MOON

The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself

Directed by: Duncan Jones
Run time: 97 min

Most people think, a science fiction movie only need amazing special effect like 2012 or countless over hyped summer movies. But people forgot that a good science fiction is all about the story and how it can relate to the audience.

I think this film is underrated in this year, sure it doesn't have a wide release and the budget for this movie seem only suffice enough for one earthquake scene in 2012.

Sam Rockwell is Sam Bell, a lunar miner who is nearing the end of his 3-year contract at a single-man mining outpost in the Moon at some time in the future. His only companion is the station computer, Gertie, voiced by Kevin Spacey. Sam didn't actually mine the Moon all by himself, he is the man who operates everything from an IKEA like station. There, he lives alone all by himself.

Sam had a bad dream and he seem cannot concentrate on his job. Being alone in the moon, at one mission to check one mining machine, he is wounded. Then he is rescued to the station by a guy who looks, speaks and thinks just like Sam. What is going on here? Is that guy a figment of Sam's imagination, or is he for real? Which one is the real Sam? Loneliness can be scary sometimes, especially if you are claustrophobic.

The whole film depends on Sam Rockwell's acting ability, and he didn't disappoint us at all. His performance is top notch. For some the plot might be confusing and we just have to concentrate to understand the story. This sort of thing is a turn off for those who used to be feed by cheesy plots, but as for me, I like this sort of plot that force me to think. This is a rare gem, a sci-fi with brain and mixture of so many other genre.