes an unauthorized trip back to the broken harvester, where he makes an unexpected discovery. Because of his find, he begins to doubt his sanity, then his true identity, then the company and GERTY's willingness to do what is best for him. Because of his resulting beliefs, his sole mission becomes how to get back to Earth on his own. |
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 Moon - DVD July 27, 2010
Buffdaddy Bill (Oakdale, MN)
Directed by: Duncan Jones
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
Running time: 97 min. R - 2009
The film "Moon" is sci fi psychological thriller that stars Sam Rockwell who has been contracted to work on the moon for three years. Along with a super computer (voiced by Kevin Spacey) Sam slowly becomes aware that his mission isn't what it seems to be. This movie offers enough twists and turns to keep you on the edge of you seat throughout despite the minimal cast. I definitely recommend this film and its worth a rental.
Good.
 Absolutely brilliant July 19, 2010
Gogh Me (TEXAS)
The character development is so strong that Sam Rockwell role has proved what a top level actor he is. This is one of those rare movies where you can connect with the character so much that you want him to be real, because while you're watching him he seems real. It's absolutely beautiful acting & writing.
The story is incredibly simple but it's presented in a way that it keeps unfolding itself throughout the entire movie. There is a twist, but the twist is early in the movie (which is rare). The rest of the movie is the character facing the reality of the twist, going through emotions & realizations that are gripping in a very subtle & true way.
This is not a thriller, it's not a movie you just watch for entertainment, it's very engaging. I cannot recommend it enough for people that enjoy quality story-telling.
Moon Blue-ray is very good. July 16, 2010
Brenda M. Balling (Minneapolis Minnesota)
This was very good. It wasn't clear at the beginning where the plot would go. The ending was very surprising despite being very plausible. This was a nice surprise considering most SYFY have common plots. It is NOT a shoot-um-up show. It did keep me interested and was thought provoking. Bottom line I don't resent the money I spent, or the time spent watching it. I do recommend it for seasoned SYFY watchers.
Received MOON July 13, 2010
Wallace A. Watson (APO, AE United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
HI All, Received MOON in the mail within the last few weeks, but have not had the time to view it.
Mutiny on the dark side of the Moon July 9, 2010
H. Schneider (window seat)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The product description calls this a cerebral sci-fi film. I couldn't come up with a better label. So, let it stand.
Energy companies don't have it easy these days. Whatever goes wrong with their honest attempts at making a buck and solving the Earth's biggest problems will be thrown back at them through accusations and interrogations and committees.
Lunar Industries does something great: they are mining the backside of the moon for the fuel that provides clean energy on Earth: Helium 3. The station is run by one man and a robot: Sam Bell and Gerty. The latter has Kevin Spacey's voice. Sam has contracted for a 3 year term, which is nearly up. 3 years, he finds, was way way way too long. Sam thinks he is the boss and Gerty is programmed to help him. Quickly we smell a problem between the two: Gerty seems to be on the way to usurp power. Complications start when Sam has an accident on an outside mission...
The story really works better if you do not know it in advance, so I will not tell you more here.
You just have to believe me when I say that this is a superior sci-fi story. I will admit, though, that non-afficionados of the genre may find the going slow. I will also admit, following some comments, that the plot has its holes. Which sci-fi story doesn't require the suspension of disbelief here and there? (Upon second thought, I withdraw one star for this reason, thanks to the shrimp.)
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